I am on 7.6.10 and getting these unexpected characters when doing a coordinated PPT report.
Can some of you guys run this fex and tell me if you get the same error?
Everything is good if I use PDF and DHTML.

  
-* File coordinate_test
-* Default Mode: ResourceLayout
SET HTMLARCHIVE=ON
COMPOUND LAYOUT PCHOLD FORMAT PPT
UNITS=IN, $
SECTION=section1, LAYOUT=ON, METADATA='0.5^0.5^0.5^0.5^1', MERGE=ON, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, PAGESIZE=Letter,  $
PAGELAYOUT=ALL, NAME='Page Master', $
OBJECT=STRING, NAME='text3', TEXT='<center>Master Page Text</center>', POSITION=(0.688 0.167), MARKUP=ON, WRAP=ON, DIMENSION=(3.125 0.167), font='ARIAL', color=RGB(0 0 0), style=bold, size=12, METADATA='', $
COMPONENT='DfltCmpt1', POSITION=(0 0), DIMENSION=(0 0), $
PAGELAYOUT=1, NAME='Page layout 1', text='Page layout 1', TOC-LEVEL=1, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5, TOPMARGIN=0.5, METADATA='BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5,TOPMARGIN=0.5,LEFTMARGIN=0,RIGHTMARGIN=0,', $
COMPONENT='report1', TEXT='report1', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.832 1.291), DIMENSION=(4.375 2.604), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; POSITION: absolute; WIDTH: 4.375in; HEIGHT: 2.604in; OVERFLOW: auto; TOP: 1.291in; LEFT: 0.832in', $
OBJECT=STRING, NAME='text2', TEXT='<center>Page 1 Text</center>', POSITION=(0.792 0.750), MARKUP=ON, WRAP=ON, DIMENSION=(4.375 0.292), font='ARIAL', color=RGB(0 0 0), style=bold, size=12, METADATA='', $
END
SET COMPONENT='DfltCmpt1'
TABLE FILE CAR
BY COUNTRY NOPRINT
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM NOLEAD
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
END
SET COMPONENT='report1'
-*component_type report
TABLE FILE CAR
SUM DEALER_COST AS 'Dealer Cost'
RETAIL_COST AS 'Retail Cost'
BY COUNTRY NOPRINT
HEADING
"<COUNTRY"
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM NOLEAD
END
COMPOUND END

Here is pic of output I am getting.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Mighty Max,

According to tech support this a known issue and is supposed to fix some time down the road in 8.0.2