Open fonts in Illustrator

I have recently purchased Myriad Pro Open Type and it won't seem to work in Illustrator V.7? Is there any reason for this? It works in every other package? Is it because it is not a Open Type TTF? Any help please.

I NEED TO ADD SOME FONTS TO ILLUSTRATOR CS2, THE FONTS WERE GIVEN TO ME ON A CD SO, I WENT TO ILLUSTRATOR FOLDERS AND LOOKED FOR THE ONE WITH THE FONTS AND SIMPLY ADDED THE FONTS FROM THE CD TO THE FONTS FOLDER FOR ILLUSTRATOR AND RESTARTED THE COMPUTER AND WHEN I WENT I WENT TO OPEN AN ARTFILE ON ILLUSTRATOR IT WAS STILL TELLING ME THAT THE ARTWORK WAS STILL MISSING THE FONTS THAT I SUPPOSELY JUST ADDED TO THE FONTS LIBRARY ON ILLUSTRATOR. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY ADD FONTS FROM A CD TO ILLUSTRATOR.

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