My text turns into symbols.

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Hello everyone,
Well, I have put my text in Bookshelf Symbol 7 and when I tried to change it to Arial after saving, now when I want to set it to Arial, it shows a lot of small empty squares and nothing wants to go back properly. I'm using Word 2016 on my HP computer.

Thank you in advance.

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m@rina Posted messages 27378 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   11 561
 
Hello,

That wasn't the idea of the century!
It's a very old bug and I see that it still persists. In any case, once the document is encrypted, it is really encrypted!! ;)

I have three solutions to propose to you, knowing that these solutions were developed a long time ago, with versions 2000-2003. You can see them on my site here:
https://faqword.com/index.php/word/erreurs-bugs-etc/604

One of the solutions involves a macro. You can use it if your document is short and simple. If it’s a complex document, it’s not even worth trying. In any case, I can't promise you anything, and if you attempt it, do it on a copy.

The other two solutions will allow you to recover the text, but your document will need to be redone.

m@rina

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