Wrong fonts

[behni]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

In Word 2008 and Entourage 2008 (the two applications I have checked), whenever I select a different font, say Geneva (for example), I get Candara Bold. When I select Candara Bold, I get Abadi MT Condensed. In other words, I do not get the font I want, and have no clue which font to select to get the one I want!

I have deleted all duplicate fonts shown in FontBook. I have cleaned all font caches using Onyx. I have rebuilt the Office database. I have updated to 12.1.9. I have tried changing the permissions using the
{sudo chmod -R a-st "/Applications/Microsoft Office 2008" "/Library/Fonts/Microsoft" "/Library/Application Support/Microsoft"}
and {sudo chown -h -R root:admin "/Applications/Microsoft Office 2008" "/Library/Fonts/Microsoft" "/Library/Application Support/Microsoft"} commands.

None of these have worked.

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

In Word 2008 and Entourage 2008 (the two applications I have checked),
whenever I select a different font, say Geneva (for example), I get Candara
Bold. When I select Candara Bold, I get Abadi MT Condensed. In other words, I
do not get the font I want, and have no clue which font to select to get the
one I want!

I have deleted all duplicate fonts shown in FontBook. I have cleaned all font
caches using Onyx. I have rebuilt the Office database. I have updated to
12.1.9. I have tried changing the permissions using the
{sudo chmod -R a-st "/Applications/Microsoft Office 2008"
"/Library/Fonts/Microsoft" "/Library/Application Support/Microsoft"}
and {sudo chown -h -R root:admin "/Applications/Microsoft Office 2008"
"/Library/Fonts/Microsoft" "/Library/Application Support/Microsoft"} commands.

None of these have worked.

Try quitting all Office applications, and then deleting
~\library\preferences\microsoft\office font cache

 

[behni]

Try quitting all Office applications, and then deleting

~\library\preferences\microsoft\office font cache

This did not work, nor did adding the Word Font Substitutes to the mix.

 

[behni]

Here's the fix: <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884403>

Specifically, the section: "If the Fonts menu does not appear in the WYSIWYG format after you remove the fonts from the Macintosh HD:System:Library:Fonts folder, remove the fonts that are in the Macintosh HD:Library:Fonts folder. The fonts that are in the Macintosh HD:Library:Fonts folder are installed by programs that are for use by all the users of the Macintosh computer."

I had not realized my WYSIWYG had stopped working.

Thanks for having a solution!!!!