Calibri font unreadable in Outlook - how do I fix and where can I find MS idiot who made that decisi

[Fred Morrison]

After upgrading from Office 2003 to Office 2007, all the notes attached to my Contacts appear in
some weird, totally unreadable, Calibri font. It looks like some type of large block,
semi-italics-like lettering, white letters with a thin black outline around each letter.
Questions:

1. How do I fix this without opening up each and every Contact in Outlook 2007 to find/fix the
problem?

2. How do I prevent this from happening in the future?

3. Who is/was the idiot at Microsoft that came up with the idea of making a large "cartoon-like"
font such as Calibri the default?

4. How did this get through beta testing without anyone taking corrective action?

5. Is there a single "global setting" I can change to prevent similar problems in all the other
components of Office 2007? I know how to fix normal.dot for Word, but what about Excel, OneNote,
etc?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Look to the person in front of your keyboard for the solution to the problem. No one else, and I mean no one that I saw in the technical beta nor in the public groups, had any complaint even resembling yours during the beta, which lasted for over a year.

Now, try to calm down and see what your video options are set at. Using large fonts? Using accessibility for the display options? Resolution? High contrast?


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After furious head scratching, Fred Morrison asked:

| After upgrading from Office 2003 to Office 2007, all the notes
| attached to my Contacts appear in some weird, totally unreadable,
| Calibri font. It looks like some type of large block,
| semi-italics-like lettering, white letters with a thin black outline
| around each letter. Questions:
|
| 1. How do I fix this without opening up each and every Contact in
| Outlook 2007 to find/fix the problem?
|
| 2. How do I prevent this from happening in the future?
|
| 3. Who is/was the idiot at Microsoft that came up with the idea of
| making a large "cartoon-like" font such as Calibri the default?
|
| 4. How did this get through beta testing without anyone taking
| corrective action?
|
| 5. Is there a single "global setting" I can change to prevent similar
| problems in all the other components of Office 2007? I know how to
| fix normal.dot for Word, but what about Excel, OneNote, etc?

 

[Fred Morrison]

Nice try with the "blame the victim" approach to problem solving. I don't use any special font
settings. I don't use any special video settings. I keep things plain vanilla. What ever the
problem is, it's not "user error". It's defintely an "Office 2007 upgrade" issue with the
conversion of notes attached to Outlook 2003 contacts.

Look to the person in front of your keyboard for the solution to the problem. No one else, and I
mean no one that I saw in the technical beta nor in the public groups, had any complaint even
resembling yours during the beta, which lasted for over a year.

Now, try to calm down and see what your video options are set at. Using large fonts? Using
accessibility for the display options? Resolution? High contrast?


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Fred Morrison asked:

| After upgrading from Office 2003 to Office 2007, all the notes
| attached to my Contacts appear in some weird, totally unreadable,
| Calibri font. It looks like some type of large block,
| semi-italics-like lettering, white letters with a thin black outline
| around each letter. Questions:
|
| 1. How do I fix this without opening up each and every Contact in
| Outlook 2007 to find/fix the problem?
|
| 2. How do I prevent this from happening in the future?
|
| 3. Who is/was the idiot at Microsoft that came up with the idea of
| making a large "cartoon-like" font such as Calibri the default?
|
| 4. How did this get through beta testing without anyone taking
| corrective action?
|
| 5. Is there a single "global setting" I can change to prevent similar
| problems in all the other components of Office 2007? I know how to
| fix normal.dot for Word, but what about Excel, OneNote, etc?

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

Post a screenshot somewhere and post the link to it here. Milly wasn't
joking with that *no one* has ever seen what you are describing.

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[mhelstrom]

Post a screenshot somewhere and post the link to it here. Milly wasn't
joking with that *no one* has ever seen what you are describing.

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Nice try with the "blame the victim" approach to problem solving. I don't use any specialfont
settings. I don't use any special video settings. I keep things plain vanilla. What ever the
problem is, it's not "user error". It's defintely an "Office 2007 upgrade" issue with the
conversion of notes attached toOutlook2003 contacts.

Look to the person in front of your keyboard for the solution to the problem. No one else, and I
mean no one that I saw in the technical beta nor in the public groups, had any complaint even
resembling yours during the beta, which lasted for over a year.

Now, try to calm down and see what your video options are set at. Using large fonts? Using
accessibility for the display options? Resolution? High contrast?

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Fred Morrison asked:

| After upgrading from Office 2003 to Office 2007, all the notes
| attached to my Contacts appear in someweird, totally unreadable,
| Calibrifont. It looks like some type of large block,
| semi-italics-like lettering, white letters with a thin black outline
| around each letter. Questions:
|
| 1. How do I fix this without opening up each and every Contact in
|Outlook2007 to find/fix the problem?
|
| 2. How do I prevent this from happening in the future?
|
| 3. Who is/was the idiot at Microsoft that came up with the idea of
| making a large "cartoon-like"fontsuch as Calibri the default?
|
| 4. How did this get through beta testing without anyone taking
| corrective action?
|
| 5. Is there a single "global setting" I can change to prevent similar
| problems in all the other components of Office 2007? I know how to
| fix normal.dot for Word, but what about Excel, OneNote, etc?- Hide quoted text -

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I'm having the same issues. I think it has something to do with the
Outlook 2003 version 11.8002.6568

I know we have workstations with both 11.8002.6568 and 11.8002.8107
(Not sure which fix revs to 11.8002.8107 since they're both SP2)

The issue is sporadic, but what it looks to be a problem with Outlook
2003 recognizing how to interpret Calibri font when someone with
Outlook 2007 (12.0.4518.1014) sends emails on the same Exchange
server. Sometimes the font is converted to times new roman, other
times Arial, other times it's unreadable.

I'm going to try to change the 2007 default to Arial to see if we have
the same issues.