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(169330) - You may not be able to select TrueType fonts in WordPad or Microsoft Word, even though you can select TrueType fonts in Microsoft Excel, and you can view TrueType fonts in your Fonts folder. The default printer is set to a printer that does not...

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Article ID: 169330 - Last Review: January 19, 2007 - Revision: 1.3

Missing TrueType Fonts in WordPad and Microsoft Word

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SYMPTOMS

You may not be able to select TrueType fonts in WordPad or Microsoft Word, even though you can select TrueType fonts in Microsoft Excel, and you can view TrueType fonts in your Fonts folder.
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CAUSE

The default printer is set to a printer that does not support TrueType fonts (such as the Generic/Text Only printer).
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RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
  1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
  2. If you already have another printer installed that supports TrueType fonts, use the right mouse button to click the printer, and then click Set As Default.
  3. If you do not have another printer installed that supports TrueType fonts, double-click Add New Printer to install the driver for your printer. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the printer.
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MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Word and WordPad check the capabilities of the default printer to determine how to display the document as it will be printed. Microsoft Excel does not limit the fonts that can be selected because many customers use Microsoft Excel to view and manipulate spreadsheets without printing.
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
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Rolf - irishviking NOSPAM-AT-NOSPAM cablespeed.com Reported as Irrelevant  
Written: 1/22/2005 5:12 PM
I do appreciate receiving the KB ALERTZ notices, even though most of them rarely seem applicable to me or my needs. I have one of the newer HDs with some 70 GBs available, and I've partitioned and alloted a certain amount to Windows ME, and the remainder to XP (just to keep familiar with both), and I plan on even doing another partioning and alloting a gig or so to Win 95 (again, for old time sake and to keep familiar). Well, the one thing that I wish this KB ALERTZ web site had a provision for would be to allow interested folks to click a button and it would set the current info into a ready format for printing, directly to one's printer (some web sites have this feature; maybe they would share the procedure with you for setting that up on this (your) web site...? Anyway, thanks to all of you who contribute to making this available to us/we novices.



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