are all fonts searchable?

[Jim]

I have a document that the find command doesn't work on. Are all fonts
searchable? If not, can a non-searchable font be converted to a searchable
font?

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Jim was telling us:
Jim nous racontait que :

I have a document that the find command doesn't work on. Are all

What do you mean? How does it "not work"?
What are you trying to do, what are your expectations and what is the
result? Word version maybe relevant as well.

fonts searchable? If not, can a non-searchable font be converted to
a searchable font?

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[Jim]

Jean-Guy

I'm using Word 2002. The document contains a list of names and addresses.
When I select Find from the Edit menu to search for a string - the function
reports that none were found when in fact the string is present in the
document.

The font is ATTACHED.

Also when I try to use the mail merge function with the document, the mail
merge function reports that the document does not include a valid database.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Jim was telling us:
Jim nous racontait que :

Jean-Guy

I'm using Word 2002. The document contains a list of names and
addresses. When I select Find from the Edit menu to search for a
string - the function reports that none were found when in fact the
string is present in the document.

The font is ATTACHED.

I still do not understand, you are looking for text in a document... can you
explain how the font comes into the equation?
Give us a complete example: What text are you looking for, how is it
formatted in the document and what search options do you use.

Also when I try to use the mail merge function with the document, the
mail merge function reports that the document does not include a
valid database.

This should be a new post, in the word.mail group.

Keep different topics in their own posts/threads.
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Salut!
_______________________________________
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Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

 

[Jim]

Jean-Guy

I guess this is harder than I thought it would be.

If you'll create a normal document, set the font to Abigale if you have it
on your machine, type something, and then try to use the Edit, Find function
to find anything that you typed - if your machine is working like mine is the
function will find nothing and you will understand my question.

(I suggested Abigale because I've been able to find references to the
Abigale font using a Google search - I can't find any reference to a font
named ATTACHED - although I have a TrueType font named ATTACHED on my machine
- I have no idea where it came from. It's in a file named attache_.ttf.)

Here is what I typed using Abigale, converted to Times New Roman:

This is typed using Abigale.

ï‰ï³ï€ ï´ï¨ï©ï³ï€ ï¤ï¯ï£ïµï­ï¥ï®ï´ï€ searchable?

I think not.

The non-printable characters were "Is this document" when typed using
Abigale. The find function doesn't find even the strings that do convert
from Abigale to Times New Roman.

Characters typed using Times New Roman can be converted to Abigale, and can
then be converted back to Times New Roman, but, as shown in the example
above, certain characters typed using Abigale will not convert to Times New
Roman. (None of the characters typed using ATTACHED will convert to Times
New Roman.) Characters typed using Times New Roman are not searchable when
displayed using Abigale.

So, my question remains simply - is there any way to convert a document
typed in a non-searchable font (such as Abigale) to a font that can be
searched (such as Times New Roman)?

Thanks

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Jim was telling us:
Jim nous racontait que :

Jean-Guy

I guess this is harder than I thought it would be.

If you'll create a normal document, set the font to Abigale if you
have it on your machine, type something, and then try to use the
Edit, Find function to find anything that you typed - if your machine
is working like mine is the function will find nothing and you will
understand my question.

(I suggested Abigale because I've been able to find references to the
Abigale font using a Google search - I can't find any reference to a
font named ATTACHED - although I have a TrueType font named ATTACHED
on my machine - I have no idea where it came from. It's in a file
named attache_.ttf.)

Here is what I typed using Abigale, converted to Times New Roman:

This is typed using Abigale.

?????????????????searchable?

I think not.

The non-printable characters were "Is this document" when typed using
Abigale. The find function doesn't find even the strings that do
convert from Abigale to Times New Roman.

Characters typed using Times New Roman can be converted to Abigale,
and can then be converted back to Times New Roman, but, as shown in
the example above, certain characters typed using Abigale will not
convert to Times New Roman. (None of the characters typed using
ATTACHED will convert to Times New Roman.) Characters typed using
Times New Roman are not searchable when displayed using Abigale.

So, my question remains simply - is there any way to convert a
document typed in a non-searchable font (such as Abigale) to a font
that can be searched (such as Times New Roman)?

Get it!

I cannot test what you describe because all my fonts behave correctly (I
only have standard fonts on my machine).

I would suggest that you copy your description and paste it in a new post
in the word.printingfonts newsgroup.

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Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
(e-mail address removed)
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

 

[Chuck Davis]

Open Notepad. Open your Word document, then Ctrl+A (Select all), Ctrl+C
(Copy) move to Notepad and Ctrl+V (insert). Copy this to a blank Word
document.

 

[Klaus Linke]

Open Notepad. Open your Word document, then Ctrl+A (Select all), Ctrl+C
(Copy) move to Notepad and Ctrl+V (insert). Copy this to a blank Word
document.

Or use the macro from
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290978

Klaus