DOCUMENT:Q160070  14-NOV-2000  [word97]
TITLE   :WD97: Symbol Dialog Different from Previous Versions
PRODUCT :Word 97 for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:97
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how the Symbol dialog box in Microsoft Word 97 is
different from the Symbol dialog box in previous versions of Word.


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Microsoft Word 97 supports the Unicode character set. As a result of this new
functionality, the Symbol dialog box in Word 97 has the following
characteristics:

 - International fonts do not appear in the Font list in Word. The international
   font sets previously available included the following:

   Arial CE
   Arial Cyr
   Arial Greek
   Courier New CE
   Courier New Cyr
   Courier Greek
   Times New Roman CE
   Times New Roman Cyr
   Times New Roman Greek

   Although these fonts are installed on your computer, Word does not make them
   available for use.

   For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
   Knowledge Base:

   Q159341 Word 97: International Fonts Don't Appear in Font List

 - Fonts are separated into different subsets. The subset list is unavailable if
   the currently selected font does not contain subcategories.

   NOTE: Symbol fonts do not contain subcategories.

   Subsets that may be available include the following:

   Alphabetic Presentation Forms
   Arrows
   Basic Greek
   Basic Latin
   Block Elements
   Box Drawing
   Currency Symbols
   Cyrillic
   General Punctuation
   Geometric Shapes
   Latin Extended Additional
   Latin Extended-A
   Latin Extended-B
   Latin-1
   Letterlike Symbols
   Mathematical Operators
   Miscellaneous Dingbats
   Miscellaneous Technical
   Number Forms
   Private Use Area
   Spacing Modifier Letters
   Superscripts and Subscripts

   NOTE: The Symbol character map expands based on the font selected. You can
   scroll through the list of displayed characters or by selecting a subset.
   When you do this, the selection will jump to the start of the subset.

   To make the Subset list available, do the following:

   1. On the Insert menu, click Symbol.

   2. In the Symbol dialog box, select (normal text) in the Font list.

      The Subset list appears to the right of the Font list.

For more information about unicode, visit the Unicode Web site at:

   http://www.unicode.org

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