Microsoft Word 12.2.0 refuses to open under Snow Leopard

[Czet]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I've recently Installed Snow Leopard. When I try launching MS Word, it shows me the startup screen and then "Optimizing font menu performance" and that's as far as it goes.

Any suggestions?

Czet

 

[Michel Bintener]

Hi Czet,

open Font Book, select all your fonts, then click on Edit>Resolve
Duplicates. Once you've done that, restart your Mac to clear out the font
caches. This is a known side-effect of installing Snow Leopard.

 

[jaskulmis]

Dear Michel,
I spent all day long lealing with this problem. I read your post a few moments ago. I resolved duplicates of all fonts in the Font Book, and restarted the computer. It didn't help. What else can I do?

 

[Diane Ross]

I spent all day long lealing with this problem. I read your post a few moments
ago. I resolved duplicates of all fonts in the Font Book, and restarted the
computer. It didn't help. What else can I do?

Troubleshooting Office for Mac with Snow Leopard

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2009/09/hot_topics_using_office_for_mac_with
_snow_leopard.html>

In case the above link does not work:

<http://tinyurl.com/ndmt4x>

The article lists steps to try like Safe Boot to determine where the problem
is located.

 

[Catnick2]

Running Font Book (OS X application) showed me the conflicting fonts, but it
was only after I found and deleted a font with an extension of .dfont was I
able to resolve the problem.
Your resolution may differ, of course, but my solution:
- I found a Lucida Grande font with .dfont extension.
- deleted the font, but could not empty the trash as the font was in use.
- restarted iMac and then emptied the trash.
- restarted machine again and was able to run MSOffice.

I hope this helps you.