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:
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.
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2016-11-11 14:10:26
Sherri
This is a great tool to use!
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