Strange font problem in Word

[Jan Aukes]

All my documents, old and new, display only one font: Courier.
When I change the font, there is no difference. Changing size: also no
differences.
Only when I print I see the text as meant.
Of course I deleted the preferences but no result.
Who has a suggestion?
(Excel works OK)

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Jan:

From the Word Help:

Text that I print looks different from text on the screen.
€ Microsoft Word might be using draft fonts to display text. On the Word
menu, click Preferences, and then click View. Under Show, clear the Draft
font check box.
€ The font in your document might not be available on the printer you're
using. Change the font in your document to a TrueType font, or change the
font to one that is available on your printer.
€ Animated text effects aren't printed. If text in your document is
animated, it will print with the underlying text formatting ‹ such as bold
or italic ‹ but the animated effects will not be printed.

All my documents, old and new, display only one font: Courier.
When I change the font, there is no difference. Changing size: also no
differences.
Only when I print I see the text as meant.
Of course I deleted the preferences but no result.
Who has a suggestion?
(Excel works OK)

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Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[Jan Aukes]

Hi Jan:

From the Word Help:

Text that I print looks different from text on the screen.
• Microsoft Word might be using draft fonts to display text. On the Word
menu, click Preferences, and then click View. Under Show, clear the Draft
font check box.
• The font in your document might not be available on the printer you're
using. Change the font in your document to a TrueType font, or change the
font to one that is available on your printer.
• Animated text effects aren't printed. If text in your document is
animated, it will print with the underlying text formatting — such as bold
or italic — but the animated effects will not be printed.

Thanks for the tips, but I got Word in his normal state again. I just
deleted the whole Microsoft folder in the Preferences folder in stead of
just the Word-preferences which I did first.
I kept the ACL-files, because I typed a lot of words in it.
By the way, those words in the ACL file I typed them from the Windows
Word version, because in Holland they do not add the standard
auto-correction words in the Mac version.