Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Word 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Word, click here: Printing a Font List.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated November 16, 2020)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
In older versions of Word (much older, as in Word for Windows 2), there was a feature that allowed you to quickly print a list of fonts on your system. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case. The following VBA macro, however, will create a document that contains a complete font list, in sorted order:
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Word 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Word, click here:
Sub ListAllFonts()
Dim J As Integer
Dim FontTable As Table
'Start off with a new document
Set NewDoc = Documents.Add
'Add a table and set the table header
Set FontTable = NewDoc.Tables.Add(Selection.Range, FontNames.Count + 1, 2)
With FontTable
.Borders.Enable = False
.Cell(1, 1).Range.Font.Name = "Arial"
.Cell(1, 1).Range.Font.Bold = 1
.Cell(1, 1).Range.InsertAfter "Font Name"
.Cell(1, 2).Range.Font.Name = "Arial"
.Cell(1, 2).Range.Font.Bold = 1
.Cell(1, 2).Range.InsertAfter "Font Example"
End With
'Go through all the fonts and add them to the table
For J = 1 To FontNames.Count
With FontTable
.Cell(J + 1, 1).Range.Font.Name = "Arial"
.Cell(J + 1, 1).Range.Font.Size = 10
.Cell(J + 1, 1).Range.InsertAfter FontNames(J)
.Cell(J + 1, 2).Range.Font.Name = FontNames(J)
.Cell(J + 1, 2).Range.Font.Size = 10
.Cell(J + 1, 2).Range.InsertAfter "ABCDEFG abcdefg 1234567890"
End With
Next J
FontTable.Sort SortOrder:=wdSortOrderAscending
End Sub
Once the macro is through running, you will have a complete font list for your system. You can then print it out and keep it handy when you are working with Word.
Note:
WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (405) applies to Microsoft Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. You can find a version of this tip for the ribbon interface of Word (Word 2007 and later) here: Printing a Font List.
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2016-11-11 14:10:26
Sherri
This is a great tool to use!
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