Re: [WinMac] Getting a bullet symbol in Excel for Windows98


thorstadj(thorstadj[at]macconnect.com)
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:15:06 -0700


>>>I've got news for you, Victor. If you install Office 98 on a mac, suddenly
>>>the bullet (option -8) isn't there anymore. I've been lamenting it ever
>>>since, especially since the replacement, M$ automatic bulletting, belongs
>>>in a deep, deep hole. Which is where it's left me, more than once.
>>
>>Sounds like you've let Office default to a font without the bullet. Try
>>going to a different, more familiar Mac font.
>
>I've tried that. I use palatino as a bodytext font and avant guard for
>headers both of which are common mac fonts. I used palatino before I up
>(down?) graded to Office 98 and option-8 certainly did a bullet under Word
>5.1 but it doesn't under Word 98. Using Key Caps, I've looked at these and
>a number of other fonts without being able to find the elusive bullet. If
>it still does exist as a character, I'd love to know where.

Weird. I just checked before writing this, palatino has the opt-8 bullet
on my Mac in Word 98. I think I'm out of help. Sorry.

Jeff T
thorstadj@macconnect.com

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