Re: Font problem in Word and Excel after installing tiger

Carsten & Uni Vous Ortmann <vousortmann@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm having a problem with MS Word after installing Tiger.
>
> When I try to open Word or Excel they'll say it's Optimizing Font Menu
> Performance and then say Font "****" is corrupt and should be removed.
>
> It starts in the v's and w's (Verdana, Webdings etc.) and then changes to
> font names made up of weird symbols.
>
> I've tried deleting ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office Font Cache (11),
> (by the kind advice of Ms. Beth Rosengard) and that took care of it for a
> day or something like that. Now it's back, and it's very annoying
>
> Does anybody know what might be causing this?

I don't think anyone knows (nor is it known why the problem does not
appear on all machines). Try also running Font Finagler on this machine,
though. m.

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