Symbols Don't Appear

[Paul.Zarou]

I installed Office 2004 on a Mac for the first time. Everything
installed correctly ... then I patched it, with all the latest updates.
Now for my school I am installing a font that is required for the
courses I am taking. The font appears in office and excel, however
when I look to insert a symbol, the font is not available in the symbol
selection drop down. Is there something I need to do to activate this
new font to be understood as containing special characters?

Please excuse me if this question seems trivial. I am VERY new to the
mac world. Thank you for your understanding and help.


paul ii

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Paul -

MacOffice Insert>Symbol dialog doesn't list *all* fonts - why doesn't really
matter

Instead, use the OS X Character Palette. If you don't have it active search
Mac Help in the Finder Help menu for Character Palette to activate it. It
will appear in the menu bar (right end) if you include the appropriate
check, then you can access it from any application. It provides much more in
terms of features & flexibility.