Changing Default Substitute Font in Word 2000 1

[smithph]

Hi,
I am trying to change the default font that Word uses as a substitute when opening documents that cotain a font that is not installed. At the moment it uses Symbols. I can't easily read symbols. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Dodom]

Have you tried doing Tools, Options, select the Compatibility tab, then clicking the Font Substitution button? This will allow you to choose which font to use as a substitute for a particular font if that font isn't on your system.

 

[smithph]

Hi, Dodom, Thanks for the info. I tried this but it seems to substitute fonts on a per document basis. My problem is someone changed the default font to use as a substitute to the Symbols font so that documents can't be read at all!
Regards.