Does anyone know of a program that will...

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.... read through a folder full of files (preferably .doc, .rtf or
..xls) and compare with the fonts installed on a system to produce a
list (either on screen or as a text file) showing either (a) a
complete list of fonts that those files use or better yet (b) all
fonts said files use that are NOT installed on the machine in
question?

Reason I ask is that I often move Word and Excel files between
machines and don't always have the same set of fonts available on each
machine. I _do_ have a shocking collection of fonts on one of these
machines so that I am almost certain to have the needed font there
somewhere but since the machines are in two locations most of the time
it's not easy to simply copy said fonts to a CD-R or floppy.

Many thanks...
 
... read through a folder full of files (preferably .doc, .rtf or
.xls) and compare with the fonts installed on a system to produce a
list (either on screen or as a text file) showing either (a) a
complete list of fonts that those files use or better yet (b) all
fonts said files use that are NOT installed on the machine in
question?
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The closest tool I know is FontList of Raymond Mercier:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/raymondm

It will not scan a folder and won't check *.xls, either. But it *can*
be used to get a quick overview of all embedded and needed fonts in
*.doc/*.dot, *.rtf, *.wri, *.wpd files. Maybe you can find a better
program if you start a web-search including the name Mercier. Please
let us know if you succeed.

BeAr
 
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson wrote in
The closest tool I know is FontList of Raymond Mercier:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/raymondm

It will not scan a folder and won't check *.xls, either. But it *can*
be used to get a quick overview of all embedded and needed fonts in
*.doc/*.dot, *.rtf, *.wri, *.wpd files.
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Useful tool. It did not show in my context menu (when pointing at doc
files) after installing it. Did not bother to figure out why. Used the
old PC-mag ConextEDit
<ftp://ftp.externet.hu/pub/mirror/sac/utilfile/cnxtedit.zip> and added
it "by hand". Would be nice to have a similar tool that can handle
more formats, say like Open Office files.

All the best
Bjorn Simonsen
 
Just embed your fonts when you save them... In Word, do this,
Tools--->Options--->Save---> Check "Embed TrueType Fonts"
 
The Horny Goat said:
... read through a folder full of files (preferably .doc, .rtf or
.xls) and compare with the fonts installed on a system to produce a
list (either on screen or as a text file) showing either (a) a
complete list of fonts that those files use or better yet (b) all
fonts said files use that are NOT installed on the machine in
question?

Reason I ask is that I often move Word and Excel files between
machines and don't always have the same set of fonts available on each
machine. I _do_ have a shocking collection of fonts on one of these
machines so that I am almost certain to have the needed font there
somewhere but since the machines are in two locations most of the time
it's not easy to simply copy said fonts to a CD-R or floppy.

Many thanks...
Click to expand...

Here is all my info I have on file .

Saving list of Fonts

Start \ Programs \ MS-DOS Prompt
1st line CD C:\fonts
2nd line DIR >C:\Windows\Desktop\Fontlist.txt

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Saving list of Fonts removed to a folder\file ( named fontbak )

Start \ Programs \ MS-DOS Prompt
1st line CD C:\fontbak ( or whatever you named the file )
2nd line DIR >C:\Windows\Desktop\Fontlist.txt

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Printing list of Fonts .

Start \ Programs \ MS-DOS Prompt
C:Windows CD Fonts
Dir >PRN:

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Printing list of Fonts removed to a folder\file ( named fontbak )

Start \ Programs \ MS-DOS Prompt
C:Windows CD Fontbak
Dir >PRN:

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FontView
http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s=1478&a=5292,00.asp
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,414...t.com/download/0/1076/fviewer.zip&login=1&r=1

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ListFont
http://heiner-eichmann.de/software/listfont/listfont.htm
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Reviews/r266.html

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akFontViewer
http://www.aksoft.net/progs/akfontviewer/

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Font Frenzy
http://www.fontfrenzy.org/default.asp?id=5936
http://www.freeware-guide.com/dir/desktop/fonttools.html

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Font Matcher
http://www.5star-shareware.com/Desktop/FontTools/font-matcher.html

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X-Fonter
http://users.pandora.be/eclypse/
 
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