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My apologies, Kimber,
upon re-reading yr msg, I see you DO mention you do NOT have the Install New
Font option
on yr Fonts folder. This often happens.... sooo, whatcha gotta do is this:
Change the Fonts folder's attributes, in a seemingly nonsensical exercise,
but it works.
This article on MS site best recaps how to do it; so go to it:
I've had this happen [& know of it happening] many times over the years.
It's a Feature, not a BUG! [you'd think they'd've fixed this by now...]
ttfn,
Al
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kimber_miller -at- acs-inc -dot- com [SMTP:kimber_miller -at- acs-inc -dot- com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 12:28 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Font Weirdness--Word 97 on Win 95
>
> Anybody out there know what might be the issue here?:
>
> I want to install a new TT font. I successfully copy it to my Windows/Font
> folder. Word doesn't know it's there. Neither do any of the other Office
> applications. I don't know if this is Word weirdness or Windows weirdness,
> and I
> can't find anyone or thing around here that can give me the answer.
> <<argh>>
>
> This is what I've done so far:
>
> 1. Consulted Help Result--told me to use the File/Install New Font command
> in
> the Font folder. Such a command does not exist in my Font folder's File
> menu
>
>
