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Cayenne Woods reports: <<I've got a document that changes fonts on other
machines (even with the same version) and so changes where pages break and
other nasty things. Also the formatting of inserted pictures changes, going
off the page etc. This happens in identical versions of Word (Office 2000),
tho some of it's when opening in Word97.>>
The odds are excellent that the document has been formatted using a template
with the same name, but different customization settings on the two
different machines. Each time Word opens a document, it looks in the
Templates folder for the template that was used, then applies that template.
So if (for example) you formatted the file to use exclusively Chancery
Script using paragraph styles defined in the Normal template, and the other
person used Stone Sans for the style definitions in their Normal template,
then the type will change each time you exchange the file.
The simplest solution is to make a copy of your template and name it
"Cayenne.dot", then open the file. In Word, open the Format menu, select
Style Gallery, then apply the Cayenne template. (Since you haven't changed
any style definitions, nothing much should change in the text.) Save the
document file, then send it *and* a copy of the Cayenne template to your
partner in crime and you should be fine thereafter. (You may have to explain
where to save the template file. It's usually in c/programs/MS
office/templates or something very similar; if unsure, search your hard disk
for the file "normal.dot" and use that directory.)
It's also possible that you have different fonts installed on your
respective machines; if the font is lacking, Word will substitute another
suitable font, and that would cause the type changes you report. If that's
the case, you'll have to standardize on fonts to fully resolve the problem.
--Geoff Hart, FERIC, Pointe-Claire, Quebec
geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
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