

Under “Show document content” there is a button for Font Substitution.Ģ. In the Font Substitution dialog box, select a missing font from the list of fonts.ģ. In the Substituted font list, select a font.Ĥ. To use the suggested choice of substitute fonts for this session only, click temporarily substitute this font for display.ĥ. To replace the missing fonts with the suggested choice of substitute fonts permanently, click permanently substitute this font in the publication.To check that the file you are viewing has all the appropriate fonts, do the following:ġ. Click on the File button, go to Options in the left panel and then click Advanced.

Sometimes the substituted fonts are completely different from the ones Word selected as an alternative. MS Word substituted it with an available font that doesn’t include the same symbols and characters as the original one. If you detect any of these problems, it means that your document contains a font that is not installed on your computer. Lines, columns, page breaks, line spacing, and hyphenation may change.The layout looks incorrect and the content flows differently.The fonts change when you open a document that was created in another computer.Some of the font issues you may encounter when opening a DOC file could include: Font details may be irrelevant for small and simple files, but large documents with complex layout designs or text in a language that requires special characters may demand additional attention. People share files every day without paying much attention to the fonts used. Microsoft Word has been the most popular word processing software since the 1980’s.
