Are you cleaning the Word files of hidden Word characters after opening them in FM (by saving as MIF and opening those)?
Assuming that you and the other writer work from a common template, doesn't Importing Formats from one of your files reconcile the fonts? You could try selecting all the text in a file. Then, in Paragraph designer, change the font to a generic, such as Arial unicode. Then apply the font properties to all selected tags. Art On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 4:11 AM, Earl (Esar) Rudnikoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Framers, > > I work together with a technical writer in China. Her source files are > Word; so her FM files have Chinese fonts that were imported along with the > text. How can I replace these fonts with fonts I have installed.on my > computer and then remove all the fonts I don't have from the book? There > seems to be one font that is causing problems. Even if I select all and > change the fonts manually the existence of the font causes the distill to > fail. > > Thanks > -- > Esar (Earl) Rudnikoff > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.