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Subject:Fw: [techshoret] Weird character problem in Word From:"Aliza" <alizab -at- eshbel -dot- com> To:<TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 25 Jan 2000 12:25:33 +0200
>Update: The problem was that the Word files were mistakenly saved as "Text
>Only". According to the Word help, this saves the characters in ANSI
format.
>Obviously, the correct characters were lost when the files were saved. So,
the
>question becomes: Does anyone know how regain the correct characters?
>
>Aliza Berger (also at Eshbel)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sharon Deitch <Sharon -at- eshbel -dot- com>
>To: TS <techshoret -at- onelist -dot- com>
>Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 11:32 AM
>Subject: [techshoret] Weird character problem in Word
>
>
>>From: "Sharon Deitch" <Sharon -at- eshbel -dot- com>
>>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I'm simultaneously posting this on Techwr-l, though it is a Hebrew problem
>>(maybe someone there has experience with multi-language issues).
>>
>>Background:
>>We work in English-only Word 97 on Hebrew-enabled Windows 95. We often
have
>>to work on text files that were generated in Hebrew. When we open the
>file,
>>the originally Hebrew text appears in Greek characters. Selecting all and
>>applying Web Hebrew Monospace font restores the Hebrew letters without
>>compromising the English text. We save the files as .doc while we work,
and
>>then save as .txt before inserting the help into the system.
>>
>>Problem:
>>In several of the files, the text that was originally in Hebrew (appearing
>>in Greek in our English-only Word) seems to have changed its character
set.
>>Changing the font doesn't help, nor does changing the language. The person
>>who worked on these particular files doesn't remember exactly what she did
>>differently.
>>
>>Request:
>>Does anyone have any idea what could have caused this problem and how we
>can
>>solve it?
>>
>>Thanks muchly,
>>Sharon
>>
>>Sharon Deitch
>>Technical Writer
>>Eshbel Technologies Ltd.
>>sharon -at- eshbel -dot- com
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