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Changing Font in One Text File Only

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by Brando, 2009/12/05.

  1. 2009/12/05
    Brando

    Brando Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hi,

    Looks like a good BBS ! I am running Windows ME 4.90.3000. One of my Wordpad text files changed its font one day out of the blue. I finally got it back to the right font, but now all the other wordpad files have also changed to the new font!! Maybe a virus ?

    Shouldn't I be able to change the font in a specific wordpad text file, and have that font only apply to that specific file ???

    I ran my latest free version of Avast and it found no viruses.

    Thanks :)
     
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    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    I don't think you can...I'm guessing that you are saving a .txt?

    Have you tried saving the file as .rtf (rich text format)
     

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    Brando

    Brando Inactive Thread Starter

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    Steve,

    Thanks. Yes, I assume it is a .txt file. I can't see the suffix, but the icon is the notepad. I tried to save it as .rtf and it saved as a Word document, which is not what I want because Word is so slow to open.

    Funny thing is, there is a very old .txt file which still has its original font, but all the newer .txt files get changed en masse, whenever I change the font on a new file.

    Isn't there some place in Windows ME where you can set the "scope" of these "system variables" or whatever they are called ?



    Brando
     
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    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    If you need/want to change fonts per file - use MS Word and save as .doc - BOOM all done.

    Notepad/Wordpad are too simple of applications to do anything fancy. Word pad can save files as rich text that give you more flexability.
     
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    Brando

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    OK. Thanks. :)
     

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