Hello,

When one types a document using a font not installed in the recipient's
computer, when that recipient opens the document Word will display the
characters using the default font (normally Times New Roman). If some of the
characters in the document are not in the default font, Windows uses Font
Linking to display those characters in another font in the system that does
include those characters, such as Tahoma.

I just discovered that Font Linking does not work when the document is
formatted using Styles. Word uses only the default font and any characters
not in that font are displayed as boxes (the null character). If the "Clear
Formatting" option is chosen from the Style menu then the missing characters
suddenly appear.

I wrote a document using a third-party Greek font. My recipient opened the
document and the few accented Greek letters in the document that are not in
Times New Roman (characters from the Extended Greek portion of the Unicode
Standard, which Times New Roman does not support) were displayed as boxes.
When my recipient removed the Style formatting those missing characters
appeared in Tahoma, so that the Greek read correctly. (The fact that most of
the Greek was in Times New Roman and a few of the characters in the middle
of the words were in Tahoma is a little unsatisfactory, but at least the
Greek was correct.)

Is this normal? Is there any way to both use Styles and have Font Linking
work?

(Windows XP Pro SP2 and Word 2003)

Thanks,
Gene