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Fonts - how do I "embed" fonts in Word for Mac 2004?

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Jeff Tribe

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Sep 15, 2006, 8:11:18 PM9/15/06
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Working on a PC with Office 2000, there was always an option to "embed"
fonts when saving a document. My clients would receive documents I had
created containing font characters that weren't loaded onto their computers,
and if file size wasn't an issue I could embed the entire font with the
document. For the life of me, I can't find a way to embed fonts in documents
I create in Word for Mac. So my clients' machines throw in random "default"
fonts if they don't have my fonts loaded - which, naturally, screws up the
look and the formatting. Any help out there?

PhilD

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Sep 18, 2006, 3:35:47 AM9/18/06
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Unfortunately, it cannot be done. See

<http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.word/browse_thread/thread/c3c01c3b576e5453/59bdb794208a1293?lnk=gst&q=phild+embed&rnum=1#59bdb794208a1293>

for the discussion when I asked the same question.

You might "get away with" creating a PDF, depending on future use of
the file.

PhilD

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John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]

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Sep 18, 2006, 4:36:19 AM9/18/06
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Hi Jeff:

Phil is correct, Mac applications can't embed fonts.

Either send the fonts with the document or make sure you use only fonts you
know the recipient has.

Cheers


On 16/9/06 10:11 AM, in article C1319A66.418B%jeff....@writenow.co.nz,
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