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date: 28 Feb 2007 06:14:02 -0800,
group: microsoft.public.word.printingfonts
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Re: Fonts not in Font folder
Tom, you're a genius! Thank you so much. Changing my default printer
worked beautifully.
On Feb 28, 3:07 pm, "Tom Ferguson" wrote:
> The usual problem that produces this symptom is the selection of a
> default printer. Word checks the printer driver to see what fonts it can
> use. Thus, if a user has a printer installed that has fonts in its own
> ROM, so-called "printer-resident" fonts, those will list in that user's
> font list but not in the lists of other users who have either no default
> printer selected or a different printer selects.
>
> So, check to see what the default printer is for these users. Change it
> to one that is available to them. If not printer is, select one of the
> standard printers and set it as connected to "file" and set it as
> default.
>
> Tom
> MSMVP
> Windows shell/User
>
> "Tracey" wrote in message
>
> news:1172672042.941482.118760@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > I hope someone here can help me. This one is driving me crazy! I
> > have a several users who have a few fonts available to them in
> > Microsoft Word. The problem is these fonts are not in their fonts
> > folder. I think I've searched just about everywhere for the foolish
> > things and can't find them anywhere. I'm having a hard time searching
> > on this problem. Every hit I come up with shows people having the
> > opposite problem - font installed in folder, but not showing up in
> > Word.
>
> > I have hidden files showing as well as system files. Does anyone know
> > where these fonts might be hiding? (I'd like to use them on other
> > machines.) I do notice they have a non True Type icon in Word's font
> > drop down list. And I've searched on the fon file extension as well
> > as the ttf extension.
>
> > Thanks in advance for any help!
> > Tracey
date: 28 Feb 2007 11:53:11 -0800
author: Tracey
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