I assume this is a successor of 730863 (Just to link it).

Just an idea on this. Try to open the Word document in an Hexeditor and check what values are stored for the characters.

My test with a Word Document (Word 2003 SP3), showed up like this (at address 0x0a00):

0000a00: 4800 6100 6c00 6c00 6f00 3a00 20f0 21f0  H.a.l.l.o.:. .!.
0000a10: 0d00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................

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The Document contained the String "Hallo: !" with "Hallo: " formatted with font "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" and the "!" formatted with "Wingdings".

Maybe this helps you with your search.

In reply to Re: Perl Word and Wingdings by linuxer
in thread Perl Word and Wingdings by merrymonk

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