When you view the
Fonts menu in a Microsoft
Office for Mac program, the fonts appear with
the system font instead of in the WYSIWYG
(What You See Is What You Get) format.
This behavior occurs if
you have selected the
WYSIWYG fonts and style menus check box
in the program
Preferences dialog box.
This problem occurs when one of the following conditions is
true:
- You have several hundred fonts installed on your computer.
- You have font management software installed on your
computer.
- You do not have valid permissions to the System folder on
your computer.
To work around this problem, use one of the following
methods
depending on your situation.
Note You must first quit all
Office for Mac programs before
you
use these methods.
If you have several hundred fonts installed on your computer
The Mac OS X operating system stores fonts in one of three
locations:
- Macintosh
HD:Users:user_name:Library:Fonts
- Macintosh HD:Library:Fonts
- Macintosh HD:System:Library:Fonts
Typically, most new fonts are installed in the Macintosh
HD:System:Library:Fonts folder. To
work around this behavior, drag the fonts that are in the Macintosh
HD:System:Library:Fonts folder
to another temporary folder,
start
an
Office for Mac program, and then
see if the Fonts menu appears in the WYSIWYG
format.
If the
Fonts menu does not appear in the WYSIWYG format after you remove the fonts from the Macintosh HD:System:Library:Fonts folder, remove the fonts that are in the Macintosh HD:Library:Fonts folder.
The fonts that are in the Macintosh HD:Library:Fonts folder are
installed by programs that are for use by all the users of the Macintosh
computer.
Do not remove the fonts from the Macintosh
HD:System:Library:Fonts folder. The fonts that are in the Macintosh
HD:System:Library:Fonts folder are required
by the
Mac OS X.
If you have font management software installed on your
computer
If you are using a font
manager
program to organize your font collections, quit the program, and then see if
the
Fonts menu appears in the WYSIWYG
format.
If you do not have valid permissions to the System folder on
your computer
Sometimes, after you install an update to Mac OS X, the file and the
folder permissions may become incorrect and
inaccurate. To repair file and folder permissions, follow these steps:
- Click Utilities on the Go
menu.
- Double-click Disk Utility.
- Click the volume that contains the Mac OS X operating
system.
- Click Repair Disk Permissions.