I downloaded a whole bunch of fonts and added them to my Library/Font folder and ever since, when I try to open Microsoft Word it says " optimizing font menu performance.. " and then quits!!?? any suggestions??
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HELP WITH MICROSOFT WORD!!!!!
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forthebrave said:
I have a feeling one of those fonts is corrupt; maybe you should try~/user/Library/Fonts instead.
That said, try FontDoctor or a similar font repair utility.
Just MHO !
For whoever has this problem and hasn't found a solution, here's what I did. I had extra fonts installed in my user font folder (not a lot... maybe 300 or so), and just like you, Word would sit there forever, not going anywhere. So I checked out my user font folder, and what do you know... Office had installed a whole slew of fonts. Took those out, and boom, no hanging problems. I didn't have those there with the previous version of Office, and I haven't missed them since I took them out. Word says that I had a few corrupt fonts when loading, but it still loads fine.
Semi-OT...do yourself a favor, and use a manager such as the Font Book app included with MacOS when you add fonts -- don't just drop them in the folder. This way, you can put them in separate collections and turn those connections off when you need to do so.
super_kev said:For whoever has this problem and hasn't found a solution, here's what I did. I had extra fonts installed in my user font folder (not a lot... maybe 300 or so), and just like you, Word would sit there forever, not going anywhere. So I checked out my user font folder, and what do you know... Office had installed a whole slew of fonts. Took those out, and boom, no hanging problems. I didn't have those there with the previous version of Office, and I haven't missed them since I took them out. Word says that I had a few corrupt fonts when loading, but it still loads fine.
cool solution...
i don't really install fonts etc...i just use the best for me...sand...