WD98: Accented Characters Are Not Displayed Correctly in Word 95 and Word 6 (275945)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1a
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q275945

SYMPTOMS

When you use Microsoft Word 95 or Microsoft Word 6 to open a document that was created in Microsoft Word 98, and the document contains accented characters (such as a grave (`), acute ('), circumflex (^), umlaut (..), or tilde (~), the accented characters are not displayed correctly.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, use Word 98 to save the file in Word 6.0/95 format, and then open the file in Word 95 or Word 6.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about typing accented characters, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

120085 WD: How to Type Accented International Characters from the Keyboard

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/4/2002
Keywords:kbbug KB275945
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