How do I find where a certain font was used?

[Greg]

I have a document I need to convert to PDF but it is using a copyrighted font
that wont PDF. I know what the font looks like but not seeing it visually,
its a 40 page document too. Is there any way to search for where a certain
font was used?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I have a document I need to convert to PDF but it is using a
copyrighted font that wont PDF. I know what the font looks like but
not seeing it visually, its a 40 page document too. Is there any way
to search for where a certain font was used?

Open the Find dialog and click the More button to expand it. Click once in
the Find What box, and then click the Format button at the bottom and choose
Font. Select the font you want to search for and click OK. The font name now
appears below the Find What box. Click the Find Next button, or check the
"Highlight all items found" box and click the Find All button.

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[Stefan Blom]

If you remember the name of the font, you can use the Find and Replace
dialog box (Ctrl+H) to search for it and replace it with another suitable
font. Click the More button in order to see the whole dialog box. Place the
insertion point in the "Find what" box. Click Format, Font, and choose the
font name. Click OK to return to the Find and Replace dialog. Then place the
insertion point in the "Replace with" box and repeat the process, now of
course choosing the replacement font. Finally, click Replace All.

 

[Greg]

It doesnt seem to be finding it. My Distiller is telling me the font name
thats giving the error and I put that font in the search box. Ive even tried
just the first couple letters of the font name and it still isnt finding it.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Don't type the name of the font into the Find What box -- that will never
work. Reread Stefan's instructions about the More button and the Format
button, or the identical explicit steps in my parallel response.

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[Greg]

isnt that what he said to do? I dont see what im missing. I did it like it
was described

 

[Stefan Blom]

In the Find and Replace dialog box, did you use the Format, Font option to
specify the font name?

 

[Graham Mayor]

While the above method should locate it, if you are using Word 2003, you
could open the document in the script editor ALT+Shift+F11 and search the
metadata directly for the reference and remove it from there - or at least
locate it.

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