Windows xp Word/Fonts

Question

I have an Inspiron 5100 with xp and just purchased a Dimension 8400 with xp.   Both have the Home Edition with Word and WordPerfect but the new 8400 does not have my favorite font, Papyrus. Can I get this font without paying thirty bucks for it??    I went to Control Panel and Fonts but it's not there either.   Jerry

Warren H. · Answer

Jerry, Do you have Publisher installed on the 5100 and not on the 8400 ? The Papyrus font comes with Publisher as shown here .

Mary G · Answer

Win XP Home edition does not come with Word. It's a part of Office, not Windows, and since you have WPerfect, you might not actually have MS Word unless you installed it yourself. Word = Winword.exe.

JerryYork · Answer

Actually, the 5100 came with XP and has Word but the 8400 came with WordPerfect but I've installed Office.   How do I get Publisher?   The 5100 has it but the 8400 does not.

Warren H. · Answer

Jerry,

The only versions that come with "Publisher" are the "Professional Edition" and the "Small Business" edition. What version of Office did you install in the 8400 ? Did you order Office from Dell when you purchased your 8400 ? If you did purchase Office from Dell and you have a version that does not include Publisher, you can return it and pay the difference for a version that includes Publisher, providing you are within 21 days of your invoice date. Or, you can purchase a stand alone version. But, either way is going to cost more than the $30 for the Papyrus font. If all you want is the font, try a "Google" search for it, I'm sure you can find it for free.

volcano11 · Answer

Jerry,

If you already have one computer that has the papyrus font installed on it, all you have to do is copy the font onto a floppy disk or CD-RW, take that disk to the new 8400, open the fonts folder there, click on File > Install New Font, then point it to the floppy disk or CD-R where you copied the font.

Steve

lyvwyr · Answer

Steve, I tried that one time a while back and it would'nt allow me to copy it. Hmmm, I'll have to give it another try.

volcano11 · Answer

Since I run multiple computers, all with slightly different programs and fonts installed, I routinely find that a font I used in a file on one computer is not present on another computer where I'm trying to use the same file.  I routinely copy fonts that I need from one computer and install them on the computer where they are needed.  You probably cannot copy the fronts from the Control Panel - Fonts folder.  Instead you need to open Windows Explorer,  browse the the folder where the actual fonts are stored (C:\Windows\Fonts) and copy them from there.   Steve

JerryYork · Answer

It worked! I have copied the font from one computer and have successfully installed it on the other. It wasn't easy (for me!) and I'm not sure I could do it again but thanks! I think I copied the font to a new folder and copied that folder to a CD then put the CD in the new computer and went to Control Panel/Fonts and clicked Install Font.......

Thanks to everyone who responded!

Jerry

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