Removing Unused Fonts from SlideShow

[bobsthrowaway]

Like so many others, I have a font substitution warning in PPT 2004.
The file Properties show that I'm using ten fonts in this one show, and
lists them, several of which I've never heard of. I want to use only
two fonts. Is there some way to search for and remove fonts from a PPT
slideshow. I'm thinking of the FIND command in WORD, for instance.

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi,

When I open a new, blank presentation there are only two fonts in use:
Arial and a Microsoft (MS) font. Arial is a good choice becuase almost
everyone has it already. Microsoft uses a font to display menus,
toolbars, dialog boxes, etc within PowerPoint so having one custom font
for that purpose seems reasonable to me.

You can make a macro that would look for any text containing objects and
substitute any particular font that you want to use. If you do a good
job at this macro you might consider giving it away or even turn it into
and add-in and sell it.

By default, if your computer doesn't have a font installed that the
creator of the presentation has, MacOS will substitute with something it
thinks may be a close resemblence.

Is the problem with a presentation that you made on your own computer or
with one someone gave to you?

-Jim

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

You can make a macro that would look for any text containing objects and
substitute any particular font that you want to use. If you do a good
job at this macro you might consider giving it away or even turn it into
and add-in and sell it.

It'd have to work better than just choosing Format, Replace Fonts and letting
it do its thing. ;-)


================================================
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================