This is because these characters were entered with non-Unicode values in Word, and the OpenOffice.org import filters do not convert the characters to Unicode ones. This seems to be Mac-only OOo bug (or a bug that is only manifest on the Mac, since OOo on Windows has access to Microsoft fonts and Windows methods of mapping characters).
akhrissanov wrote:Are there any OO developers around?
akhrissanov wrote:I'm sure that every MacOS user saw this problem, what about Linux/Solaris? Had anybody seen it?
digitaldave wrote:odd character (it looks like a square with a spider inside)
Rob.Crestani wrote:I've had success using the Font Replacement Table, located in the Tools -> Options -> OpenOffice.org ->Fonts
Enable "Apply replacement table", select "Symbol" in the lefthand FONT drop down, select "OpenSymbol" in the righthand "Replace with" dropdown. Press the checkmark to the right to add the substitution to the table. Make sure you check the Always box.
Once this is set up, opening and saving in MSWord 97/XP format preserves the bullet characters in both directions.
Hope this helps.
Rob
akhrissanov wrote: It makes OO much less usable on Mac, I don't know why its developers bother to support OO on MacOs when they don't fix really annoying and highly visible bugs for years.
Alex.
kabing wrote:It might be a font issue. The font specified may not contain the character being used, and OpenOffice.org may be substituting a different font when you reset the bullets and numbering, but somehow that substitution isn't carrying over when the document is closed and reopened.
What happens if you try a different font?
What happens if you save the document in odt format? (It may also be a .doc translator issue)
Is the Word document in .doc or .docx format?
kabing
digitaldave wrote:Rob.Crestani wrote:I've had success using the Font Replacement Table, located in the Tools -> Options -> OpenOffice.org ->Fonts
Enable "Apply replacement table", select "Symbol" in the lefthand FONT drop down, select "OpenSymbol" in the righthand "Replace with" dropdown. Press the checkmark to the right to add the substitution to the table. Make sure you check the Always box.
Once this is set up, opening and saving in MSWord 97/XP format preserves the bullet characters in both directions.
Hope this helps.
Rob
Rob,
Thanks very much for this tip - it looks, at least initially, to have solved my problem.
tfernsle wrote:To get to the Font Replacement Table using Open Office on a Mac, and fix symbols;
OpenOffice.org -> Preferences -> OpenOffice.org -> Fonts
1) check "apply replacement table"
2) under the "Font" drop-down select "Symbol"
3) under the "Replace With" crop-down select "OpenSymbol"
4) check the green checkmark to the left, your mapping should show up in the replacement table
5) check "always" next to the symbol mapping
6) hit "ok"
7) rest like a god
tfernsle wrote:To get to the Font Replacement Table using Open Office on a Mac, and fix symbols;
OpenOffice.org -> Preferences -> OpenOffice.org -> Fonts
1) check "apply replacement table"
2) under the "Font" drop-down select "Symbol"
3) under the "Replace With" crop-down select "OpenSymbol"
4) check the green checkmark to the left, your mapping should show up in the replacement table
5) check "always" next to the symbol mapping
6) hit "ok"
7) rest like a god
LoopDit wrote:tfernsle wrote:To get to the Font Replacement Table using Open Office on a Mac, and fix symbols;
OpenOffice.org -> Preferences -> OpenOffice.org -> Fonts
1) check "apply replacement table"
2) under the "Font" drop-down select "Symbol"
3) under the "Replace With" crop-down select "OpenSymbol"
4) check the green checkmark to the left, your mapping should show up in the replacement table
5) check "always" next to the symbol mapping
6) hit "ok"
7) rest like a god
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