Problem with OS 9 and OS X Cyrillic fonts

[Gary Goldberg]

I transferred a Word98 Russian text created in the PriamojProp font on
my OS 9.1 Powerbook to a Word2004 file in my OS 10.4.11 Mac Mini. When I
look at the text it says "Priamoj Prop" at the top but when I try to
paste Cyrillic text from an Apple Mail message the new text looks like
Arabic. PriamojProp is in fact not an available font choice in OS X (due
to its incompatibility with Unicode, I guess).

Is there any way to get the entire document to display correctly in my
Word2004 file?

 

[Gary Goldberg]

Thank, it worked! At first I tried moving
the font via a flash drive but it always showed
as "Unix executable file, zero bytes), so I ended
up e-mailing it to myself.

Surprisingly OS 10.4 and Word 2004 recognize this
(I think) non-Unicode font.

I DID have some problems copying-and-pasting text
from Apple Mail messages, as I noted, but solved
it by choosing "Paste Special", then "Unformatted"
from the Word menu.

Thanks again,
Gary

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hello Gary,

Since you are using Word 2004, you may be interested in automating the
process of choosing Edit menu => Paste special => Un-formatted text.

Please see page 190 of some notes on the way I use Word for the Mac, titled
"Bend Word to Your Will", which are available as a free download from the
Word MVPs' website (http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html).

[Note: "Bend Word to your will" is designed to be used electronically and
most subjects are self-contained dictionary-style entries. If you decide to
read more widely than the item I've referred to, it's important to read the
front end of the document -- especially pages 3 and 5 -- so you can select
some Word settings that will allow you to use the document effectively.]

(This facility is not available on Word 2008.)

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
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[Gary Goldberg]

Hello Gary,

Since you are using Word 2004, you may be interested in automating the
process of choosing Edit menu => Paste special => Un-formatted text.

Thanks for the suggestion, but this isn't a situation I expect to
find myself in often.

Please see page 190 of some notes on the way I use Word for the Mac, titled
"Bend Word to Your Will", which are available as a free download from the
Word MVPs' website (http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html).

[Note: "Bend Word to your will" is designed to be used electronically and
most subjects are self-contained dictionary-style entries. If you decide to
read more widely than the item I've referred to, it's important to read the
front end of the document -- especially pages 3 and 5 -- so you can select
some Word settings that will allow you to use the document effectively.]

This file was suggested to me before and I downloaded it. However, on
that occasion I didn't find a solution to my problem so I've not
consulted it since.