Microsoft KB Archive/138360

= PUB: Text in Metafile Doesn't Rotate in Publisher =

Article ID: 138360

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q138360



SYMPTOMS
When you rotate certain metafiles that contain both graphics and text, you may find that the graphics rotate fine but the text portions remain in their original orientation.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the text portions of the metafile use a font that is not a TrueType font.



RESOLUTION
To successfully rotate both the graphics and the text, you must make sure that only TrueType fonts are in the graphic. You can do this by using only TrueType fonts when creating the metafile or, if you are using a "premade" metafile, by making sure that your font substitutes are all TrueTypes. To do the latter, follow these steps:  Click the Windows Start button, and then click Run. In the Open box, type "win.ini" (without the quotation marks) and then click OK. This will bring up the Win.ini file in Notepad. On the Search menu, click Find. In the Find What box, type "[fontsub" (without the quotation marks) and click the Find Next button. This brings up your font substitutes section, which will look something like this:

[FontSubstitutes]

Helv=MS Sans Serif

Tms Rmn=MS Serif

Times=Times New Roman

Helvetica=Arial

MT Symbol=Symbol

 Change each entry to the right of the equal sign to be TrueType fonts. Recommended fonts are:

[FontSubstitutes]

Helv=Arial

Tms Rmn=Times New Roman

Times=Times New Roman

Helvetica=Arial

MT Symbol=Symbol

 On the File menu, click Save. Quit Notepad.</li> Restart Windows for your changes to take effect.</li></ol>

Additional query words: pub3 pub95 w_mspub mspub upside down upside-down pub97

Keywords: kbprb kbgraphic KB138360

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