Problems converting Pages to Word.doc
I am new to Macs and Pages so need some help. I have to convert files to Word as some of the companies i work for need word docs. the problem i have found is some characters (in tables etc) and bullet points disappear, leaving an indent in word, but not the bullet point mark. This is very frustrating and have had to resort to opening text doc or pc office application and changing it all. what am i doing wrong?
Hi macflower70
Welcome to the forum.
Word allows you to use dingbats from various standard Windows fonts, such as WingDings, as bullets.
Pages does as well, but it may be that the particular font used in the Word document is not on your Mac or in a different format. OSX favors .otf files, many Windows users are still using the old non-Unicode .ttf files.
When you open a file it may tell you that the font is missing and you may be given opportunity to open the font or replace it with another.
Peter
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