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Determining which fonts are in use
I have thousands of Words documents created by versions going back to Word 6.
I also have just over 800 fonts which are the collected fonts installed on the machines which created the documents. Clearly I don't want to install all 800 fonts to a new machine, so how do I determine which fonts are actually used by the documents ? Is this a scripting problem ? |
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Determining which fonts are in use
You may not need any fonts as Office 2003 contains comprehensive fonts to supplement Windows XP system fonts. notagirrafe wrote: I have thousands of Words documents created by versions going back to Word 6. I also have just over 800 fonts which are the collected fonts installed on the machines which created the documents. Clearly I don't want to install all 800 fonts to a new machine, so how do I determine which fonts are actually used by the documents ? Is this a scripting problem ? |
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Determining which fonts are in use
Scripting would be the fastest method but you can also go to
Help/About Microsoft Office Word and click the "System Info.." command. Then navigate to the Microsoft Word branch and select Fonts to obtain a list of fonts used in the document. If you need step-by-step instructions and screen shots then take a look at this article: "Hidden Treasures in System Information" http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...icle.asp?ID=85 You can also open the document and go to Tools/Options/Compatibility Options and click "Font Substitution" to see if there are any missing fonts. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "notagirrafe" wrote in message ... I have thousands of Words documents created by versions going back to Word 6. I also have just over 800 fonts which are the collected fonts installed on the machines which created the documents. Clearly I don't want to install all 800 fonts to a new machine, so how do I determine which fonts are actually used by the documents ? Is this a scripting problem ? |
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Determining which fonts are in use
Try Raymond Mercier's free Fontlist
http://community.compuserve.com/n/pf...ag=ws-msoffice or http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...mondM/Home.htm ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:52:27 -0800, "notagirrafe" wrote: I have thousands of Words documents created by versions going back to Word 6. I also have just over 800 fonts which are the collected fonts installed on the machines which created the documents. Clearly I don't want to install all 800 fonts to a new machine, so how do I determine which fonts are actually used by the documents ? Is this a scripting problem ? |
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Determining which fonts are in use
This is very helpful for individual documents, but I can't see a way to apply
it to multiple documents. I have several thousand documents and really need something I can use to examine them all anc compile a list of fonts in use. "Alan Edwards" wrote: Try Raymond Mercier's free Fontlist http://community.compuserve.com/n/pf...ag=ws-msoffice or http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...mondM/Home.htm ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.html On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:52:27 -0800, "notagirrafe" wrote: I have thousands of Words documents created by versions going back to Word 6. I also have just over 800 fonts which are the collected fonts installed on the machines which created the documents. Clearly I don't want to install all 800 fonts to a new machine, so how do I determine which fonts are actually used by the documents ? Is this a scripting problem ? |
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