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WD98: Font MRU List Not Retained After You Quit Word

Article ID: 184514

Article Last Modified on 10/4/2002

Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q184514

SYMPTOMS

Some of the fonts that appeared at the top of the Font list (on the Formatting toolbar) fail to reappear when you restart Word.

NOTE: In earlier versions of Word, the list of fonts at the top of the Font list [called the "Most Recently Used" (MRU) Font list] includes the last six fonts you used. This list is retained when you exit Word. The MRU Font list is comprised of any font used in a document, including TrueType fonts, screen fonts, and printer fonts.

CAUSE

When you restart Word, only the fonts that are used in Word's predefined styles are listed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Word uses the following fonts for its default styles, and, as a result, only these fonts are retained at the top of the Font list:

Arial
Courier New
Tahoma
Times New Roman

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB184514