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Math A different on Office 2003 installed on XP and Win2k machine
I am in the process of upgrading to Win2k machines to XP to meet netowrking
requirements for the univeristy. After installing WinXP on an old desktop machine, Word documents with symbols imbeded in the text do not show up the same as they do on the laptop that still has Win2k. Both machines are using Word 2003, but the Default Text + Math A (or B,C) are different on each machine. Here are some links to screenshots... http://www.tamumc.org/forum/cpg/albu.../winxpshot.jpg http://www.tamumc.org/forum/cpg/albu.../win2kshot.jpg |
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Math A different on Office 2003 installed on XP and Win2k machine
The Math A, B, and C fonts come with WordPerfect, not with either
Windows or Office. When you upgraded the machines, you evidently told the Windows installer to do a clean install instead of an upgrade, so it formatted the drive and wiped out any fonts that had been added over the years. The screen shots show that the WinXP installations of Word are substituting the Wingdings font for the missing Math A font. You can copy the font files from the C:\WinNT\Fonts folder of the Win2k laptop to the C:\Windows\Fonts folder of the WinXP machines. You need the files named WP-Math-A.ttf and similarly for B and C. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:46:02 -0700, Civil Engineering Computer Support TAMU icrosoft.com wrote: I am in the process of upgrading to Win2k machines to XP to meet netowrking requirements for the univeristy. After installing WinXP on an old desktop machine, Word documents with symbols imbeded in the text do not show up the same as they do on the laptop that still has Win2k. Both machines are using Word 2003, but the Default Text + Math A (or B,C) are different on each machine. Here are some links to screenshots... http://www.tamumc.org/forum/cpg/albu.../winxpshot.jpg http://www.tamumc.org/forum/cpg/albu.../win2kshot.jpg |
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Math A different on Office 2003 installed on XP and Win2k mach
"Jay Freedman" wrote: The Math A, B, and C fonts come with WordPerfect, not with either Windows or Office. When you upgraded the machines, you evidently told the Windows installer to do a clean install instead of an upgrade, so it formatted the drive and wiped out any fonts that had been added over the years. The screen shots show that the WinXP installations of Word are substituting the Wingdings font for the missing Math A font. You can copy the font files from the C:\WinNT\Fonts folder of the Win2k laptop to the C:\Windows\Fonts folder of the WinXP machines. You need the files named WP-Math-A.ttf and similarly for B and C. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:46:02 -0700, Civil Engineering Computer Support TAMU icrosoft.com wrote: I am in the process of upgrading to Win2k machines to XP to meet netowrking requirements for the univeristy. After installing WinXP on an old desktop machine, Word documents with symbols imbeded in the text do not show up the same as they do on the laptop that still has Win2k. Both machines are using Word 2003, but the Default Text + Math A (or B,C) are different on each machine. Here are some links to screenshots... http://www.tamumc.org/forum/cpg/albu.../winxpshot.jpg http://www.tamumc.org/forum/cpg/albu.../win2kshot.jpg You wouldnt know where I can download these font files. The laptop is now reformatted and I have had no luck trying to find them online. Any help appreciated |
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Math A different on Office 2003 installed on XP and Win2k mach
Although you may be able to find them online, you would probably be better
advised to substitute the equivalent symbols from fonts available on your machine. One very good reason for this is that you may be unable to embed these fonts in a PDF due to licensing restrictions (see http://bear.cba.ufl.edu/centers/MKS/...onversion.asp). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Civil Engineering Computer Support TAMU" icrosoft.com wrote in message ... "Jay Freedman" wrote: The Math A, B, and C fonts come with WordPerfect, not with either Windows or Office. When you upgraded the machines, you evidently told the Windows installer to do a clean install instead of an upgrade, so it formatted the drive and wiped out any fonts that had been added over the years. The screen shots show that the WinXP installations of Word are substituting the Wingdings font for the missing Math A font. You can copy the font files from the C:\WinNT\Fonts folder of the Win2k laptop to the C:\Windows\Fonts folder of the WinXP machines. You need the files named WP-Math-A.ttf and similarly for B and C. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:46:02 -0700, Civil Engineering Computer Support TAMU icrosoft.com wrote: I am in the process of upgrading to Win2k machines to XP to meet netowrking requirements for the univeristy. After installing WinXP on an old desktop machine, Word documents with symbols imbeded in the text do not show up the same as they do on the laptop that still has Win2k. Both machines are using Word 2003, but the Default Text + Math A (or B,C) are different on each machine. Here are some links to screenshots... http://www.tamumc.org/forum/cpg/albu.../winxpshot.jpg http://www.tamumc.org/forum/cpg/albu.../win2kshot.jpg You wouldnt know where I can download these font files. The laptop is now reformatted and I have had no luck trying to find them online. Any help appreciated |
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Math A different on Office 2003 installed on XP and Win2k mach
The best thing for us at this point would be to convert all the documents to
math type formulas, we were just hoping to find an easier solution to make the existing documents show up correctly. So far, checking other Win2K machines, as well as working with a current versions of WordPerfect, none of the fonts correct the issue in Word or WordPerfect. The new WP gives different symbols than the wingdings Word inserts, but they are still incorrect. As far as the professor is concerned, hes never used WP and doesnt know where the fonts would have come from. The university network is going to stop supporting all versions of Windows except XP which has forced all of Texas A&M's departments to upgrade any old systems still using previous versions. Thanks for everyones help, if I do find an easier solution I'll be sure to post, but as of right now they are all going to be converted to mathtype by the owner of the document. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Although you may be able to find them online, you would probably be better advised to substitute the equivalent symbols from fonts available on your machine. One very good reason for this is that you may be unable to embed these fonts in a PDF due to licensing restrictions (see http://bear.cba.ufl.edu/centers/MKS/...onversion.asp). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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