Q116430: PPT: Font Substitutions - Macintosh to Windows

Article: Q116430
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): MACINTOSH:4.0; WINDOWS:4.0,4.0a,4.0c,7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbreadme kbdta kbconversion kbFont
Last Modified: 15-APR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c 
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh, version 4.0 
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SUMMARY
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The following information is about substituting fonts when you convert
presentations from the Macintosh to the Microsoft Windows platform.

MORE INFORMATION
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From PowerPoint 7.0 Help: When you convert a presentation from Apple Macintosh
to Microsoft Windows, you might not have the same fonts on both computers. You
can replace fonts that you don't have with fonts you do have.

1. In Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, click Replace Fonts on the Tools menu.

2. In the Replace box, click the font you want to change.

3. In the With box, click the font you want to substitute.

  The following table illustrates how fonts for PowerPoint presentations are
  converted from Apple Macintosh to Windows. If the exact font name exists on
  both computers, PowerPoint uses that font. Otherwise, PowerPoint converts the
  font and retains the name, letting Windows perform its best mapping of the
  font.

  Macintosh font name     Windows font name
  -------------------     -----------------
  Avant Garde             Century Gothic
  Bookman                 Bookman Old Style
  Helvetica               Arial
  N Helvetica Narrow      Arial Narrow
  New Century Schlbk      Century Schoolbook
  Palatino                Book Antiqua
  Times                   Times New Roman
  Zapf Chancery           Monotype Corsiva
  Zapf Dingbats           Monotype Sorts

From PowerPoint 4.0 Help:

  PowerPoint checks if the font name is in the table, then uses the table
  mapping. This is done so that fonts are mapped to TrueType fonts whenever
  possible. If the font is not in the table but the exact font name exists on
  the system, PowerPoint uses the exact font name. Otherwise, PowerPoint maps
  the font as FF_ROMAN, ANSI_CHARSET and retains the name, letting Windows
  perform its best mapping of the font.


Additional query words: 4.00a 4.00c pp4readme read me readme.txt ppt95 text family typeface convert cross platform readme xplat crossplat cross-platform macppt winppt

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Keywords          : kbreadme kbdta kbconversion kbFont 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerptMacSearch kbPowerPt700Search kbPowerPt400 kbPowerPt400Mac kbPowerPt400c kbPowerPt400a
Version           : MACINTOSH:4.0; WINDOWS:4.0,4.0a,4.0c,7.0
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

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