embedded fonts not editable

[charles]

Recently when I send word documents to my clients they are unable to
edit them, getting an error that says they contain "read only embedded
fonts."

I've embedded fonts in documents forever but never run into this problem
before. Can someone tell me what's going on? Is there a solution to
this?

Is there a way for me to tell which fonts I may need to change to clear
this up?

Thanks in advance,
- charles

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In the Windows Fonts folder, right-click on a specific font that you have
used in the document and select Properties. In the Properties dialog, select
the Embedding tab, which will show you which level of embedding is allowed
for that font. If the Properties dialog doesn't have an Embedding tab (as
I've just found mine doesn't on this brand-new computer), then you need to
download the Font Properties Extension from
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/TrueTypeProperty21.mspx.

 

[charles]

In the Windows Fonts folder, right-click on a specific font that you
have used in the document and select Properties. In the Properties
dialog, select the Embedding tab, which will show you which level of
embedding is allowed for that font. If the Properties dialog doesn't
have an Embedding tab (as I've just found mine doesn't on this
brand-new computer), then you need to download the Font Properties
Extension from
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/TrueTypeProperty21.mspx.

Thanks so much, Suzanne. You rock.

- charles

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Glad I could help (and glad I discovered I needed to download that file when
I was not in too much of a hurry!).