[UniMacTech] Symbols in Word on Mac and PC

[Allan Gadsby]

Thanks for the responses. As per message below, she seems to have found a
work around. It would have been convenient if MS had made the insert->symbol
function compatible between the two platforms.
Cheers
Al

Al
I think I have gotten around the problem.  Mac-PC exchanges are accepting
symbols using microsoft sans serif, rather than symbol font or object
palette symbols.  Wish they would be consistent between versions
Thanks for helping
Jennelle
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 Allan Gadsby
 Technical Support Officer.
Central Queensland University
Information Technology Division
Rockhampton, QLD, 4702.
Ph. (61) 07 4930 6888.
Mobile. 0407 789 953
a.gadsby at cqu.edu.au


> From: Kate Morris <krm at karemo.com>
> Reply-To: <krm at karemo.com>, University Macintosh Technical Mailing List
> <unimactech at auc.edu.au>
> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:59:09 +1100 (EST)
> To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List <unimactech at auc.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: [UniMacTech] Symbols in Word on Mac and PC
> 
> 
>> I suspect font as well.  Try with something that's most likely to have
>> common character maps across both operating systems, like Courier or
>> Helvetica, and see what happens.
> 
> There are known Unicode encoding issues with various fonts, particularly
> those containing symbols. Different OSs interpret a subset of the font
> symbols in different ways.
> 
> Read this as a starting point:
> http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=FontFAQ_Displ
> ay
> It probably wont answer your specific question, but it should help you get
> an understanding of the problem.
> 
> You need to do one of the following:
> - Find a font that encodes the Greek characters using Unicode codes that
> are interpreted the same way in Windows 2007 on both the Mac and Windows.
> - Remember to 'fix up' the problem characters on the appropriate platform
> prior to submission.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kate.
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