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   Steve Hayes to mayayana@invalid.nospam   
   Re: Adding new fonts for MS Word   
   15 Jun 22 04:56:50   
   
   XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, microsoft.public.word.new-users   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Fri, 10 Jun 2022 07:36:41 -0400, "Mayayana"   
    wrote:   
      
   >"Steve Hayes"  wrote   
   >   
   >|   
   >| I downloaded it, but how do I install it so that MS Word can use it?   
   >|   
   >   
   >  As Ralph said. However, you don't actually need to go to   
   >Control Panel. C:\Windows\Fonts can be opened like a normal   
   >folder and Install New Fonts is on the File menu. The dialogue   
   >window will ask you to point to the folder with new fonts. You   
   >can install as many as you like at one time. Windows will figure   
   >it out. But if you have a folder full of fonts that are already   
   >installed you'll have to answer a messagebox for each one:   
   >"This font is already installed."   
   >   
   >  I've found that on XP, for unknown reasons, occasionally Windows   
   >loses a lot of fonts. So I keep backups.   
      
   Thanks, I had difficulty in finding the Install menu, and it seemed   
   not to find font files if they were alreadt in the fonts folder, so I   
   copied them out to a temporary folder and installed them from there.   
      
      
      
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