Word

Check Fonts Used in a File

Ease of Use

Easy

Version tested with

2002 

Submitted by:

Mark O'Brien

Description:

Reports all fonts used in a file, then which fonts are not present on the PC. 

Discussion:

You receive files from others, and they often use fonts you don't have, but you're not sure, without carefully looking through the entire file, which fonts have been used. Using this code lets you check to make sure you're seeing what you're supposed to be seeing in the document. Particularly nice for desktop publishing tasks. 

Code:

instructions for use

			

Option Explicit Public Sub Main() Dim sMsg As String sMsg = GetFonts(ActiveDocument) MsgBox "The fonts in this document are:" & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & sMsg If Not CompareFonts(sMsg) = vbNullString Then MsgBox "The following fonts are used in this document," & _ vbNewLine & "but are not installed on this PC:" & vbNewLine & CompareFonts(sMsg) End If End Sub Private Function GetFonts(ByVal oDocument As Document) As String Dim oParagraph As Paragraph Dim i As Integer Dim oWord As Words Dim sFontType As String Dim sMsg As String For Each oParagraph In oDocument.Paragraphs For i = 1 To oParagraph.Range.Characters.Count sFontType = oParagraph.Range.Characters(i).Font.Name If InStr(1, sMsg, sFontType) = 0 Then sMsg = sMsg & sFontType & vbNewLine End If Next Next GetFonts = sMsg End Function Private Function CompareFonts(ByVal oFonts As String) As String Dim vFont As Variant Dim sMsg As String Dim xFont As Variant Dim i As Long Dim allFonts As String For Each vFont In FontNames allFonts = allFonts & vbNewLine & vFont Next vFont xFont = Split(oFonts, vbNewLine) For i = 0 To UBound(xFont) If InStr(allFonts, xFont(i)) = 0 Then sMsg = sMsg & vbNewLine & xFont(i) End If Next i CompareFonts = sMsg End Function

How to use:

  1. Open Word.
  2. Alt + F11 to open the VBE.
  3. Insert | Module. Add the module to ThisDocument if you want it to be available with only that document, put it in Normal.dot to have it available for all documents.
  4. Paste the code there.
  5. Close the VBE (Alt + Q or press the X in the top-right corner).
 

Test the code:

  1. Follow the instructions in the "How to use" section.
  2. Tools | Macro | Macros.
  3. Select Main and press Run
  4. You will get a message box stating all the fonts in the document, and a second message box if any fonts are not on the computer.
 

Sample File:

Font Macro.ZIP 8.82KB 

Approved by mdmackillop


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