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M Skabialka - 13 Jul 2006 16:02 GMT

New PC, WinXPPro, Office 2003

Many Powerpoint Presentations I try to open give me a warning:
"This presentation cannot be opened because it contains one or more
read-only embedded (restricted) fonts. To edit the presentation you must
remove the restricted fonts, or you can open the presentation as read-only.
Read-only embedded fonts included in this presentation:
Arial Black

[Remove Restricted Fonts] [Open Read-Only]

I can see maybe if someone had included some very proprietary odd-ball font
that I would get this message, but Arial Black? Hasn't this been included
with every copy of Windows since Windows 3.0?

What is causing this message? Arial Black is listed under c:\windows\fonts
as a true type font.
(I can open the file - just need info on this message)

Thanks,
Mich

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Steve Rindsberg - 14 Jul 2006 17:32 GMT

> New PC, WinXPPro, Office 2003
>
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> that I would get this message, but Arial Black? Hasn't this been included
> with every copy of Windows since Windows 3.0?

No, and if memory serves, it still isn't included with Windows. It's part of
most Office versions though.

But there's a bug in PPT that gets triggered when Arial Black is embedded. If
the target system doesn't also have Arial Black Italic, PPT acts as though
Arial Black is missing.

Unfortunately, Arial Black Italic is nowhere near as common as Arial Black.

> What is causing this message? Arial Black is listed under c:\windows\fonts
> as a true type font.
> (I can open the file - just need info on this message)
>
> Thanks,
> Mich

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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M Skabialka - 17 Jul 2006 15:30 GMT

I found and copied Arial Black Italic from my old PC, and this seems to have
fixed the problem!

Thanks!
Mich

>> New PC, WinXPPro, Office 2003
>>
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> PPTools: www.pptools.com
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malcolm - 15 Nov 2006 15:54 GMT

Thanks - I've been grappling with this same problem. Two questions - first,
where can I get that font, and second, if one chooses "remove restricted
fonts", what does PPT do? just replace the affected text with some other font?

> I found and copied Arial Black Italic from my old PC, and this seems to have
> fixed the problem!
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> > PPTools: www.pptools.com
> > ================================================

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malcolm - 15 Nov 2006 17:46 GMT

Hi Steve,

I've found the font on an old machine, and it has indeed fixed the problem.
Are there any other fonts that cause this issue, do you know?

M

> Thanks - I've been grappling with this same problem. Two questions - first,
> where can I get that font, and second, if one chooses "remove restricted
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> > > PPTools: www.pptools.com
> > > ================================================

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Steve Rindsberg - 15 Nov 2006 22:15 GMT

> Hi Steve,
>
> I've found the font on an old machine, and it has indeed fixed the problem.
> Are there any other fonts that cause this issue, do you know?

None that we've heard of here.

> M
>
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> > > > PPTools: www.pptools.com
> > > > ================================================

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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malcolm - 15 Nov 2006 22:18 GMT

Thanks!

> > Hi Steve,
> >
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> PPTools: www.pptools.com
> ================================================

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