Problem in comment balloon

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Eric

I'm using Word 2003.

Someone has sent me a document to review. I'm adding comments (using Insert
/ Comment). The introductory text of the comment - the part that usually says
"Comment [xx1]" - appears to be in a weird font.

I don't know what style is used for that text, but I've checked the styles
Comment Text, Comment Reference, and Comment Subject, and they all seem fine.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.
 
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Eric

Yup, that's it!

In the document as I received it, the Balloon Text style is formatted in
Lucida Grande, which I apparently don't have on my PC. I don't recall how the
font substitution rules work, but apparently Word is substituting some weird
font.

Thanks for solving the problem.

Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Try Balloon Text.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Eric said:
I'm using Word 2003.

Someone has sent me a document to review. I'm adding comments (using
Insert
/ Comment). The introductory text of the comment - the part that usually
says
"Comment [xx1]" - appears to be in a weird font.

I don't know what style is used for that text, but I've checked the styles
Comment Text, Comment Reference, and Comment Subject, and they all seem
fine.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

You'd think it would at least substitute one of the Lucida fonts that come
with Windows/Office.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Eric said:
Yup, that's it!

In the document as I received it, the Balloon Text style is formatted in
Lucida Grande, which I apparently don't have on my PC. I don't recall how
the
font substitution rules work, but apparently Word is substituting some
weird
font.

Thanks for solving the problem.

Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Try Balloon Text.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Eric said:
I'm using Word 2003.

Someone has sent me a document to review. I'm adding comments (using
Insert
/ Comment). The introductory text of the comment - the part that
usually
says
"Comment [xx1]" - appears to be in a weird font.

I don't know what style is used for that text, but I've checked the
styles
Comment Text, Comment Reference, and Comment Subject, and they all seem
fine.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.
 
G

grammatim

Somewhere among the options (I don't know where it is in 2003) you'll
find a place to access the Font Substitution list, where you can learn
the name of the weird font and also tell it what to use instead of
Lucida Grande.

Yup, that's it!

In the document as I received it, the Balloon Text style is formatted in
Lucida Grande, which I apparently don't have on my PC. I don't recall howthe
font substitution rules work, but apparently Word is substituting some weird
font.

Thanks for solving the problem.



Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Try Balloon Text.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Eric said:
I'm using Word 2003.
Someone has sent me a document to review. I'm adding comments (using
Insert
/ Comment). The introductory text of the comment - the part that usually
says
"Comment [xx1]" - appears to be in a weird font.
I don't know what style is used for that text, but I've checked the styles
Comment Text, Comment Reference, and Comment Subject, and they all seem
fine.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.-
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

In Word 2003, Font Substitution is on the Compatibility tab of Tools |
Options.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Somewhere among the options (I don't know where it is in 2003) you'll
find a place to access the Font Substitution list, where you can learn
the name of the weird font and also tell it what to use instead of
Lucida Grande.

Yup, that's it!

In the document as I received it, the Balloon Text style is formatted in
Lucida Grande, which I apparently don't have on my PC. I don't recall how
the
font substitution rules work, but apparently Word is substituting some
weird
font.

Thanks for solving the problem.



Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Try Balloon Text.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Eric said:
I'm using Word 2003.
Someone has sent me a document to review. I'm adding comments (using
Insert
/ Comment). The introductory text of the comment - the part that
usually
says
"Comment [xx1]" - appears to be in a weird font.
I don't know what style is used for that text, but I've checked the
styles
Comment Text, Comment Reference, and Comment Subject, and they all
seem
fine.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.-
 

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