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bmaupin
Asked: 2017-12-05 11:28:23 +0800 CST

How can I fix missing bullet point characters in Word Online?

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I'm using Word Online in Ubuntu and the bullet points don't appear correctly. This is what it looks like in Firefox:

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How can I fix this?

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3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Update

    I submitted a bug report and this issue has been fixed as of Firefox 68.

    This issue originally affected all browsers, but Microsoft fixed it for Chrome by adding downloadable versions of the fonts to the Word Online site.

    The workaround is below in case this is still broken for other browsers.

    Workaround

    1. Install the missing fonts locally

      mkdir -p ~/.fonts/
wget https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/blob/HEAD:/fonts/symbol.ttf -O ~/.fonts/symbol.ttf
wget https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/blob/HEAD:/fonts/wingding.ttf -O ~/.fonts/wingding.ttf
wget https://bmaupin.github.io/askubuntu-983191-research/symbol_msfontservice.ttf -O ~/.fonts/symbol_msfontservice.ttf
wget https://bmaupin.github.io/askubuntu-983191-research/wingdings_msfontservice.ttf -O ~/.fonts/wingdings_msfontservice.ttf
fc-cache -f -v

    2. Once that's done, the bullet points should be fixed:

      enter image description here

    Details

    Examining the source of the page, here's the information on the various bullet points:

    • First level
      • Character: unicode f0b7 ()
      • Font: Symbol
    • Second level
      • Character: o
      • Font: Courier New
    • Third level
      • Character: unicode f0a7 ()
      • Font: Wingdings

    You can find more details than you ever wanted to know about this issue here: https://github.com/bmaupin/askubuntu-983191-research#readme

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  2. I have the same issue, tried your solution, but the problem remained. It was as though the wingdings is not well installed.

    Word Online: In Word Online, selecting: bullets / Define new bullet / Wingdings

    LibreOffice: In LibreOffice, inserting special character

    What succeeded at fixing it was to download the font from https://github.com/IamDH4/ttf-wps-fonts/blob/master/wingding.ttf. I placed it directly in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/. Then I ran:

    sudo fc-cache -rv
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  3. I already had wine installed, so this worked for me:

    cd ~/.fonts
ln -s /usr/share/wine/fonts wine
fc-cache

    I didn't even have to restart Firefox.

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