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Menus appear as symbols or hieroglyphics

Description:

Menus in the main program are illegible and appear as symbols, bullet points and hieroglyphics.

Analysis:

This error occurs on some machines running Windows 95 which don't have the "System" font installed. The program is trying to use the System font to display the menus, but since the font is unavailable it is using the closest alphabetically available font, which is Symbol.

Solution:

There is a small utility which you can download to fix this problem. It will adjust the program to use the Arial font instead of the MS Sans Serif font. Follow the steps below.

Step 1: Download the Utility
Click here to download the utility program FIX_FONT.EXE (11k). When you are prompted, select "Save to disk" from the box which appears and save the file in the directory in which you installed the typing program.

Step 2: Run the Utility
• Open Windows Explorer (My Computer)
• Open the folder in which you installed the typing program
• Double-click on the FIX_FONT program
(This should be in the same folder as files such as FROG.EXE, PART3.EXE and REPORTS.EXE)
• The program will report the result of its changes.