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Chris Watts - 13 Sep 2006 20:24 GMT

I want to use a special font that I have installed on my machine but which I
know will not be avaialable on the target machine on which the presentation
will be run. I am using PPT97. Is there any way that I can take the font
across with the presentation - the possibility of installing it on the
target machine is not there.

TIA
Chris

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John Wilson - 13 Sep 2006 20:39 GMT

See here (2)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010348241033.aspx

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> I want to use a special font that I have installed on my machine but which I
> know will not be avaialable on the target machine on which the presentation
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> TIA
> Chris

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Steve Rindsberg - 14 Sep 2006 02:03 GMT

> I want to use a special font that I have installed on my machine but which I
> know will not be avaialable on the target machine on which the presentation
> will be run. I am using PPT97. Is there any way that I can take the font
> across with the presentation - the possibility of installing it on the
> target machine is not there.

A lot depends on the font and the permissions set on it by its owner, but if
it's a TrueType font, open the file, choose File, Save As and put a check next
to "Embed Truetype" on the Save dialog box (far right side).

The rules for embedding have changed a bit with each PPT version since 97,
getting a bit stricter with later releases. It may be possible to embed a font
using PPT 97 but be unable to use it in later versions.

I owe you an email anyhow, so if you want to send a sample PPT with embedded TT
font, I'll be happy to have a look. Let me know what versions of PPT you're
targeting.

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