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Excel File Displaying Chinese Characters.
Hi All. I have a file that I edited yesterday that is now appearing online as chinese characters. If I select the cell, the correct/English version of the word appears, but not when displayed. All ot...
MuffinMama wrote:
I have a file that I edited yesterday that is now appearing online as chinese characters. If I select the cell, the correct/English version of the word appears, but not when displayed.
Those aren't Chinese characters.
This is a Microsoft issue, unrelated to Dropbox, and it's a problem with the font you're using. Change it to something other than Arial and the issue will likely go away. If you search Google you'll find many people experiencing this issue while using the web version of Office that have reported it to Microsoft.
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
MuffinMama wrote:
I have a file that I edited yesterday that is now appearing online as chinese characters. If I select the cell, the correct/English version of the word appears, but not when displayed.
Those aren't Chinese characters.
This is a Microsoft issue, unrelated to Dropbox, and it's a problem with the font you're using. Change it to something other than Arial and the issue will likely go away. If you search Google you'll find many people experiencing this issue while using the web version of Office that have reported it to Microsoft.
Wow, Rich, that was super easy! I should have considered that but was thrown off by the fact that the file looked fine w the same font yesterday. Thank you!!
