Insert symbol: clicking on symbol does not work

[Nigel Goldenfeld]

Hi -- when I try to insert a symbol in Word 2002 (Office
XP Pro), the symbol dialogue box comes up, but clicking on
the symbols with the mouse does not highlight them and I
cannot insert them into my text.

I can navigate through the dialogue box with the arrow
keys however, highlight the desired symbol and then click
on the Insert button.

Obviously this is not satisfactory. I have tried
reinstalling, installing all service packs. This
behaviour was reproduced on my other computer too. Both
run Windows XP Pro. I also have Adobe Acrobat 6.0
installed.

How come no one else seems to have posted about this bad
behaviour?

Suggestions please?

Thanks

Nigel Goldenfeld

 

[Nick Bridgland]

This is a problem I have noticed also. I am running Word
97 on Windows XP Home Edition and have Acrobat 5.2. I
can't offer any help round this other than addint a bit
more information to try to narrow down what might be the
problem.

Nick Bridgland

 

[Nigel Goldenfeld]

That's interesting. Must be a XP problem. I noticed that
the symbol opened up on the Euro symbol. I wonder if all
the Windows Updates concerning the Euro symbol somehow
screwed everything up. Word 97 worked fine on my computer
running Windows 98.

Nigel

 

[Guest]

The problem seems to be TweakUI and x-mouse. I have x-
mouse activated. If you turn off X-mouse, Word works
fine. Damn nuisance -- I like X-mouse.

Nigel