Microsoft KB Archive/99174

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WD: Fonts in MacWord Graphics Converted Incorrectly to WinWord

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Q99174

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a, 5.1, 5.1a
 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 2.0c-CD, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

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SYMPTOMS
If text contained in a graphic image in a Word for the Macintosh document is formatted as any font other than Courier, Times, Palatino, Monaco, Symbol, or New York, the font is incorrectly mapped to Helv if you save the document as Word for Windows 2.0 or Word for Windows 1.x format. Therefore, the font within the graphic will appear incorrectly if you subsequently open the document into Word versions 1.x, 2.x, or 6.x for Windows.

This problem affects Microsoft TrueType Master Set TrueType fonts for the Macintosh, and occurs whether or not Word for Windows is running with the TrueType FontPack or FontPack 2 installed under Windows.

CAUSE
Microsoft has identified this as a problem in the Windows Metafile converter supplied with Word for the Macintosh. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUND
If you are using Word 6.0 for Windows, simply open the original document from Word for the Macintosh format. Word 6.0 for Windows includes a Macintosh PICT graphic import filter that doesn't have the problem described above.

If you are using Word 2.0 for Windows and find that a font in a graphic appears following conversion, follow these steps:


 * 1) Double-click the graphic image to start Microsoft Draw.
 * 2) Select the text that appears incorrectly. From the Text menu, choose Font, and select the correct font from the list of those available.

Repeat this step as many times as necessary for separate text string objects throughout the graphic.
 * 1) On the File menu, click Exit, and click Yes to update the image.

MORE INFORMATION
The problem described above applies only to vector (non-bitmap) graphic images. Bitmap images contain no actual font definitions and text within the graphic cannot be edited as a separate object once converted to Word. Microsoft fonts affected for the graphic font conversion problem described above include:

Arial

Arial Narrow

Augsburger Initials

Baskerville Old Face

Bell MT

Book Antiqua

Bookman Old Style

Braggadocio

BriemScript

Britannic Bold

Castellar

Centaur

Century Gothic

Century Schoolbook

Chicago

Contemporary Brush

Courier New

Desdemona

Eckmann

Edda

Elephant

Eurostyle

Futura

Geneva

Gill Sans Ultra Bold

Gradl

Harrington

Helvetica

Impact

Lucida Blackletter

Lucida Bright

Lucida Bright Math Extension

Lucida Bright Math Italic

Lucida Bright Math Symbol

Lucida Calligraphy

Lucida Fax

Lucida Handwriting

Lucida Sans

Lucida Sans Typewriter

Mistral

Monotype Corsiva

Monotype Sorts

New Caledonia

New English Text MT

Onyx

Parade

Peignot Medium

Playbill

Ransom

Stencil

Stop

Times New Roman

WingDings

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Keywords : kbinterop wordnt winword ntword macword word6 wordconvert

Issue type : kbbug

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