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When I copy presentations between different machines some of the characters change into Chinese characters or various different strange letters with dashes, chapos etc.

I suspect that these presentations were created on a machine very rich with "Symbol-like" fonts and most of the machines in the network lack these extra fonts.

How can I:

  1. List all fonts used within the presentation
  2. Mark all places any given font is used within the presentation
  3. Convert the character into a vector grafic so it is displayed consistently everywhere

I need a solution both for LibreOffice as well as Microsoft Powerpoint.

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  • This is one of the many reasons that crappy technologies like PDF exist. May 21, 2021 at 14:12
  • I understand, could you please however answer the original question? May 21, 2021 at 14:56
  • No sir! Sorry.. If I could have answered that question, I would have and not just made a comment. I do understand why it is a difficult question to answer. May 21, 2021 at 15:48
  • Do you want to keep custom font in PowerPoint? Refer to this support article: support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/…
    – Lee
    May 24, 2021 at 7:22
  • Some of the answers to superuser.com/q/1744434/939073 could also be helpful for you.
    – Jakob
    Sep 29, 2022 at 19:11

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I am anwering question 1: List all fonts used within the presentation

Method 1: With Powerpoint, Click File -> Info. Click the small arrow on the right of Properties, select Advanced Properties -> Contents

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Method 2: @Señor CMasMas gave a clue about PDF although he did not elaborate. You can view/list the fonts with PDF files. Save the presentation as PDF. Open the PDF file with Acrobat Reader for example, go to File -> Properties -> Fonts. The fonts will be shown/listed there.

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