DOCUMENT:Q141861 16-APR-2000 [powerpt] TITLE :Asian Characters Are Lost in Translation PRODUCT :Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:4.0,7.0; :4.0,7.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0 - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 - Microsoft Japanese PowerPoint for Japanese Windows, version 4.0 - Microsoft Japanese PowerPoint for Japanese Windows 95, version 7.0 - Microsoft Chinese PowerPoint for Chinese Windows, version 4.0 - Microsoft Chinese PowerPoint for Chinese Windows 95, version 7.0 - Microsoft Korean PowerPoint for Korean Windows 95, version 7.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you open a presentation created in a Japanese, Chinese, or Korean version of PowerPoint (hereinafter referred to as Asian PowerPoint), all the Asian characters are changed to special characters or symbols. Also, you may receive the following error message in PowerPoint 7.0 when opening an Asian PowerPoint presentation: This presentation may contain non-displayable text and formats from the Far East. CAUSE ===== The Asian versions of PowerPoint use a double-byte font set that cannot be used in the non-Asian versions of PowerPoint. When a non-Asian version of PowerPoint opens an Asian file, these fonts are translated into symbols, because there is no matching font set. Additional query words: lost gone missing symbol junk garbage jumbled oriental kanji eastern far east kbconvert ppt97 8.0 ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbHLangKorean kbHLangJapanese kbHLangChinesePan kbHLangChineseSimp kbHLangChineseTrad kbPowerPtSearch kbPTProdChange kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbPowerPt700Search kbPowerPt400 Version : WINDOWS:4.0,7.0; :4.0,7.0 Hardware : x86 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.