DOSWord Line-Draw Characters Map Incorrectly to WinWord 6.0
  
PSS ID Number: Q114824
Article last modified on 11-01-1994
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a
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SYMPTOM
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When you open a Word for MS-DOS document into Word 6.0 or 6.0a for Windows,
line-drawing characters are converted incorrectly. Different characters
appear in place of some or all of the converted line-drawing characters.
This problem occurs when the line-drawing characters were entered using one
of three methods:
 
 - With the Word for MS-DOS internal line-drawing feature
 - As Part of an ASCII screen capture
 - With an ALT+<xxx> numeric keypad combination
 
CAUSE
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This problem occurs because the line-drawing characters are being treated
as any other Extended ASCII (Code Page 437) character and are being mapped
to perceived equivalents in the ANSI symbol set used by Word for Windows.
Instead, the numeric values for line drawing characters should be mapped
directly (for example, character 176 should map to character 176) so that
these characters can subsequently be displayed by the MS Linedraw font in
Word for Windows.
 
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Word for MS-DOS
converter supplied with Microsoft Word versions 6.0 and 6.0a for Windows.
We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
 
WORKAROUNDS
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NOTE: Workaround # 1 does not work with a Word for MS-DOS ver. 4.0 file
that has linedraw characters in it.
 
Method 1: If there are no extended characters other than MS-DOS Code Page
          437 (Extended ASCII) line drawing characters 176 through 223
          in your Word for MS-DOS document, do the following:
 
          1. Reopen the document in Word for MS-DOS and save it as RTF
             format.
 
          2. Open the resulting RTF file in Word 6.0 for Windows as Text
             Only.
 
          3. Replace the string "\pc" that appears on the first line of the
             RTF file with "\ansi" (without the quotation marks).
 
          4. Resave as Text Only, and then open as RTF into Word for
             Windows.
 
          5. If Courier PC does is not the font that appears on the ruler
             for line-drawing characters, and/or the line-drawing
             characters still do not appear correctly, select the converted
             line drawings and format them with the MS Linedraw font.
 
          Line drawing appearance will be restored. If your Word for MS-DOS
          document contains other extended characters, they will not be
          converted correctly if you follow this step. If this occurs, you
          can select the entire converted document and apply the MS
          Linedraw font to restore character appearance.
 
Method 2: If only a small number of line-drawing characters in your
          document are converted incorrectly, you can search and replace
          these characters following conversion with the correct characters
          from the MS Linedraw font.
 
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