Can't see font list

[JonJacobs]

Please forgive. I know there is an Office forum, but this question languished there for a month with no answer, so I hope someone in a slightly different "audience" will understand the issue.

When I retired my XP machine and bought a Windows 7 Pro laptop, I re-installed my Office 2002. Now, in Power Point, my drop-down list of fonts is invisible. (I can see the drop-down, but it's like the font names are white-on-white) I can type in the font name I want, and all is good, but I would like to be able to see and select the fonts. Yes, the fonts are installed.
In Word 2002 I CAN see the list of fonts.
What is going on? What can I do the make the fonts in the list visible?
Thanks,
Jon

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Try this for starters...
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Fonts\Font settings, and restore default font settings.

 

[Lomai]

Hi Jon

Could you confirm that you are running Office 2003 with Service Pack 2?
If you do not have SP2 for Office 2003 installed - download from here and install it.

Regards

 

[mitchell65]

Hi Jon

Could you confirm that you are running Office 2003 with Service Pack 2?
If you do not have SP2 for Office 2003 installed - download from here and install it.

Regards

But the OP says he has Office 2002 not 2003. I wonder if 2002 is fully compatible with Win 7. I think it was brought out specially for Windows XP. May be wrong, of course!

 

[A Guy]

Office 2002 is Windows 7 compatible, both 32 bit and 64 bit. A Guy

 

[JonJacobs]

>restore default font settings
Won't that just take away the fonts I installed later? The very fonts I'm trying to see?

Jon

 

[mitchell65]

It should restore the Font "Settings" irrespective of the actual fonts you have installed