Microsoft KB Archive/114036

Nonstandard Bold Formatting Ignored in Microsoft Project

PSS ID Number: Q114036 Article last modified on 11-16-1994

4.00

WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

In Microsoft Project, when you use either the Font or the Text Styles dialog box to format a task or other item in your project, if you apply a font with a nonstandard bold formatting style (for example demibold or bold oblique), the bold formatting does not appear on the screen or printout.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

= MORE INFORMATION =

When you choose a nonstandard bold formatting style from the Font Style list in either the Font or the Text Styles dialog box, the font appears with the correct formatting in the Sample box. However, when you choose OK to apply the font, the item you are formatting does not appear with bold formatting. If you then choose Font or Text Styles from the Format menu again, with the item selected, the style selected in the Font Style list is either Regular or Italic. The nonstandard bold formatting style does not remain selected in the Font Style list.

If you apply a font with a non-standard bold and italic formatting style, the italic formatting is applied, but again, the bold formatting is not applied.

Note that in Microsoft Project version 3.0, a font that has a non-standard bold formatting style is not displayed in the Font list in the Text dialog box.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) In a new project, enter a task, T1.
 * 2) Select T1, and choose Font from the Format menu.
 * 3) From the Font list, select a font that has a non-standard bold style, such as Lucida Bright from the Microsoft TrueType Font Pack. From the Font Style list, select the nonstandard style, such as Demibold.

The bold formatting appears in the Sample box.

 Choose OK.

The task T1 appears with regular font formatting instead of bold. If you choose Font again from the Format menu, Regular is selected in the Font Style list.

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