Hi @RayC02 ,
We should be able to discern if this issue is caused by a bug or a misconfiguration by using the "DashBoardMenu" example project as base for the usage of the Menu widget. This example also has a Menu, with several components inside of it including sliders, labels and containers. As you will see on this demo, only one page can be viewed on the drawing interface at a time. Also, note that under "Part & State" most of the widgets inside of the menu have the "Default" state, meaning they will inherit their style from the default state. I believe in your project you may have some of these widgets as "Checked" rather than "Default", meaning that they will only display once a specific event has occurred, like when they were selected on the simulation. This may be the cause of you seeing the items on the simulation, but not on the drawing interface.
Also, with respect to the missing characters on the simulator, I think the following community post might be insightful: https://community.nxp.com/t5/GUI-Guider/%E8%AF%B7%E9%97%AEGUI-Guider%E4%B8%8A%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E6%A...
BR,
Edwin.