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From: cpm5479@rigel.tamu.edu (Christopher Menzel)
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Subject: Re: Strange fonts in Word4Win
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Date: 20 Mar 91 17:41:13 GMT
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In article <4693@scott.ed.ac.uk>, ddb@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Darren Brierton) writes...

>Often, when using the clipboard, the spike, or doing long mail merges in
>Word for Windows text appears in a font different to the one it was
>originally formatted with and which no longer even exists on my system.

Have your tried reformatting your defaults in NORMAL.DOT?