WD: Suitcase Not Showing Fonts in Their Typefaces in MacWord

• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.1, 6.0

SYMPTOMS

The Suitcase Setting that allows Font menu items to appear in their own typeface does not work in Microsoft Word. This problem may occur in either of the following cases.

Case 1: Word 6.0

You use Word version 6.0 for the Macintosh with Suitcase 2.1.4 or 2.1.5.

Case 2: Word 5.x

You use Word version 5.x for the Macintosh with Suitcase II version 1.2 through 1.2.11.

WORKAROUND

Case 1: Word 6.0

To allow the fonts to be displayed in their own typeface in Word 6.0 using Suitcase 2.1.4 or 2.1.5, you must add the Font menu using a macro contained in the "5.1 Upgrade Document Template." To use the AddFontMenu macro, follow these steps:

1. On the File menu, click Templates, and then click Organizer.

2. Select the Macros tab.

3. Click the Close File button under one of the list boxes, then click the same button, now labeled Open File.

4. From the Word 6.0 program folder, open the Macros folder. In the List Files of Type box, click Document Templates. From the list box above, select "5.1 Upgrade" and click Open.

5. This displays two macros in the list box in the Organizer, AddFontMenu and AddressBook. Select AddFontMenu and click Copy to copy that macro to Normal. Click Close (in the lower-right corner) to close the Organizer.

6. In Word, on the Tools menu, click Macro. (A document must be open to see the Tools menu.)

7. Display Macros Available In All Active Templates. Select AddFontMenu in the list box and click Run. In a few seconds you receive a prompt that this will add an item to your menu. Click Yes.

8. When the macro finishes, the Font menu appears between Format and Tools on the menu bar in Word. To display a list of installed fonts in their respective typefaces, hold down SHIFT and click the newly added Font menu.

Case 2: Word 5.x

This problem does not occur in earlier versions of Word because of a workaround built into the Word program. Because this workaround did not integrate the custom Font menu with other programs, it was not included in Word version 5.0.

STATUS

For more information about updating Suitcase II, please contact Fifth Generation Systems, Inc. at the following address and phone number:

   Fifth Generation Systems, Inc.
   10049 N. Reiger Rd.
   Baton Rouge, LA 70809
   (504) 291-7283

The Fifth Generation products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.