Cannot Format Fonts in Write

• Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a

SYMPTOMS

The italic, bold, or point size may not work for a font in Write for Microsoft Windows version 3.0.

CAUSE

This happens when the font selected is not available to the current printer.

The first time you save a document in Write, Write retains information about fonts that are available to the current printer. For example, if the first time Write is run, the printer is a PostScript printer, Avant Garde is listed as an available font. When the document is saved, Write saves a list of the fonts available to the PostScript printer to the WIN.INI file. The next time Write is run, though the current printer is NOT a PostScript printer, Write still displays Avant Garde as an available font. Because the font is not available for the current printer, you cannot manipulate (italicize, bold, and so on) the font.

RESOLUTION

To solve this problem, do one of the following:

• Check the printer setup to make sure that the proper printer is being used. If you set up for the wrong printer, the listed fonts in Write may not be available to your printer.
• Delete the section similar to the following from your WIN.INI file:

        [MSWrite]
        Font1=AvantGarde,32,0
        Font2=Courier,48,0
        Font3=Bookman,16,0
        Font4=Garamond,16,0
        Font5=Helv,32,0
        Backup=1
  

  Then, reboot Windows. This reinitializes the fonts that Write displays as available, based on the currently selected printer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with Windows Write version 3.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.