RE: [WinMac] Getting a bullet symbol in Excel for Windows98
Frankenstein, Paul(Frankens[at]wnet.org)
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:48:50 -0500
Try re-installing whatever version of the system you're using (8.1?). It
could be that the System file suffered some minor corruption.
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> From: Lesley Vita
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> Subject: Re: [WinMac] Getting a bullet symbol in Excel for Windows98
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> >>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.
>
> Regards,
>
> Lesley Vita
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