Hi Valerie,
There's a list of alias names in the Registry, too.
Helvetica might be a font that is stored in your printer. Word knows =
that and allow you to use it, and might use Arial to display it on =
screen. A little icon next to the font name if you open the font =
dropdown usually indicates this (something like a printer icon, rather =
than the TT for "TrueType").
Are you just irritated because you don't see "Helvetica" in your =
Windows\Fonts folder, or do you have some problem printing?
Regards,
Klaus
"Valerie" wrote:
I am having the same problem but when I checked the Font Substitution =
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document that is using helvetica (supposedly) it tells me that "No =
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substitution is necessary. All fonts used in the document are =
available." =20
Also checked the fonts folder in Windows just to make sure, but it's =
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there. Any ideas?
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"giovanni" wrote:
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Thank you very much, I really could not figure out why word would =
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font but I could not find it in the system (and other programs could =
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either).
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"Jay Freedman" wrote:
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giovanni wrote:
Hi,
I am using Word 2003 with SP1. In Word, I can select Helvetica =
as a
font type, but other applications (particularly Illustrator CS)
cannot find the same font. I searched the font folder and my =
whole
computer for this font but I can't find it. How is it possible =
that
Word can find it and other applications can't? What can I do to =
make
this font available to other programs? Thank you very much for =
your
help.
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Hi Giovanni,
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If you don't have an actual Helvetica font file installed in
C:\Windows\Fonts, and you tell Word to use Helvetica to format =
some text in
a document, Word will automatically substitute a similar font -- =
in this
case, Arial.
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The font dropdown will claim that the text is formatted with =
Helvetica. But
if you go to Tools Options Compatibility and click the Font =
Substitution
button, it will show that Helvetica has been substituted with =
another font.
You can choose in that dialog to change the substitute font, and =
that will
affect the display and the printer.
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If you leave Helvetica selected as the formatting for the text, =
and you move
the document to a computer that has a real Helvetica installed, =
that will be
used.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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