Microsoft KB Archive/259583

= WD2000: Fonts - Part 3: General Information and Troubleshooting =

PSS ID Number: 259583

Article Last Modified on 12/11/2002

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word 2000

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This article was previously published under Q259583



SUMMARY
This is part 3 of a three-part article that discusses general information and troubleshooting steps to use when you work with fonts in Microsoft Word 2000.

For additional information about the other parts of this article, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

259319 WD2000: Fonts - Part 1: General Information and Troubleshooting

259432 WD2000: Fonts - Part 2: General Information and Troubleshooting

NOTE: As an alternative, you can use the Microsoft Word 2000 Font Troubleshooter on the Web, at the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/word/font/

Topics Covered in Part 3:

Troubleshooting Font Problems (Continued)

The problem occurs when you are working in the document.

How To ...

Additional Resources



The problem occurs when you are working in the document.
 TrueType fonts are not listed in any Microsoft Office program.

The registry key that lists TrueType fonts may be damaged or missing. To resolve this problem, either use the Fontreg tool, or edit the Windows Registry to allow the installation of TrueType fonts.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

133732 Missing TrueType Fonts in Fonts Folder or Programs

 You cannot select TrueType fonts in Microsoft Word, even though you can select TrueType fonts in Microsoft Excel, and you can view TrueType fonts in your Fonts folder.

The default printer is set to a printer that does not support TrueType fonts (such as the generic/text only printer). To resolve this problem, change your default printer to a different installed printer.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

169330 Missing TrueType Fonts in WordPad and Microsoft Word

 '''When your document contains text that should wrap around a drawing object, text box, or &quot;float over text&quot; object, the text does not wrap around the object. Instead, the text splits from the top to the bottom of the object.'''

To work around this problem, format the text with a non-symbol font (for example, Times New Roman).

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

193107 WD2000: Text Doesn't Wrap Around Object

 After you install or upgrade your ATI display driver, text in your Word document may appear blocked or corrupted.

This problem may occur with certain fonts and more frequently in larger font sizes. To work around this problem, turn off the Smooth edges of screen fonts option in Windows.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

197683 WD2000: After Install of ATI Driver, Text Blocked or Corrupted

 When you view your document in Word, some characters may be missing, or the top (or bottom) of some characters may be cut off.

This is a display-only problem. To resolve this problem, change the document zoom setting, change the document view, change the line spacing, or change the font or point size that is used in the document.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

211272 WD2000: Some Characters Missing or Cut Off on Screen

 Some fonts available in other programs, like Microsoft Excel, are not available in Microsoft Word.

Microsoft Word no longer uses certain fonts, such as Arial CE, Arial Cyr, and Arial Greek (to mention a few). For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

211916 WD2000: Some Fonts Are Not Available in Word

 Special characters, such as the &quot;smiley face&quot; symbol or Greek characters, that are included as part of a comment, may not appear in the ScreenTip even though they are displayed correctly in the comment pane.

The font selected for the ScreenTip does not support these or similar characters. To work around this problem, insert the character from the Symbol dialog box. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

211975 WD2000: Some Characters Not Supported in ScreenTips

</li> When you view a document in Normal view, text appears slightly larger than you expect, or it is out of proportion.

To work around this problem, clear the Wrap to window check box. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212123 WD2000: Text Larger Than Expected or Distorted in Normal View

</li> When you format text with a symbol font, such as Wingdings, and then change to a non-symbol font, such as Times New Roman, the text is replaced with box characters.

Word displays the box characters after it translates the symbol font to its Unicode equivalent. Microsoft has a macro solution available to work around this problem. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212396 WD2000: Symbol Characters Change to Box Characters

</li> When you view your document in certain views, words may appear compressed.

Word cannot display all aspects of true WYSIWYG (&quot;what you see is what you get&quot;) all the time, because the screen resolution is much lower than the printer resolution. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

214170 WD2000: Fonts Not Displayed with True WYSIWYG

</li> '''When you view a Web page that contains embedded fonts, your Web browser does not use the embedded font information. Instead, your Web browser either uses the font that is specified by the Web page or substitutes the font as specified by your Web browser.'''

This behavior is by design in Microsoft Word. Word is capable of embedding TrueType fonts in a Web page. However, your Web browser is not capable of displaying these embedded fonts. If you use TrueType fonts when you create or edit a document, you can save or &quot;embed&quot; them in the document. That way, others can view, modify, and print the document with its original fonts.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

220444 WD2000: Embedded TrueType Fonts Are Not Displayed in Web Browser

</li> When you open a WordPerfect 5.x or 6.x document in Microsoft Word, select text that includes special characters from a WordPerfect font, and then change the font, the special characters may change to different characters.

To work around this problem, install the WordPerfect fonts on your system. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

247899 WD2000:Special Characters Lost Changing Font in WordPerfect File

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How to Change the Default Font in Word
<ol> In a new blank Word document, click Select All on the Edit menu.</li> On the Format menu, click Font.</li> Select the options that you want to apply to the default font. If you selected text in step 1, the properties that you want appear in the dialog box.

NOTE: For Help with an option, click the question mark, and then click the option.</li> Click Default.</li> Click Yes to the following message:

Do you want to change the default font to ?

This change will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template.

where  is the name of the font that you selected.</li></ol>

Any new document that you create based on the Normal template (Normal.dot) will use the new font settings that you selected.

