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Change font substitution default?

Anonymous
2019-03-15T22:01:44+00:00

With Word 2016 for Mac, I have a large number of documents that use Helvetica Black, which I no longer have on my computer. 

Word automatically substitutes Times New Roman (or something like that), but is there a way to change it so any document I open will substitute, say, Arial Black for Helvetica Black?

Thank you,

David

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-03-15T23:05:24+00:00

    Hi DavidCB2 , 

    My name is Lucia. I am an Independent Advisor. Thanks for contacting us.

    I offer you the following link that will help you change the font in Word for Mac

    Specify which font Word uses for substitution.

    1. On the Format menu, click Font Substitution.
    2. Under Font substitutions, select the font that you want to replace.
    3. On the Substituted font pop-up menu, click the font that you want to use for the substitution.

    For your reference: Fonts change when I open a document that was created in another application.

    Let me know if it helped.

    Regards

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-03-16T02:10:34+00:00

    Hi David,

    You can follow the steps below to do that:

    1. On the Word menu, click Preferences.
    2. Under Output and Sharing, click Compatibility.
    3. Click Font Substitution.
    4. Under Font substitutions, select the font that you want to replace.
    5. On the Substituted font pop-up menu, click the font that you want to use for the substitution.

    If you still need any help about Office 2011 for Mac, since this thread is under Office 2016 for Mac you can post a new thread to get dedicated support. Thanks for your understanding.

    Regards,

    Neo

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-03-16T04:37:05+00:00

    Hi Neo,

    Thanks for the tip.

    Sorry I forgot that this was Office 2016.

    David

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-03-16T01:44:58+00:00

    Hi Lucia,

    P.S. How can I do the same thing in Word 2011? (I have it on another computer.)

    Thank you,

    David

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-03-15T23:16:31+00:00

    Hi Lucia,

    Thank you for the tip -- that works fine. I don't know why I didn't find that when I looked before.

    By the way, the link you provided goes to an error message.

    David

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