Dear Ryder,

Had a (slightly) similar problem - some of my fonts in WordPerfect went
funny;
although the name was correct the font displayed and printed incorrectly
- it
didn't map to another font, it was still there. I didn't check any other
programs - just uninstalled the font and then re-installed it, which
fixed the
problem. I have no idea what causes this, but it does seem to happen
from time
to time. It may be worth a try to uninstal and then re-install one of
the
'normal' fonts that are okay in Windows but not okay in Word - if it
works for
one, you could do the same with the others.

Lorna

Ryder wrote:

> Hi fellow listees!
>
> I have what seems to be a unique problem here, sorry for the long
> explanation, but I felt it necessary to fully clarify the problem.
>
> I have a client's puter here and have installed Office 97 Pro on it, now
> comes the problem. In Word there are only 2 choices for fonts available,
> Times New Roman and Roman 10cpi. When you convert any text to the Roman
> 10cpi font and go to change it back, the Times font choice disappears too,
> all that is left is the Roman one. If I open a .doc file created with a
> different font, like Arial, the choices in the dropdown box are Arial and
> Roman 10cpi, and if I convert it, the Arial choice goes away too.
>
> I checked to see that Win98 has all the normal fonts installed, they are
> all present and working. Then I checked some other applications for fonts.
> Excel has the full selection available, as does Notepad and Outlook. But,
> in addition to Word, Powerpoint and Wordpad have only the 2 choices that
> Word has. I can't figure out why part of the Office Suite has choices and
> part doesn't, and why some regular Microsoft applications don't have any
> choices either?
>
> I tried to wipe the install and start fresh, with another Office 97 disc,
> no luck there. I also tried to delete the normal.dot file in Word and let
> it re-create itself, but that failed too. I have searched for a setting in
> Win98 that would cause this to happen, but can't think of anything that
> would only make it happen to certain applications and not others. And, the
> only software installed on this machine is Win98 and Office 97 Pro, nothing
> else.
>
> I am at a total loss on this one and sure would appreciate any thoughts or
> suggestions from anyone who has had, or has seen, this peculiar problem.
>
> TIA,
> Ed Boychuk
>
> Ryder
>
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