my apostrophe changes my font!

[ebobnar]

I'm using MS Word for Mac OS X (brand new, just out of the box).

It seems that if I'm writing in Times New Roman and type an apostrophe
my font automatically shifts to Monaco. ie I can't write "can't,"
"won't," "don't," etc b/c my font will shift. Interestingly, this
DOESN'T happen when I type quotes. Even more interesting, it DOES
happen in Ariel, but NOT in Helvetica! Weird!

I can't think of any settings or preferences that would do this. Any
suggestions on how to fix this?

My quick fix:

when I type "don;t" my auto-correct fixes it to "don't" w/o shifting
font. So, in order to write in Times New Roman, my font of choice, I
always have to write apostrophes as semi colons and then let the
program auto correct it for me. There's gotta be a better way . . .

 

[Beth Rosengard]

I'm not sure what's going on here, but I'd recommend some basic
troubleshooting: <http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/TroubleshootingIndex.htm>

In particular, be sure you're updated and then try testing for damaged
preference files (including the font cache file). If that doesn't work, try
testing the Normal template. All of these procedures are detailed at the
link above.

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/index.htm>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org>

 

[Klaus Linke]

Hi,

It might be a bad formatted AutoCorrect for the apostrophe by itself, but
it's not very likely.

More likely, Word or the printer driver think that the smart apostrophe
U+2019 isn't available in Times New Roman, and switches to another
(similar) font.

No matter what font is used, it should contain the curly apostrophe. So
either Word gets it terribly wrong for some reason, or (especially if some
printer "Times" is substituted for TNR on printing) the printer driver has
problems with that character or Unicode in general.

Perhaps you can play with the settings of your printer (replacement table
for fonts, "Send TrueType fonts as outlines", ...), and see if that helps.

Regards,
Klaus