Microsoft KB Archive/114412

Font Assistant Window No Longer Visible on Screen

PSS ID Number: Q114412 Article last modified on 09-09-1996

1.00 1.10

WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

In the Microsoft Font Assistant, when you close the Font Sample area, the Font Assistant window no longer appears on the screen.

= CAUSE =

If you move the Font Assistant window to the far-left side on your screen so that only the Font Sample area is displayed, and you then close the Font Sample area by pressing CTRL+F, this behavior occurs.

= WORKAROUND =

To display the Font Assistant window again, do either of the following:

  Open the Font Sample area again with the following steps:   Press CTRL+ESC to run the Task List.   From the Task List, select Microsoft Font Assistant and choose Switch To.   Press CTRL+F to display the Font Sample area. Move the Font Assistant window to the desired location on the screen. If the Font Assistant window is still not visible, use the following workaround. 

-or-   Delete the Font Assistant initialization file as follows:   Exit the Microsoft Font Assistant by using the Task Manager (CTRL+ESC) or by exiting Microsoft Windows.   Delete the FAST.INI file from your Windows program directory. </li>  Start the Microsoft Font Assistant again. The Microsoft Font Assistant window opens in the default location, near the center of the screen. </li></ol> </li></ul>

= REFERENCES =

For more information about customizing your FAST.INI file, choose the Search button in Help and type the following:

Font Sample area, customizing KBCategory: kbprint KBSubCategory: Additional reference words: 1.00 1.10 w4wother offasst fontasst disappear

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