Substituting fonts

[Terri]

When I call up my old WordPerfect 6.1 DOS documents into
Word 2002, it converts the font I used (Century
Schoolbook) into Quick Pi (a symbol font). I'm not sure
why this is--Century Schoolbook is available on my Windows
system. I looked up font substitution and it instructed
me on how to tell Word which font to use as a substitute
for a "missing" font. However, Word doesn't see this as
a "missing" font. When I do Tools, Compatibility, Font
Substitution, it says that there are no missing fonts in
the document.

Is there any other way I can tell Word what font I would
like it to use in these documents when it converts them,
without having to manually change the font myself on every
document?

 

[TF]

The conversion between WP and Word is very complex and has never been that
great. However, I've not heard of it failing to ID a standard font. What I
suggest is that you open the WP document, use SelectAll (Ctrl+A) and then
use Format Font, select Century Schoolbook and press OK. Save as a Word
document.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

: When I call up my old WordPerfect 6.1 DOS documents into
: Word 2002, it converts the font I used (Century
: Schoolbook) into Quick Pi (a symbol font). I'm not sure
: why this is--Century Schoolbook is available on my Windows
: system. I looked up font substitution and it instructed
: me on how to tell Word which font to use as a substitute
: for a "missing" font. However, Word doesn't see this as
: a "missing" font. When I do Tools, Compatibility, Font
: Substitution, it says that there are no missing fonts in
: the document.
:
: Is there any other way I can tell Word what font I would
: like it to use in these documents when it converts them,
: without having to manually change the font myself on every
: document?

 

[Amedee Van Gasse]

TF shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.newusers:

The conversion between WP and Word is very complex and has never been
that great.

Which is only natural when converting from one closed file format to
another closed file format. It's a terrible job, reverse engineering a
file format.

However, I've not heard of it failing to ID a standard font.

Happens all the time, here at work.

What I suggest is that you open the WP document, use SelectAll
(Ctrl+A) and then use Format Font, select Century Schoolbook and
press OK. Save as a Word document.

I think he already does this.

What he needs, is a macro that loops trough all WP docs in a directory,
changes the font, and saves it as Word.
Assuming there is only one font in each document...

 

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Amedee Van Gasse using XanaNews 1.17.3.1

-----Original Message-----

SelectAll (Ctrl+A) and then use Format Font, select
Century Schoolbook and press OK. Save as a Word
document.<<<

I think she already does this.

What she needs, is a macro that loops trough all WP docs

in a directory, changes the font, and saves it as Word.
Assuming there is only one font in each document...
You're right, I already do this, and it changes all the
fonts, and sometimes the attributes. Other problems too,
as you can imagine. The other huge problem is that I
can't search any of those documents--Windows sees them all
as being Quick Pi, so if I'm looking for a string of text,
it can't see it. I haven't a clue how to make a macro
that loops through docs. But at least I know there's not
a secret to this that I'm missing. Thanks for the
suggestions!