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From: cpm5479@zeus.tamu.edu (Christopher Menzel)
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Subject: Fate of symbols in W4W <==> Word for Mac transfers
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Date: 26 Apr 91 13:50:43 GMT
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In article <1991Apr26.004923.8553@int13.hf.intel.com>, tim@int13.hf.intel.com (Timothy E. Forsyth) writes...
>Again, Word for Windows (known as WfW or W4W or winword on the net) does the
>trick, it can import Word for the Mac files.

Does anybody know what happens to characters formatted in the symbol
font in W4W when you transfer the file over to the Mac?  Does it
preserve the formatting and give you the correct symbol after the
transfer?  What about in the other direction?  Thanks.