How do you get Word to stop optimizing the font menu?

Answer 1

1. Do a "Safe Boot" of your Macintosh:

a. Start your Mac while you hold the shift key down. This is

called doing a "safe boot." Hold the shift key down until you see the

Apple logo on screen. This kind of restart takes a little longer than a

regular restart. You will notice when the Log On window comes up that

it says you are making a "safe boot."

b. Open MS Word. (Your font menu will probably contain only

system fonts.)

c. Quit Word and restart your Mac normally (without holding down

the shift key).

d. When you open Word you should not get the error messages that

fonts are corrupted. If the error messages continue, try solution 2.

2. Remove duplicate fonts from your system:

a. Look at all of your font folders to see if there are duplicate

fonts installed on your computer. The folders to inspect are:

Hard Drive | Library | Fonts

Hard Drive | Users | (User Name) | Library | Fonts

Hard Drive | System Folder (not System) | Fonts (This is the

Classic System fonts folder.)

b. Remove any duplicate fonts. Leave the fonts you want to use in

Classic System programs in the Classic System fonts folder. Otherwise,

either of the other two folders will work for OS X.

c. Restart your Mac.

d. Open MS Word.