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Publishing to PDF Changes Font - MS Access 2007

crisis2007 (TechnicalUser)
27 Mar 12 19:01
I have a report written with Times font. However when I use the "Save as PDF or XPS" from the tool ribbon, the PDF saves but in some other font. This is happening on only one computer workstation on the network. The other computers maintain the font when saving as a PDF. Any ideas? I cannot find anything specific to this in MS Access when searching around for a solution.  
dhookom (Programmer)
27 Mar 12 19:53
Does the other computer have the same Times font installed?

Duane
Hook'D on Access
MS Access MVP

crisis2007 (TechnicalUser)
28 Mar 12 18:32
I will have to check. I assumed it would as it has the same ms office programs but I would have to look to be certain.
crisis2007 (TechnicalUser)
3 Apr 12 18:30
I checked and the font is installed. I went and even changed the font in the report to Arial to see if it made a difference. Still saved with the same, unknown font as before. Not sure what the name of this font is or I would delete it from the workstation to see what it would do. This one has me perplexed!
dhookom (Programmer)
3 Apr 12 20:56
Sorry I haven't heard of this issue before.

Duane
Hook'D on Access
MS Access MVP

crisis2007 (TechnicalUser)
23 Apr 12 13:27
I am still having this issue despite everything I could think of. I have changed the front end out, changed the font in the corresponding report to Arial, re-installed Office / Access and the report still comes out with this unknown font. I have verified that Times New Roman and Arial fonts are installed in the computer. If anyone has any ideas, I would certainly appreciate any help. Again, it is a problem on just one workstation.
dhookom (Programmer)
23 Apr 12 13:30
Does this happen with any other software or just Access? I would search "font changes in pdf" in your favorite search engine.

Duane
Hook'D on Access
MS Access MVP

crisis2007 (TechnicalUser)
23 Apr 12 13:45
This only happens in Access. And I am still searching for other solutions too.
lameid (Programmer)
2 May 12 12:20
I guess it is time to play the what is different game...  

Is there any PDF related software on the machine?

Another solution, rather than looking for the needle in the hay stack, would be to reinstall the machine from scratch including OS.  Install office first.  If it works right, you can install everything that the other machines have and verfy it still works.  Then you come to installing one thing at a time to find out when it breaks.  It may not break and when it does you have a shot at finding out what the user did to break it.
crisis2007 (TechnicalUser)
5 May 12 20:37
Thanks for the advice lameid. But the computer ended up being changed out as it was getting old anyway. Once it was replaced, the problem went away. I still have no idea what was causing the problem. We did reinstall Office before changing out the old computer but it continued with the same font problem.  
v5652 (Programmer)
4 Oct 12 23:21
hello friends,
I also have the same problem with pdf file. When I save any report in pdf using "OutputTo"command the fonts of the generated pdf file are getting changed. Can anybody please suggest any solution this?

thanks.

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