English XP OS with Japanese Office XP

When I load the Japenese Office application on an English XP laptop. The
fields all appear displayed in question marks. ("????????") I have the
japanese language installed on the tool bar. But also some of the tabs
display garbage characters like trade marks, %, squares and other characters.
Does anyone know what I might try to resolve this issue?

Hi Cowboy,

The information in this article may be helpful.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290237/en-us?FR=1

It sounds like perhaps the Windows MUI interface or the needed fonts for displaying the menu choices may not be installed but you
might want to check in Start=Run=Microsoft Office Tools in the Language Settings tool to see if Japanese is listed as an Installed
Office language.

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"IT Cowboy" wrote in message ...
When I load the Japenese Office application on an English XP laptop. The
fields all appear displayed in question marks. ("????????") I have the
japanese language installed on the tool bar. But also some of the tabs
display garbage characters like trade marks, %, squares and other characters.
Does anyone know what I might try to resolve this issue?
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I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office system products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends

LINKS for the 2007 Office System

1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie
the 2007 Microsoft Office system iinfo is at
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2?
Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures)
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033
b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net