Re: Read-Only embedded font...MSFT HELP!!!!

Sonia

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Jun 30, 2004, 9:17:23 AM6/30/04

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This is a restriction added to PowerPoint 2003. Because of the embedded
fonts the file is considered Read Only and no changes at all can be made.
You'll need to ask the authors to re-save the files without embedding fonts
and then you should be able to open them.
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"cvpt" <cv...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Running XP and Office 2003....about half of the ppt's I open now say they
have a read-only embedded font. I can't Save As, Delete certain slides - do
anything with the decks. The authors have no such restrictions on the files
and my secretary can open them and modify without problem. I have reviewed
all of the available critical updates and other downloads and find nothing
that helps.

Scott Harvey

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Jun 30, 2004, 9:21:04 AM6/30/04

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>-----Original Message-----
>Running XP and Office 2003....about half of the ppt's I
open now say they have a read-only embedded font. I can't
Save As, Delete certain slides - do anything with the
decks. The authors have no such restrictions on the files
and my secretary can open them and modify without problem.
I have reviewed all of the available critical updates and
other downloads and find nothing that helps.

>.
>
hi cvpt,

i know this may sound like an obvious question, but do you
have a problem with your fonts on the machine tha tyou are
trying to open the presentation from?

i mean that if your secretary is able to open a
presentation with an embedded font and edit it then he/
she must have that font on her / his computer.

if you are unable to edit the presentation then you are
missing that font.

do you as an organization have a shared font archive?

i.e, do you have all the same fonts on all the machines?

often keeping a common font archive on a server where all
fonts can be downloaded onto indivdual computers is the
best way to ensure that the organzaiton either has the
font or not. this based on the font license of course,
single / multiple license agreements.

at 123powerpoint.com we design and develop custom fonts in
addition to powerpoint templates and backgrounds, images
libraries and background music. and i once was unable to
open apowerpoint presentation that we had ourselves
developed with our own fonts!

when i checked the authoring of the font, i realized that
the designer had chosen not to allow the font to be
embedded, so everyone would have this problem, since this
is not the case here, i dont believe the problem is with
the font itself, but rather its availability.

needless to say our error was immediately correctly, and
the presentation and the font are now doing fine!

well cvpt. i hope this was of some help.

sincerely,

Scott Harvey,
http://www.123powerpoint.com

Steve Rindsberg

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Jun 30, 2004, 12:36:06 PM6/30/04

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In article <1FFB3918-7973-46D3...@microsoft.com>, Cvpt wrote:
> Running XP and Office 2003....about half of the ppt's I open now say they have a
read-only embedded font. I can't Save As, Delete certain slides - do anything with the
decks. The authors have no such restrictions on the files and my secretary can open
them and modify without problem. I have reviewed all of the available critical updates
and other downloads and find nothing that helps.

It's not a problem with your installation. As Sonia and others have mentioned, it's
because of one or more fonts that are embedded in the presentation (but not present on
your system). If you can legally install the needed fonts on your own PC, do that.
It'll solve the problem immediately.

To learn what fonts are needed, open the presentation and choose Format, Replace
Fonts. The fonts required by the presentation will be listed in the upper of the two
listboxes.

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cvpt

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Jul 7, 2004, 9:45:01 AM7/7/04

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Thanks all. Arial Unicode MS is the culpret. Ironic that a MSFT prior version font is the one that is blowing this up. Why they wouldn't have replicated this forward, who knows. Thanks for the help. Much appreciated.

Kristy

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Sep 22, 2004, 5:37:02 PM9/22/04

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I have the same problem as this person. I tried the solutions mentioned but
neither worked. I have the fonts that are embedded in my presentation on my
computer.. any other ideas?

Bill Dilworth

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Sep 22, 2004, 9:38:25 PM9/22/04

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The best solution is to find an old copy of PowerPoint 2002, open the
presentation in this version, remove the offending font, save, and try
again.

The next best solution is to tell MS why you consider this to be a problem.
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

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