[pinkjelly]

hi,

i am having trouble with the font menu in word v.X for mac.
when i select, for example, "Arial" as my font, a different font shows up in the font name field, and i can only type in that font, not Arial. any way to fix this?

thanks for any help in advance.

[voyageur]

This is a known bug in Word X's formatting palette. Why it hasn't been fixed after 4-5 updates is beyond my understanding.

Workaround: use the Font menu to pick your fonts. If scrolling through the huge menu of fonts drives you crazy, use Word's Tools--> Customize feature to cut the list down to only the fonts you need.

[pinkjelly]

thanks voyageur, i'm relieved to hear that it's a known bug, and not just my copy of word gone crazy. but i do hope they fix the bug soon!
and thanks for the tip on cutting down fonts

[car1son]

You might see if removing the file "Office Font Cache (10)' from your home Library/Preferences/Microsoft folder helps (quit all Office apps before removing.)

[pinkjelly]

thanks car1son, i tried it and it worked!! thanks so much!!