Font letter & numbers turning in to empty square boxes

[zuke]

Pub 2003 started to change numbers into empty square boxes. The problem
is I have 16 pages and to create or carry over the info would take 2
days to fix. It appears it happens in the present file but the same
info in a new pub file works. There are no viruses. XP OS

1 What causes this?
2 Can I import or copy the present file into a new pub2003 filw w/o
bringing over the corruption? The troublesome font is Arial Narrow /
Garamond but it works fine in all other programs.
3 Can I repair the present pub 2003 file?

I have twiddled with this and I can't find anything on the web. It
could be a unicode issue but I don't know enough about Unicode. In
addition, it seems to work then slowly stars to change to the boxes
when I edit later.

Help would be much appreciated.

Don

 

[Mary Sauer]

There was an issue with Garamond but it was fixed in the first service pack.
Have you tried a "detect and repair?"
There is always the possibility of a corrupt font. You could delete the font
in your font folder and reinstall.
If you have many fonts in a publication you may experience issues.

 

[zuke]

Thamk you Mary for your quick response. All of you have made this a
great forum. After I posted, I did find a mention of the same problem
in this group by Ed Bennet. It was an embedding check box issue. I went
back to the default as if you are starting a new pub and Voila, it
worked. It was interesing to note because this problem acted like a
virus... the more I worked on it, the more square boxes started to
appear. Anyway,, all is back to normal. Keep up the good work and we
all appreciate your interest.

Don