Dear Problem Solvers, This has never happened to me before. I'm working in Word 2003. I attempted to type Valentin Öhm, and the umlaut O simply will not appear. It appears elsewhere in the doc, where I used Alt + 0214 = Ö (Capital O). I closed and reopened the doc; no. Then I rebooted my computer, still no. I'm using Courier New, 11 pt. bold throughout the doc, with a few words 9 pt. Where the same name is elsewhere in the doc, it is just fine. I just realized that when I use Find, Word won't find Oehm, which I typed in place of what I need. It finds Valentin and any other words I ask for. There must be something amiss on that line?? I typed the name on another line and tried pasting it in, and it give me just an O, not the umlaut. I just discovered that print preview shows the umlaut... Any ideas? I can attach the doc and send it to someone who would like to see what I'm up against. Lila

Hi Lila, Send it my way and I will take a look ! Regards, Kevin. kr5927@gmail.com On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Lila Garner <lilagarner@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Problem Solvers, > > This has never happened to me before. I'm working in Word 2003. I attempted > to type Valentin Öhm, and the umlaut O simply will not appear. It appears > elsewhere in the doc, where I used Alt + 0214 = Ö (Capital O). I closed and > reopened the doc; no. Then I rebooted my computer, still no. > > I'm using Courier New, 11 pt. bold throughout the doc, with a few words 9 > pt. > > Where the same name is elsewhere in the doc, it is just fine. > > I just realized that when I use Find, Word won't find Oehm, which I typed > in place of what I need. It finds Valentin and any other words I ask for. > There must be something amiss on that line?? > > I typed the name on another line and tried pasting it in, and it give me > just an O, not the umlaut. > > I just discovered that print preview shows the umlaut... > > Any ideas? > > I can attach the doc and send it to someone who would like to see what I'm > up against. > > Lila > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- -------- K. Ross kr5927@gmail.com

I suspect the file may be corrupted, that is, that there's a "bad spot" in it. What I would try, first, is to delete the entire offending sentence -- at least five or ten words on either side of the one not working. Then save the file and re-open it, and re-enter what you deleted. Worth a try... You can send me the file, too, if you want. I have Word 2003. Dina > This has never happened to me before. I'm working in Word > 2003. I attempted to type Valentin Öhm, and the umlaut O > simply will not appear. It appears elsewhere in the doc, > where I used Alt + 0214 = Ö (Capital O). I closed and > reopened the doc; no. Then I rebooted my computer, still no. > > I'm using Courier New, 11 pt. bold throughout the doc, with a > few words 9 pt. > > Where the same name is elsewhere in the doc, it is just fine. > > I just realized that when I use Find, Word won't find Oehm, > which I typed in place of what I need. It finds Valentin and > any other words I ask for. There must be something amiss on > that line?? > > I typed the name on another line and tried pasting it in, and > it give me just an O, not the umlaut. > > I just discovered that print preview shows the umlaut... > > Any ideas? > > I can attach the doc and send it to someone who would like to > see what I'm up against. > > Lila >