Fonts

[amy]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: intel

Is there a way to set up which fonts can be made available for MS Office? I do a lot of design work and have a lot of fonts on my computer for use in other programs. MS Office takes a lot of time and memory loading all of thee fonts for its use - which is really unnecessary. Is there a way I can make a default font folder, of only the fonts I want to use in these programs, for MS Office to access??

 

[Diane Ross]

Is there a way to set up which fonts can be made available for MS Office? I do
a lot of design work and have a lot of fonts on my computer for use in other
programs. MS Office takes a lot of time and memory loading all of thee fonts
for its use - which is really unnecessary. Is there a way I can make a default
font folder, of only the fonts I want to use in these programs, for MS Office
to access??

Office 2008 Font Install Basics:

Office 2008 uses a different method for fonts and many fonts are new
versions. Office 2008 will install fonts to the /Library/Fonts/Microsoft
folder. By being at the root, then all users on the machine have access to
them and you don't get Office 2008 putting multiple copies on the machine
for each user.

The installer will scour /Library/Fonts/ and ~/Library/Fonts/ for fonts with
the same name and move them to /Library/Disabled Fonts/ or
~/Library/Disabled Fonts/ depending on where they were found.

Some users have reported problems using Suitcase.

Use Linotype FontExplorer X (which is a free download). Do a "Clean System
Fonts Folders" which cleans out any fonts not installed by the Mac OS X
Installation (i.e. ones you install yourself) and puts them in a folder on
your desktop to do with what you want.

Other ways of managing fonts would best come from the Word MVPs. My main
focus is using Entourage and installing Office.