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[xrogal]

I copied text from a website into a new Word 2007 document but did not save it. The text apparently included a font not supported by Word.



Several days later... I opened an existing document and noticed the font looked wrong. When I selected all text with the intent to change the font back to what it's supposed to be, only Cambria, Calibri and Symbol are in the font list. I opened another document and found the same situation. I opened a third document and there's no problem. (This third file is the only one that intentionally uses a variety of fonts.)

A search for help suggested that perhaps changing the default font would solve the problem, but it doesn't seem so. No fonts are listed. If I select the Default... button, it asks if I want to change the default font for all future documents to Times New Roman (which I never use).

Another post said that the fonts available depends on the printer installed. The printer associated with all of the files is the one I've used for over a year, so I can't see why I'd need to do anything.

Of possible note: When I wanted to create a new document, Word initially said that there wasn't enough memory for the font; I think it happened twice. Now, when I open a new document there's no problem.

Help?

[macropod]

Copying text from a website has no effect on your system fonts, regardless of whether you save what is copied. Furthermore, it is unlikely any font used by a web page isn't supported by Word. What is more likely is that it might use a font that's not installed on your system, which is an entirely different issue. In such cases, Word will substitute another font. This behaviour is quite normal. Although some printers come with their own fonts, which supplement the ones Windows and Office come with, that too has little or no bearing on the matter.

On the whole, your description suggests you either have a faulty Office installation or some corrupt fonts. Have you tried repairing the Office installation (via Start > Windows Control Panel > Programs > Programs & Features > Microsoft Office (version) > Change > Repair) or reinstalling your fonts?

[xrogal]

Thanks, Macropod. I did some further looking around and eventually came across something that made me think it did have to do with the printer and driver. I uninstalled my printer and re-installed it, and everything went back to normal.

Later in the day I had issues with Silverlight; it had been working fine the last time it was needed. I decided it had to do with a Windows 10 update. There had been no other changes to my system.