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Hi Niels
I've just done a quick test (Windows XP, SP3). These are the results of the Belgian jury:
Fm9: same result as yours, but Zapf Dingbats does get embedded properly
Fm8: Wingdings and Zapf DIngbats both OK
Fm10: same results as Fm9
So, possible workarounds:
Use Zapf DIngbats instead of Wingdings. Or, better still, use a "regular" font for callouts. I use Myriad Pro placed on a light-colored background, for example a single-cell table. Doing so, I can also use more than 9 callouts. ;-)
Downgrade to Fm8 ;-)
@Adobe: this bug seems to be introduced in version 9. Please fix this in version 11.
Thanks
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