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Q: missing fonts in Keynote file : how to replace them ?

When opening a Keynote file that had fonts not installed on the system, an alert window used to open.

You could then easily replace the missing fonts with other ones installed.

 

Not anymore !

 

The alert window still appears in Keynote V6, but the "replace font" option is missing.

Does anyone know a workaround ?

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 6:46 AM

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  • by CommanderClif,

    CommanderClif CommanderClif Jan 16, 2014 8:50 AM in response to bc75
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    Jan 16, 2014 8:50 AM in response to bc75

    No response to this?? I'm curious where the replace font feature went as well. No one knows?

  • by lbugin,

    lbugin lbugin Jan 16, 2014 1:31 PM in response to bc75
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    Jan 16, 2014 1:31 PM in response to bc75

    I created a deck then copied some old slides with fonts I didn't have. I reformatted them. Those fonts do not exist in the deck... **** those slids don't exist anymore. I STILL GET THE WARRNING.

     

    so... I saved of some individual slides, just to see. A slide with no words/fonts still had the warnning. Every slide gets the same warning.

     

    The new verson had some nice fetures, a few other bugs that I could work around but this is a deal bracker!!

     

    Someone find an answer PLEASE!!

  • by CommanderClif,

    CommanderClif CommanderClif Jan 16, 2014 1:40 PM in response to lbugin
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    Jan 16, 2014 1:40 PM in response to lbugin

    yeah, I tried the whole modifying the master slide thing but the missing fonts aren't on there, they would have come from slides I deleted as well or already replaced the fonts on so not sure why they are lingering....

     

    oh wait...I think I might have just figured out something. The whole "revert to previous version" wouldn't that have something to do with still remembering fonts used in a previous version? I'm going to try and see if I can duplicate the current document in some way that makes it a new version with no history in it.

     

    Other than that I was going to try exporting to '09 do the replace fonts tool that was in there and then open it back up but I'll have to modify the transitions and shadows that were new to current version of keynote.

  • by CommanderClif,

    CommanderClif CommanderClif Jan 16, 2014 8:23 PM in response to CommanderClif
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    Jan 16, 2014 8:23 PM in response to CommanderClif

    Well, testing the dumping of versions didn't fix the font issue.

     

    Exporting to '09 opening on another computer with 09, saving and then reopening in version 6 fixed the fonts. But as I mentioned, I lost some of the transitions specific to 6 so I'd have to reset those back...

     

    OR Apple to add the replace font feature back in.

  • by Ottius,

    Ottius Ottius Jul 14, 2016 1:31 AM in response to CommanderClif
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    Jul 14, 2016 1:31 AM in response to CommanderClif

    3 years later, this enraging bug is still not fixed in the latest Keynote version. Does Apple not use their own products?