Insert Symbol causes loop

[Emil]

In Word 2002, the Insert Symbol function frequently enters a loop, where the
window updates continuously, and no commands are recognized. Pressing escape
repeatedly and clicking on the top bar manages to shut the window and return
to Word, but the function is rendered useless.

This typically occurs when a symbol from a particular font has been used,
and another font is chosen from inside the Insert Symbol dialogue, which does
not utilize that particular slot. First inserting a Wingdings symbol and
later trying to choose a Unicode font is a good example of what would trigger
this.

I have experienced the problem on several different computers.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Problems with the Font, Symbol, Paragraph, Style, Page Setup, or Print
dialogs often indicate a problem with the printer driver (especially the
absence of one).

 

[Emil]

There is no problem with the printer driver, unless you consider using a
network printer a "problem". Even with a local printer driver installed, the
problem persists. It is my experience from several different computers that
marking a symbol and changing to a font that does not have this symbol always
produces this result, although I haven't conducted wider testing.