Re: Character palette and fonts

Hi Phil:

You don't say what your OS version is on each machine.

Generically, this is going to turn out to be non-Unicode fonts on the
desktop. However, Word 2004 has bugs in its handling of incoming characters
from Character Palette. Character Palette is supposed to be able to switch
fonts if it needs to when inserting characters. Word 2004 has some bugs
with that.

Personally, I would set your frequently-used characters up as AutoCorrect
entries. Set them up to insert as UN-formatted text and Word will drop the
character in as an unvarnished Unicode character number.

Mac OS will switch the font if it needs to to find the character. Since
you're working in TNR, it won't need to.

Just check that the version of Times New Roman in your desktop: match not
only the font name and manufacturer but the version level against the one on
the iBook. You may have an old non-updated version of the font on the
desktop. If so, it's not Unicode font, and that's why the computer is
switching to a MacRoman font to find the character.

Hope this helps


On 19/6/07 5:00 AM, in article
1182195020.800764.28110@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Phil"
<philmorehead@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have been working on files on my desktop (G4) and on my portable
(iBook G4) using Word 2004 for Mac on both. The files require many
pronunciation symbols which I get using the Character Palette, mostly
Latin under European Scripts. The files are in Times New Roman. When I
insert a character (such as a macron a [?]) on my laptop, it is
inserted in the same font as the rest of the document, i.e., Times New
Roman. When I insert the same character in the same file on my
desktop, it is inserted in a different font (in this case New York,
but sometimes Palatino, etc.). I can't figure out what is causing this
discrepancy, since the files on both computers are the same. My
desktop has many more fonts available than the laptop, but both
machines have Times New Roman and New York available. Any help greatly
appreciated!


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