Microsoft KB Archive/67282

Font Cartridges or Downloadable Fonts not Available PSS ID Number: Q67282 Article last modified on 12-21-1990 PSS database name: W_Os2Word

1.10

OS/2

Summary:

If cartridge or downloadable font support is added to an existing printer by changing these options in the OS/2 Control Panel, these additions may not appear in Microsoft Word for OS/2.

Word improves its loading speed by storing printer information in the PMWORD.INI file. If the printer driver name has changed, Word will automatically request new font information from OS/2 (which can be a slow process).

If fonts are added but the driver name has not changed, and Word for OS/2 is loaded at the time the addition is made in the Control Panel, Word will receive an update from the OS/2 Control Panel and function correctly. If Word has not been started, and a font is added to a driver from the Control Panel, Word will not realize there has been an addition and will report the available fonts incorrectly. This happens because the PMWORD.INI has not updated to reflect the additional fonts.

Solutions
There are two solutions to the problem:


 * 1) The best method is to start Word and then minimize it. Then, return to the Control Panel or Print Manager and repeat the driver modifications. With Word active in the background, it will receive the update information and make the appropriate notation in the PMWORD.INI file.
 * 2) The second option is not as “clean”; however, it is faster. Delete the PMWORD.INI file to force Word to request this information. Then, rebuild this file, which will allow it to work properly.

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