NOTE: In earlier versions of Microsoft Word, the default font setting is 10 pt Times New Roman. For easier reading, the default font setting in Word 2000 changed to 12 pt Times New Roman. Note that if you use Word 2000 to open a document that was created in an earlier version of Word, your document retains the default font size of the earlier version (that is, 10 pt).

The default font applies to new documents that are based on the active template. Different templates might use different default font settings.

For more information about the default font, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type default font in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

How to Turn Off the Font Most Frequently Used (MRU) List
To turn off the Font Most Frequently Used list in Microsoft Word, either use the Support9.dot file, or edit the Windows Registry to add or change the value of NoFontMRUList to a value of 1.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

199785 WD2000: How to Turn off the Font MRU List

How to Print a Sample of All Available Fonts in Microsoft Word
You can use a Visual Basic for Applications macro that generates a list of the fonts that are available to Microsoft Word and displays a sample of each font. After the macro finishes, you can print the Word document.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

209205 WD2000: Macro to Generate List of Available Fonts in Word

How to Set Word to Show the Font List More Quickly
To display font lists more quickly, you can set Word to list the fonts in a standard font instead of displaying each font name as a sample of the font.

NOTE: This setting affects lists that display fonts, such as the Font and Style lists on the Formatting toolbar.
 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Customize, and then click the Options tab.
 * 2) Click to clear the List font names in their font check box.
 * 3) Click OK.

How to Find Fonts That Are Similar
To find similar fonts in Microsoft Windows, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Double-click Fonts.
 * 3) On the View menu, click to select List Fonts By Similarity.
 * 4) In the List fonts by similarity to box, click to select the font that you want to compare with the others on your computer.

NOTE: Panose font mapping information is stored with the font to describe its characteristics (such as serif or sans serif, normal, bold, or italic). If no Panose information is available, the font appears at the bottom of the list, and it does not appear in the List fonts by similarity to box.

For more information about the fonts in the font list in Microsoft Windows 2000, right-click the font, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu that appears.

How to Show Only TrueType Fonts in Microsoft Word
NOTE: This settings affects how fonts are displayed in all Microsoft Windows programs. To show only the TrueType fonts in Word, follow these steps: <ol> Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.</li> Double-click Fonts.</li> On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.</li> On the TrueType Fonts tab, click to select the Show only TrueType fonts in the programs on my computer check box.</li> Click OK to close the Folder Options dialog box.</li> <li>You must restart your computer in order for your changes to take affect. Click Yes when Windows prompts you with the following message:

You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect.

Do you want to restart your computer now?

After you restart Windows, Word displays only the TrueType fonts that are available on your computer.</li></ol>

How to Set Microsoft Word So That Only a Certain Number of Characters Appear on a Line
When you type a Word document, you may want to have a certain number of characters on each line of text. If the characters are formatted in a monospace font, you can calculate the horizontal printable space between the margins that is required to produce a certain number of characters per line.

Use the following formula to calculate the space that is required between the margins to produce a certain number of characters (also referred to as columns) per line: <pre class="fixed_text">  Characters Per Line (columns) That You Want ---     =  Required Print Area Font Size (expressed in characters per inch)          in Inches For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212036 WD2000: How to Set Up a Page with a Set Number of Characters per Line

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Additional Resources
Microsoft provides a typography Web site. The purpose of this Web site is to explain the benefits and features of TrueType, the world's most popular digital font format. The site aims to help people use type in more imaginative and innovative ways across a wide range of media, including print, video, and the World Wide Web.

For more information about the Microsoft Typography Web site, please refer to the following Web address:

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/

The Microsoft Typography Web site includes resources like the following:
 * The Web Embedding Fonts Tool (WEFT) lets you create &quot;font objects&quot; that are linked to your Web pages, so that when an Internet Explorer user views the pages, they see the pages displayed in the font style that is contained in the font object.
 * You can download TrueType core fonts for the Web, for use with Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh computers. You can install high-quality TrueType fonts, and whenever you visit a Web site that specifies them, you see the pages exactly as the Web site designer intended.
 * You can obtain the Font Properties Extension, which adds several new property tabs to the default Properties dialog box. These include information about font origination and copyright, the type sizes to which hinting and smoothing are applied, and the code pages that are supported by extended character sets.

Microsoft Support Options
If you cannot resolve this issue, several support options are available to assist you.

Quickly Find Answers Yourself Online
Use Microsoft Online Support to search the Microsoft Knowledge Base and other technical resources for fast, accurate answers. You can also customize the site to control your search.

To begin your search, browse to the following Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/

Microsoft Product Support
Contact a Microsoft Product Support professional to assist you with troubleshooting problems.

For more information about obtaining help with troubleshooting Microsoft Windows, click Help Topics on the Help menu in Windows Explorer. On the Contents tab, double-click to open the Troubleshooting book. Then double-click to open the Contact Microsoft Technical Support book to view your support options.

For more information about obtaining help with troubleshooting Microsoft, click About Microsoft on the Help menu, and then click Tech Support.

For additional information about Microsoft support services, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

102344 Microsoft Product Support Options Q&A

Microsoft Solution Providers
Microsoft Solution Providers are independent organizations that have teamed with Microsoft to use technology to solve business problems for companies of all sizes and industries.

To locate a Microsoft Solution Provider in your area in the U.S. and Canada, call the Microsoft Sales Information Center at (800) 426-9400. If you are outside the United States, contact your local subsidiary. To locate your subsidiary, see the Microsoft World Wide Offices Web site at:

http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/default.htm

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