find missing fonts "word 2003"

[Guest]

Is it possible to search for missing fonts? I have a large document with some
greek symbols that have been replaced by small rectangles.

Thank you!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the document is an older one, the Greek symbols will probably have been
inserted from the Symbol font. This font is one that does have a tendency to
go walkabout, apparently, so you might investigate that first. One common
problem is that users have a PostScript version of Symbol installed and fail
to realize that they do not have the TrueType font, which is required for
some applications (such as Equation Editor).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Yes, you're probably right. However, I need to be able to search my large
document and fix the problem, so I am hoping there is a way to find these
missing symbols without having to carefully re-read 120 pages. Do you know if
this is possible?

 

[Bob Mathews]

and Suzanne responded:

If the document is an older one, the Greek symbols will
probably have been inserted from the Symbol font. This
font is one that does have a tendency to go walkabout,
apparently, so you might investigate that first. One
common problem is that users have a PostScript version
of Symbol installed and fail to realize that they do not
have the TrueType font, which is required for some
applications (such as Equation Editor).

"Walkabout", huh? Suzanne, you've been around John Mc too long.
;-)

Seriously, another essential font for Equation Editor and
MathType is the MT Extra font.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the problem is a missing font, then just reinstalling the required font
would fix the problem without any further effort on your part. If you want
to ascertain what font is missing, just find a single instance and select
it. Word's Font box should display the name of the font even though another
font is being substituted for the display.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Helmut Weber]

Hi Kister,

Do you know if this is possible?

some VBA required, probabaly,
and, the thing is, that I don't have any in this way
corrupted document around.

Try, using F5 in the VBA-editor first.

Sub Macro4ss()
Dim rChr As Range
Dim oDlg As Dialog
Set oDlg = Dialogs(wdDialogInsertSymbol)
For Each rChr In ActiveDocument.Range.Characters
If Asc(rChr) = 40 Then
rChr.Select
oDlg.Update
If oDlg.Font = "Symbol" Then
rChr.HighlightColorIndex = wdYellow
Stop ' remove after testing
' F5 to continue
End If
End If
Next
End Sub

Then search for highlighted text.

There are other ways, of course.

HTH

--
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany

Helmut Weber, MVP WordVBA

Win XP, Office 2003
"red.sys" & Chr$(64) & "t-online.de"

 

[Guest]

Unfortunately, the document is a compilation of abstracts written all over
the world - from Sweden to Brazil, and I don't know what the missing fonts
are.

 

[Guest]

HTH,
I was afraid I'd get advice like that - I've seen it in other posts.
Unfortunately, I'm not savvy enough to even know what it means, let alone how
to do it.

Thanks for your time, though.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

And I am telling you that you can determine what font is needed by selecting
one of the squares and seeing what is listed in the Font box.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Klaus Linke]

And you can see a list of all missing fonts in "Tools > Options > Font
substitution", and maybe even substitute an existing alternative font
globally.

Regards,
Klaus