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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / June 2006Can't edit because of an embedded font
I've read all the messages listed here and none of the work arounds have worked for me. The Save As feature is not an option. Don't have another version of the program. Don't have CorelDraw. Tried to open as a webpage in IE while offline. Replacing the fonts, didn't seem to work either. We just got the SP1 installed so installing the SP2 is not an option, corporate thing. Any other out there suggestions? Thank, Jean Please go to Format|Replace Fonts. What font is missing? (It will show up with a ? beside its name, unless it's Arial Black, and then it will probably not show a question mark.)  SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com > I've read all the messages listed here and none of the work arounds > have worked for me. The Save As feature is not an option. Don't have [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Thank, Jean Change the font (? Courier) with Times Roman. Still nothing. Not able to Save As, copy or send to. Any other suggestions? > Change the font (? Courier) with Times Roman. Still nothing. Not able > to Save As, copy or send to. > > Any other suggestions? Well, it's helpful to know what font's causing the problem, anyway. Can you get the author of the presentation to replace courier with Times New Roman and resend the file to you? I'm not sure if you can download Courier font free. I'm actually very surprised it's not already installed on your system, though. I mean, it's a really basic, extremely common font. SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com > I'm not sure if you can download Courier font free. I'm actually very > surprised it's not already installed on your system, though. I mean, it's a > really basic, extremely common font. Courier New is. Courier isn't that common on PCs, other than as a .FON bitmap font, but PPT should't let you use that. Otherwise it'd be a Type1/PS font. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Yeah, it is the Courier font with the question mark beside it. But when I tried to replace with another font, it still wouldn't let me edit. I have Courier New. It is amazing that one silly little font can hold the whole show up. This time we were able to get the original author to "fix" it but that's not always the case and to be forced to recreate the whole thing is such a drag. I am surprised that none of the work-arounds worked for me. IT is looking into the matter so they should come up with something sooner or later! But you are right, SP2 is outa the question for now, we just got the SP1. Still dreaming..... Thanks for the chatter. > I've read all the messages listed here and none of the work arounds > have worked for me. The Save As feature is not an option. Don't have > another version of the program. Don't have CorelDraw. Tried to open > as a webpage in IE while offline. Replacing the fonts, didn't seem to > work either. We just got the SP1 installed so installing the SP2 is > not an option, corporate thing. Installing SP2's supposed to fix the problem, so you could say it's all the IT department's fault. "Here guys. YOU fix it since you won't let ME fix it." Won't fly, huh? Ah well. Dreaming's fun and harmless. Do you have a colleage with an older version of PPT? They could do the replace fonts for you. Or can you install the needed font? Or get whoever sent the presentation to do the replace fonts drill and substitute a font you *do* have. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Well, I'll repeat it again, this site is the most useful of all sites I access. Congrats! This morning, a user sent me a presentation that would not open for the exact same reason. So I read "Sendittojean"'s question and found my answer. Since my IT department refuses to install SP2, I opened the presentation on my own personal computer and voilà! It worked!!!! When I opened the file, I got the message informing me that an embedded font was being used and would I like to replace it? I replied "yes" and the result was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you! Hélène > > I've read all the messages listed here and none of the work arounds > > have worked for me. The Save As feature is not an option. Don't have [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ Thanks, and glad to hear it worked out so well for you. And a big "THANKS" to a couple people at MS who went out of their way to make sure this got into SP2. > Well, I'll repeat it again, this site is the most useful of all sites I > access. Congrats! [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > PPTools: www.pptools.com > > ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ > And a big "THANKS" to a couple people at MS who went out of their way to > make sure > this got into SP2. Yes! Ditto that! SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com
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