[mso] Re: What Is Indication When Fonts Default? (Word2003)
- From: Ray Shapp <rayshapp@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:09:10 -0500
Hi Kim,
Many thanks for the reference. It answers my original question completely.
Ray Shapp
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:48 PM, bluefilly <bluefilly@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> does this help?
>
> # Word PC and Word 98 Mac:
> Tools|Options, Compatibility tab, then click the Font Substitution button.
>
> from
>
> http://www.melbpc.org.au/pcupdate/2310/2310article10.htm
>
> I just googled Font Substitution to find it. There might be other
> pages on it too.
>
> kim
>
>
> On 15 February 2011 02:24, Ray Shapp <rayshapp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi bluefilly.
> > Thanks for the reply.
> >
> > Yes, if I can recognize/guess that the author(s) intended to use some
> fonts
> > that are not installed on my PC, I can see (in each instance) what font
> > that is by doing as you describe. In a 20-page document, parts of which
> were
> > written by different authors, it's likely that I will miss some font
> > substitutions. Can it be that MS didn't provide a way to indicate font
> > substitutions or provide a way to search a document globally for
> > substitutions?
> >
> > Ray Shapp
> > Word2003
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 5:33 PM, bluefilly <bluefilly@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> the only trick i know is to put your cursor in the affected paragraph
> >> and read the Font box. The Font box will show the font in the original
> >> document. The text itself might be in another font. Search for "font
> >> substitution" on the net and you might come up with something else.
> >>
> >> kim
> >>
> >> On 10 February 2011 13:55, Ray Shapp <rayshapp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > To All,
> >> > In Office 2003 Word, an author sent me a DOC file incorporating a font
> >> that
> >> > was not installed on my PC. When I selected that text, the window in
> the
> >> > Formatting toolbar showed the name of the font style the author had
> used.
> >> I
> >> > was not aware that I did not have that font style installed. The
> version
> >> of
> >> > the document on my PC defaulted to Courier without any warning or
> >> indication
> >> > that I noticed. Does Word give any indication when it is using a
> default
> >> > font in place of one that is not available? If Word doesn't give an
> >> explicit
> >> > warning, is there a way to query the DOC file to see if it wants any
> >> missing
> >> > fonts?
> >>
> >> --
> >> --------
> >> My inferiority complex is not as good as yours.
> >> Robin Banks, Australia
> >> bluefilly@xxxxxxxxx
>
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