Paragraph Formats Alternate Reality

[Harro de Jong]

Nancy Allison wrote: 


> I'm using FM 10 on a Windows 7 system.
> 
> I am trying to change the body text of a document from TimesNewRoman to Arial.
> 
> I have tried two methods:
> 
> 1. Selected another file with the correct formats and used Import. I have done this at
> least 10,000 times in the past 20 years. It does not work. Nothing changes.
> 
> 2. Saved the file to .mif, opened it in Notepad, replaced TimesNewRoman with Arial,
> reopened in FrameMaker. Have done this not as many times, but many. Nothing
> changes.
> 
> I've doublechecked directories and timestamps. All the files are coming from the
> correct locations.


Three things to check:
Which font is specified in the Paragraph Designer? 

Do the offending para's have overrides? 

Is the Arial font available on the system? It sounds like FM can't find the font specified in the paragraph style, and is substituting Times New Roman. 

Harro de Jong
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