MS LineDraw font doesn't show

Question

I have a number of old documents that use the MS LineDraw font.  That font is in my Windows\FONTS folder, but does not appear in the WORD fonts list .

When I rest the cursor on those characters, it shows that font in the FONT panel - but the characters are displayed (e.g. ÚÄÄÄÄ )as if they were Danish (?)

How can I get WORD 2010 (Win7) to behave properly?

Answer 1

Hi Robin,

The MS LineDraw font is not supported in any version of the Microsoft Word (since the Word 97).

You may refer to one of your thread for the similar issue and check if it helps:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_2010-word/old-doc-with-some-mslinedraw-characters-but-these/a08e663d-3ebf-4c59-af8d-3e927d6af021

I hope this information helps you.

Thank you.

Answer 2

I disagree, MS LineDraw worked ok in Office2007 (XP), but I agree it does not work in Word2010

search this forum for another thread:

"MSLineDraw characters, but these don't show properly in WORD 2010"

and you will find my solution/workaround, which involves using WordPad and RTF to parse the original TXT file

Answer 3

Thank you !

I had forgotten I had raised the issue before - and I hadn't seen the response !  It's a problem that only raises its ugly head now and again...