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powerpoint >> Font substitution

by Tim Hicks » Sat, 13 Nov 2004 04:08:39 GMT

I am using Office 2004 in Canada. Client in Singapore has sent me a .ppt,
and one of its fonts is a double-byte Asian font. I can't tell where it's
actually USED, but I can't get rid of it.

Replace Fonts wants me to replace it with another double-byte font.

Check Compatibility tells me there has been a substitution, but that @#$%&
useless @#%$%$ piece of &@*$*## won't tell me WHAT or WHERE or anything at
all that I can actually USE.

Now whenever I click somewhere, or try to select something, I get the font
substitution warning and I have to click "OK" five times before I can do
anything.

IS THERE A WAY TO TURN THIS OFF?

Tim Hicks, Victoria, BC, Canada

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powerpoint >> Font substitution

by TAJ Simmons » Sat, 13 Nov 2004 05:00:52 GMT


Tim,

This sounds very much like a problem another user had.... which Wolfram Fuchs very kindly posted what worked for him.

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After writing the solution below I went to the apples font manager menu and
found three new Asian font listed:
Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro
Hiraginu Maru Gothic Pro
Hiraginu Mincho Pro
You may deactivate the last two. If you deactivate the first, the problem
will return.
Wolfram



I had the same problem with a German OS 10.3.5. It was specific to
PowerPoint and it appeared after installing Service Pack 11.1.0. Before that
PowerPoint 11.0.0 worked well. Reinstalling did not help. Apparently
PowerPoint could not find 5 Asian fonts, since I had to kill 5 alert windows
at PowerPoint start-up. I compared my System -> Library -> Fonts with
another machine, where 11.1.0 works and found 8 Asian fonts, that were not
installed on my machine:
???????? Pro W4.otf
??????? Pro W3.otf
??????? Pro W6.otf
???????? Pro W3.otf
???????? Pro W6.otf
???????? Std W8.otf
????.ttf
????.ttf
Since the system folder cannot be changed, I copied them to my User ->
Library -> Fonts - and the problem was gone.
Hope this works for you too.
Greetings from Munich
Wolfram

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Please post back if that works for you also

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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powerpoint >> Font substitution

by Tim Hicks » Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:45:33 GMT

> This sounds very much like a problem another user had.... which Wolfram Fuchs
very kindly posted what worked for him.<

That wasn't exactly what I needed, but it pointed me where I needed to go,
thanks. I was SURE I'd never need those fonts ....
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powerpoint >> Font substitution

by TAJ Simmons » Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:21:53 GMT

Tim,

So are you sorted now?

What worked for you?

Cheers
TAJ
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powerpoint >> Font substitution

by SkipG » Sun, 09 May 2010 19:19:06 GMT

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Recently I opened a Powerpoint presentation prepared on a PC and one of the fonts used (Bradley Hand ITC) wasn't available on the Mac. The substituted font wound up wrapping to the next line. <br><br>Is there any way I can tell when fonts are being substituted? If I knew it was happening, I could address the issue properly. <br><br>Thanks, <br>
--skip
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powerpoint >> Font substitution

by CyberTaz » Sun, 09 May 2010 21:43:23 GMT

Probably not as complete as you'd like, but if you display the Compatibility
Report palette of the Toolbox it will indicate when font substitution has
occurred. Clicking the instances listed will transport you to those
locations. The name of the font being substituted for appears in either of
the font lists. You can use Format> Replace Fonts to make a swap.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



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powerpoint >> Font substitution

by Jim Gordon Mac MVP » Sun, 09 May 2010 22:04:28 GMT


Also, File > Properties > Contents has a section telling you what fonts
are being used.

-Jim

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Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
Co-author of Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies
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