Hi Beth, Please post the "Content-Type" header of each message onto this group. Mention which header is from you and which one if from the Briton. I might be able to make some suggestions if I can see that information.
On 1/19/03 6:21 PM, "Beth Rosengard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Someone I correspond with sends me email from his Mac (OS 9, Entourage 2001) > to my Mac (also OS 9, Entourage 2001). He's sending in Arial and I'm > receiving in Arial. Neither of us acquired our Arial from any unusual > source. Both of us normally have Character Set on Automatic. > > Here's what happens: Characters like the ellipses in his messages show up > as sigmas on my Mac. Now, if I change my Character Set to Western European > (Windows), the sigmas turn into ellipses, as you would expect. But why is > this happening in the first place? > > The only difference I can find is that he has a UK version of Office and > mine is US. Would a UK version of MacOffice install fonts with different > character sets? If so, why don't I see the substituted characters in email > from other Brits sending from Macs? If not, what might explain this? > > Thanks, > > Beth > -- Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac) PowerPoint FAQ featuring PowerPoint:mac: <http://www.pptfaq.com/> The Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
