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> Courier is installed. Word can see it 

That doesn't mean a whole lot. Courier is only installed if it's in 
Control Panel > Fonts. When you're in there, you're going to notice 
"Courier New" (in four weights) and "Courier 10,12,15 (VGA Res)". 
Neither of these is the Courier you're missing, although I can't tell 
you from this end what Courier you really need.

> I was reading that Courier on Windows is supposed to be a hidden
> system font, so changing it to Courier New seems a good idea.
> However, this leaves the question of how we create and use our
> bespoke fonts.

I don't know what a "bespoke font" is, but Courier New is functionally 
identical to (and much more complete than) Type 1 Courier. Again, 
though, I don't know what version of Courier you're missing. There are 
lots of them. Type 1 Courier is not normally a hidden or system file, 
although you could certainly make it one if you wanted.

> I'm not sure whether we use Adobe Type Manager, it's not in my list
> of Program Files. 

If you had ATM, it would load on startup. But you don't need ATM to 
display Type 1 fonts. Windows 2000 and newer have support for Type 1 
fonts built in. ATM comes with a number of "base" Type 1 fonts, 
including Courier.

> Changing the WinXP default printer to Adobe PDF solves the problem.
> However, I am going to get complaints if I suggest this as the
> solution, all along the lines of "We could use Word and ditch Frame,
> as it won't force us to set the system default printer to Adobe PDF."

Sheila and I have both suggested a utility called SetPrint that will do 
this for you. I'll say it again, it should be printed on the Framemaker 
box in big, bold letters: When running Frame, your default printer 
should always be Adobe PDF. Sticking with only one default printer, and 
making sure that default printer doesn't offer up bogus device fonts, 
will solve problems you haven't even run into yet. If you use SetPrint, 
you can keep your regular default printer for all your other programs, 
and set Adobe PDF as your default printer just for Frame.

If your only argument against using Word is that it doesn't require 
special treatment, then you probably should be using Word. Frame is old 
and fussy and just a little buggy. But I would quit my job if my boss 
told me to use Word for anything more than memos (easy enough for me to 
say; I don't have a boss).

-- 
Kenneth Benson
Pegasus Type, Inc.
www.pegtype.com