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Format/font shows different font than that in use
I am using Microsoft Word 2003 under Windows XP Home and in my Word
documents I use the Times New Roman font most of the time. My default font is Times New Roman, 12 points. Recently I have noticed that if I highlight some text and select format font to change some attribute of the font, it shows the font as "Times" instead of Times New Roman. If I then simply proceed to change the attribute I wanted (e.g. select small caps), then the font of that text changes as well to Times. So to avoid this, when I go into format font I have to reselect the font as being Times New Roman (which is of course what it was anyway) and then change the attribute I wanted. I tested by selecting some text which was in the Arial font. Doing format font showed Helvetica instead of Arial. I wonder if this could be related to the fact that in the past I have opened some old WordPerfect documents, for conversion to Word, which used the fonts Times and Helvetica. But it is happening in all documents, including those which have always been in Word and any new onew that I create. Zahid Aziz |
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Format/font shows different font than that in use
G'day "Zahid Aziz" ,
Ideally you should be defining styles to control your formatting, they are much more reliable at providing consistent presentation. Steve Hudson - Word Heretic steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment) Without prejudice Zahid Aziz reckoned: I am using Microsoft Word 2003 under Windows XP Home and in my Word documents I use the Times New Roman font most of the time. My default font is Times New Roman, 12 points. Recently I have noticed that if I highlight some text and select format font to change some attribute of the font, it shows the font as "Times" instead of Times New Roman. If I then simply proceed to change the attribute I wanted (e.g. select small caps), then the font of that text changes as well to Times. So to avoid this, when I go into format font I have to reselect the font as being Times New Roman (which is of course what it was anyway) and then change the attribute I wanted. I tested by selecting some text which was in the Arial font. Doing format font showed Helvetica instead of Arial. I wonder if this could be related to the fact that in the past I have opened some old WordPerfect documents, for conversion to Word, which used the fonts Times and Helvetica. But it is happening in all documents, including those which have always been in Word and any new onew that I create. Zahid Aziz |
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Format/font shows different font than that in use
Thanks Steve for your reply.
In fact I am using styles for almost all my formatting. But there was just one word in a document which I wanted in small capitals, so I selected it and did formatfont. It was then that I discovered that this dialogue box was showing the font as Times when in fact the word was in Times New Roman. I investigated further and found that this happened for any selected text in any document that I opened. I also use another PC, and this problem does not occur there. Zahid. "Word Heretic" wrote in message ... G'day "Zahid Aziz" , Ideally you should be defining styles to control your formatting, they are much more reliable at providing consistent presentation. Steve Hudson - Word Heretic steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment) Without prejudice Zahid Aziz reckoned: I am using Microsoft Word 2003 under Windows XP Home and in my Word documents I use the Times New Roman font most of the time. My default font is Times New Roman, 12 points. Recently I have noticed that if I highlight some text and select format font to change some attribute of the font, it shows the font as "Times" instead of Times New Roman. If I then simply proceed to change the attribute I wanted (e.g. select small caps), then the font of that text changes as well to Times. So to avoid this, when I go into format font I have to reselect the font as being Times New Roman (which is of course what it was anyway) and then change the attribute I wanted. I tested by selecting some text which was in the Arial font. Doing format font showed Helvetica instead of Arial. I wonder if this could be related to the fact that in the past I have opened some old WordPerfect documents, for conversion to Word, which used the fonts Times and Helvetica. But it is happening in all documents, including those which have always been in Word and any new onew that I create. Zahid Aziz |
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G'day "Zahid Aziz" ,
That type of formatting is called a Character Style, create one called Small Caps, or Product Name or whatever :-) Set its font attribs to have Small Caps. Steve Hudson - Word Heretic steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment) Without prejudice Zahid Aziz reckoned: Thanks Steve for your reply. In fact I am using styles for almost all my formatting. But there was just one word in a document which I wanted in small capitals, so I selected it and did formatfont. It was then that I discovered that this dialogue box was showing the font as Times when in fact the word was in Times New Roman. I investigated further and found that this happened for any selected text in any document that I opened. I also use another PC, and this problem does not occur there. Zahid. "Word Heretic" wrote in message .. . G'day "Zahid Aziz" , Ideally you should be defining styles to control your formatting, they are much more reliable at providing consistent presentation. Steve Hudson - Word Heretic steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment) Without prejudice Zahid Aziz reckoned: I am using Microsoft Word 2003 under Windows XP Home and in my Word documents I use the Times New Roman font most of the time. My default font is Times New Roman, 12 points. Recently I have noticed that if I highlight some text and select format font to change some attribute of the font, it shows the font as "Times" instead of Times New Roman. If I then simply proceed to change the attribute I wanted (e.g. select small caps), then the font of that text changes as well to Times. So to avoid this, when I go into format font I have to reselect the font as being Times New Roman (which is of course what it was anyway) and then change the attribute I wanted. I tested by selecting some text which was in the Arial font. Doing format font showed Helvetica instead of Arial. I wonder if this could be related to the fact that in the past I have opened some old WordPerfect documents, for conversion to Word, which used the fonts Times and Helvetica. But it is happening in all documents, including those which have always been in Word and any new onew that I create. Zahid Aziz |
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