Bullet points in text files

[bibblebub]

The background to this problem is that I'm creating docs using OpenOffice and MS Works Word Processor (I don't have Word) and want to save them as RTF files (amongst other formats). These docs contain bullet points, like this http://tinyurl.com/6dmw48r

With Wordpad (and other text editors) the bullet points in these documents look like this http://tinyurl.com/6guj4w5 - so no large dots - and its the same when creating a new rtf or txt file with those editors.

This all used to be ok until sometime in the last couple of months, I don't know what happened and I'm at a loss as to how to get bullets looking normal again.

Can anyone provide a solution?

[bibblebub]

Just to be absolutely clear it's how to get bullet points in Wordpad to look normal.

[rojash]

I notice that your two examples use two different typefaces. Perhaps it's the choice of typeface that's the problem?

[NazNomad]

"Can anyone provide a solution?"

Not without the file.

[bibblebub]

I've tried changing the font in Wordpad but it makes no difference.

Sorry for any confusion but I typed those 2 examples separately (one in OpenOffice, the other in Wordpad) just to illustrate the problem.

[bibblebub]

It's not any particular file, it's all txt files, editing an existing file or creating a new one, using any font (I haven't tested every single font but it stays the same with all of those I've tried so far).

I've tried searching for info about where Wordpad is getting those double arrows from instead of the usual dots but without success so far.

[NazNomad]

I can't even find that symbol in the Character Map.

Can you email me an example of it in a file?

[bibblebub]

I could examine the file content myself as a last resort but I was hoping that this might be a common problem (or at least not a one-off) for which there was a readily available fix.

[bibblebub]

But thanks for the offer NazNomad.

[NazNomad]

I was just thinking if I had the actual character, I could work out how to fix it. No worries though.