Re: Sudden invasion of "Complex Script" fonts?!

Hi Shauna.  They're not checked on mine either.  But see below.

Suzanne, the newsgroup language-muncher idea is interesting, but I somehow doubt it's the culprit here. I would assume, to bring about something as deep-dish as, that you'd have to be using an MS newsreader, and I'm only one who reads newsgroups on those PCs and have always done that with Netscape.

I did find the suggestion below, but am loath to try it (a registry edit) since I don't see an original post on it or any follow-up. Anyone have an idea?

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.word.docmanagement/messages/845e5ad766e0a7d9?thread_id=16d3be7e7259cedd&view=thread&noheader=1&q=language+registry+%22complex+script%22+group:microsoft.public.word.*#doc_845e5ad766e0a7d9

This is probably the #1 most annoying thing I've ever come across in the "stuff Windows does without telling you" category. I might just pay the (equally infuriating) support fee to nail the answer. Anyone interested in contributing?

TIA
Mark


Shauna Kelly wrote: 
Hi Mark, Suzanne

I've had this problem with RTL languages and complex fonts for some time and have failed to get rid of it. Furthermore, when I used the Save My Settings Wizard to transfer my settings to a new machine, the RTL languages and complex fonts got transferred as well. So now I have two machines with the problem, and still no end in sight.

FWIW, the settings Stan mentioned are not ticked on my machine. While those settings may contribute to the problem, un-ticking them is apparently not always a solution :-((.

Shauna

Shauna Kelly.  Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OXVIs5KPFHA.2604@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks for the feedback.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in microsoft.public.word.newusers:

Don't know about Google, but most of the people who have posted in these 

NGs

have been trying to get rid of the buggers, and, as you have seen, it has
proved to be devilishly difficult. I don't know whether any have 

succeeded

or, if so, how, 

I succeeded, following newsgroup advice:

Control Panel
Regional and Language Options
Languages

then UNcheck "complex script" and UNcheck "East Asian languages".


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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
                                 http://OakRoadSystems.com/





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