Attn: Paul Berkowitz->Re: Word 2004 installed fonts options

From: Norman R. Nager, Ph.D. (nnager_at_vnoxsxpxaxmv.fullerton.edu)
Date: 05/28/04 

Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 19:18:12 -0700

On 5/27/04 3:03 PM, in article
BCDBB3B1.C2E%nnager@vnoxsxpxaxmv.fullerton.edu, "Norman R. Nager, Ph.D."
<nnager@vnoxsxpxaxmv.fullerton.edu> wrote:

> Please respond to my four questions. Thanks.
>
> € 1. If I were to re-install all Office 2004 fonts, is there any way of
> creating a customized favorite fonts toolbar in Entourage and Excel similar
> to what I have in Word?
>
> €2. If I were to re-install all Office 2004 fonts, would that create
> problems in duplication of fonts the Operating System (now at 10.3.4) has
> installed in Systems and Library?
>
> €3. Can one go back in the installation process and selectively just
> re-install fonts? How?
>
> €4. Or should I consider the option of dragging them over from another hard
> drive? (I duplicated my Panther partition to a backup drive after
> installing Office 2004 but before I trashed the Office 2004 fonts in my
> primary hard drive Applications/Office/Fonts and user/~/Library/Fonts
> folders. )
>
> Respectfully, Norm
>
> On 5/27/04 2:56 PM, in article 270520042256104252%nospam@yrl.co.uk, "Elliott
> Roper" <nospam@yrl.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> In article <BCDBABA7.C1D%nnager@vnoxsxpxaxmv.fullerton.edu>, Norman R.
>> Nager, Ph.D. <nnager@vnoxsxpxaxmv.fullerton.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Alas, before I tuned into Paul's points in this thread, I already had
>>> trashed all the fonts Office 2004 installed in two different folders:
>>> Applications/Office/Fonts and in user/~/Library/Fonts
>>
>> If you have Panther, you will find the Font Book application slightly
>> useful in sorting out the mess. I don't know how it plays with
>> suitcase. It will help you find duplicates. You can use it to disable
>> and re-enable whole collections of fonts at a single click
>>
>> I seem to have only 167 fonts after I used it to tidy up the mess left
>> by some illicit Quarking ;-)
>>
>> Finally, there would be those who would claim that you are not using
>> Word effectively if you find yourself frequently changing fonts. You
>> might be better for some classes of document, creating templates where
>> styles specify the fonts and other attributes of each part of your
>> work.
>>
>> Then, if you are doing post-doc research on ransom note design....
>>
>> ;-)
>

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