Hello,

Three questions—all related.

1. I have just upgraded to Windows 7 from Vista (complete reload) and in the process, reloaded Word (2007). Now I find that I cannot edit my documents. A message says that I must remove restricted fonts. The problem is, these should not be restricted. I have purchased the fonts used—and reinstalled those. So, why are my documents still only "read only"?

The documents concerned are very long and complicated book manuscripts, which I have been working and re-working for years. Thus, there is some chance that a font has crept in there somewhere of which I have forgotten about and which may only exist in terms of a few characters. The problem there, is: how do I find out if there is in a document a font of which I am aware—and how do I identify it when Word will not now let me into the document?

2. I've never had to address this before: the relevant solution presented by Word is to click on "remove restricted fonts." But what happens then? Does all my text revert from my chosen (again: purchased) font to some non-restricted generic font? In short, will I have to reformat the documents?

3. If its worth knowing, I load all my programs onto a separate—dedicated—program files partition. (I.e., I keep C: as lean as possible.) This was never a problem with Vista. Now, however, under Windows 7, Word keeps crashing. Thus, I wonder if the two issues are connected.

Advice?