Microsoft KB Archive/133124

= WD: Font Changes to New York When You Open MacWord 4 Document =

Article ID: 133124

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q133124



SYMPTOMS
When you convert a Word 4.0 document into Word 6.0 or Word 6.0.1, Word may change fonts such as Times to New York.



CAUSE
Word 4.0 documents contain only a single Macintosh font code. Documents retain this font code based on their Macintosh Font ID numbers. The Font ID for the same font may differ from one Macintosh system to another. For example, Chicago may be font 3 on one Macintosh system and font 16 on another.

This may occur because the Macintosh system changes a font's ID number if another font already uses that number. Most fonts do not always have the same font code on different computers; however, font 2 is typically New York. By default, Word 6.0 converts fonts to New York so that converted documents will be legible on different Macintosh systems.

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