Re: Can't read Russian text of Word file

Hi Gary:

Google is your friend :-)

My understanding is that Apple provides the fonts in OS X but if you have
not installed the Eastern European languages you need to do that.

Sorry: I know almost nothing about European fonts: Little Creature might be
along in a minute, she's from that region, she may know...

Cheers


On 19/6/07 11:22 PM, in article
xgaryg-16A358.09524419062007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Gary
Goldberg" <xgaryg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

G'day John!

Where would I find free Cyrillic fonts if not included with Word 2004?
As I said, I've been able to open Russian Word files before and I
have several fonts whose names end in CY (but not Times CY).

Could the "Times New Roman" that's displayed when I open
the file still mean that he used non-Unicode fonts?

BTW, just to help anyone's troubleshooting, the text appear as
nonsense characters, not the solid underlines that often
appear when trying to open such files. That's what I got when
I tried to open it using Word 98 on another (OS 9.1) computer.

In article <C29DEB8C.464D%john@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
John McGhie <john@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Gary:

Yes, Unicode is built in to Word 2004, but you may need to install the
Cyrillic Fonts to handle Russian.

It's entirely possible that the originator has used a non-Unicode font, of
course...

Cheers


On 19/6/07 7:56 PM, in article
xgaryg-EB7E61.06273019062007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Gary
Goldberg" <xgaryg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was sent a Russian text by the author but all I can read are the few
words in Latin letters. I'm using Word 2004 with the latest updates.

The displayed font is Times New Roman.

How do I read it? Isn't Unicode built into this version? Normally I
don't have problems reading Russian Word files? Does the author need to
save it differently?

Regards,
Gary

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