Font Problems

[Sonya]

I am trying to open a word document using Word 2003 and I created the
document in Word 2000. When I open it, it is using the Symbol font. When I
try and change it to something else, all I get is blocks. How can I fix the
problem.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

My guess is that when you created the document in Word 2000, you chose a
weird font that is not available in Word 2003, so Word 2003 is
substituting the Symbol font instead. When you try to change to a
different font, you get the effect described in
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290978 "WD2002: Symbol Characters Are
Changed to Box Characters". The easiest solution is to install the font
you originally used when you created the document in Word 2000.