"List font names in their font"

Where is that option in Office 2007? I want to see a plain font list, not "in
their font".

In Office 2007, you can preview the font in its display by selecting the font from the fonts menu. It will display your text in that font. This behavior is different (and better IMHO) than in previous versions.

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After furious head scratching, Niefer asked:

| Where is that option in Office 2007? I want to see a plain font list,
| not "in their font".In

Hi, Milly,

Niefer wants to go in the other direction. Currently, the font list is
displayed in the underlying font. On a slow computer, this can make the list
very slow to drop down. In Word 2003 and earlier, you could turn this
behavior off by removing the tick in Tools - Customize - Options tab.

I don't see any way in Word 2007's interface to turn this off. Live Preview
can be turned off, but that doesn't affect how fonts are displayed in the
font list. The underlying ability to change this might still reside in VBA,
but since Word 2003 won't record those steps in a macro, I don't know what
the underlying VBA would be (I loved WordBASIC--VBA is a lot less
discoverable, to borrow a word...).

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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
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In Office 2007, you can preview the font in its display by selecting the
font from the fonts menu. It will display your text in that font. This
behavior is different (and better IMHO) than in previous versions.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
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After furious head scratching, Niefer asked:

| Where is that option in Office 2007? I want to see a plain font list,
| not "in their font".In

Since this option was a property of the commandbars I suspect even if you
were able to record the steps it wouldn't help in Word 2007 since the
commandbars have been replaced by the Ribbon.

Even without ability to record the steps, it's still pretty easy to find in
VBA. In WordBasic, you identify the menu and then the command, in VBA you
identify the object and then identify the property. Such as:

CommandBars.DisplayFonts = False

Which, as I suspected, if you run the above in Word 2007 it doesn't change
the Font list in the Ribbon. :-(

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"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Hi, Milly,

Niefer wants to go in the other direction. Currently, the font list is
displayed in the underlying font. On a slow computer, this can make the
list very slow to drop down. In Word 2003 and earlier, you could turn this
behavior off by removing the tick in Tools - Customize - Options tab.

I don't see any way in Word 2007's interface to turn this off. Live
Preview can be turned off, but that doesn't affect how fonts are displayed
in the font list. The underlying ability to change this might still reside
in VBA, but since Word 2003 won't record those steps in a macro, I don't
know what the underlying VBA would be (I loved WordBASIC--VBA is a lot
less discoverable, to borrow a word...).

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
wrote in message
...
In Office 2007, you can preview the font in its display by selecting the
font from the fonts menu. It will display your text in that font. This
behavior is different (and better IMHO) than in previous versions.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Niefer asked:

| Where is that option in Office 2007? I want to see a plain font list,
| not "in their font".In

Seems there is no way to see a plain font list in Office 2007. Bad news.