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Thread ID: 124508 2012-04-30 07:32:00 Arial font in Windows 7 John Robb (825) Press F1
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1272912 2012-04-30 07:32:00 I seem to have lost Arial font from Windows 7. I think it disappeared after a Win 7 upgrade. The result is that spreadsheets and Word documents do not display or print properly.

Has anyone else had this happen?.

Can anyone tell me how to find fonts and reinstall them in Windows?

Any suggestions would be appreciated

Thanks
John
John Robb (825)
1272913 2012-04-30 07:34:00 Not sure if im right but i dont think its win7 fault its Microsoft offices fault. stratex5 (16685)
1272914 2012-04-30 07:40:00 Yes I guess it could be but I thought that Windows managed fonts for any program running under Windows. Any ideas how I can reload Arial (and Arial Narrow) so that Word and Excel can use them? John Robb (825)
1272915 2012-04-30 07:51:00 windowssecrets.com stratex5 (16685)
1272916 2012-04-30 09:55:00 Not sure if im right but i dont think its win7 fault its Microsoft offices fault .

Arial is a font that comes with windows . It would have been misplaced in the upgrade .


Yes I guess it could be but I thought that Windows managed fonts for any program running under Windows .

Correct


Any ideas how I can reload Arial (and Arial Narrow) so that Word and Excel can use them?

See here: . microsoft . com/typography/fonts/default . aspx" target="_blank">www . microsoft . com (first) and if not try here: . nickshanks . com/fonts/microsoft-core-web-fonts" target="_blank">web . nickshanks . com

99% sure you just double click fonts to install them (if they dont come with an exe) . If not there should be a font manager in control panel? which allows you to install new fonts .
icow (15313)
1272917 2012-04-30 09:58:00 Im sorry if i dissapointed you icow stratex5 (16685)
1272918 2012-05-01 23:22:00 Yes I think you are probably right in that there are several other fonts missing as well . Also I seem to have another problem and that is everytime I turn the computer off it comes up with a message that it is installing an upgrade for Win 7 which it proceeds to do . This takes up to half an hour and seems to be the same upgrade every time .
Do you think I should get a complete reinstall of Win7 done?



Arial is a font that comes with windows . It would have been misplaced in the upgrade .



Correct



See here: . microsoft . com/typography/fonts/default . aspx" target="_blank">www . microsoft . com (first) and if not try here: . nickshanks . com/fonts/microsoft-core-web-fonts" target="_blank">web . nickshanks . com

99% sure you just double click fonts to install them (if they dont come with an exe) . If not there should be a font manager in control panel? which allows you to install new fonts .
John Robb (825)
1272919 2012-05-02 10:37:00 Turn OFF automatic upgrade, it is a menace, installs all sorts of rubbish. Look for available upgrades, select any you want and install them. I have had four computers all on W7 for over 2 years and none of them have been upgraded.
About the fonts. Open the Fonts folder in Widows and check to see if the Ariel fonts are missing. If they are go to any computer running Windows 7 or XP and copy the Ariel fonts to a Thumb drive. Copy the Fonts to your W7 Fonts folder, they will install automatically.
mzee (3324)
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