#Microsoft word for mac font smoothing upgrade#

For me, among the zillions of reasons not to upgrade to Vista, that's the number one.

But, Vista is now just like Mac OS, and maybe even worse since although you have a setting to turn it off, only half of the windows of the OS follow this setting – so in effect, you can't turn it off.

#Microsoft word for mac font smoothing mac os#

It's no wonder why a former Mac addict (from 1985 to 1999, the year when Apple decided not to support my expensive PowerPC with Mac OS X) such as myself will not go back to using Mac OS – at least not until they get rid of font smoothing. How useless this is, especially when the Mac default font is more like 14pt! Basically, it means you cannot turn it off. That is to say, you could disable it, period! On the Mac, you could and can still only disable it for a font size smaller than a certain value but you can only set this value at most to 12pt. It all started when Windows XP (2000/2001) and Mac OS (2001) came out with smooth fonts. For more information about this see Fonts that are installed with Microsoft Office.It's unlike me to complain (or maybe it's not, up to you to decide), but in the past few years it seems that software vendors have decided what was best for me and I really do not like this, especially when it affects 100% of the time I'm in front of my computer. If it isn't native, you may have to embed or distribute the font along with the Word file, PowerPoint presentation, or Excel spreadsheet. Therefore, if you plan to share Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, or Excel files with other people, you'll want to know which fonts are native to the version of Office that the recipient is using. Text that is formatted in a font that is not installed on a computer will display in Times New Roman or the default font. Custom fonts that you've installed on your computer might not display the same way on a different computer.

#Microsoft word for mac font smoothing install#

When you install a custom font, each font will work only with the computer you've installed it on. Sharing files that contain non-standard fonts Note: If you're using Office 2011 for Mac, you may need to drag and drop the font to the Windows Office Compatible collection in the Font Book to make it available to Microsoft Office. For detailed instructions select the operating system you're using from the drop-down box below. Once the font is properly installed in the operating system Microsoft Office will be able to see and use it. Once you've downloaded the font you want to install you need to install it in the operating system.

Install a custom font you have downloaded

#Microsoft word for mac font smoothing zip file#

zip format double-click the zip file to open it. If you have downloaded a font that is saved in. zip files to reduce file size and to make downloading faster. Many third parties outside of Microsoft package their fonts in. On the Mac you use the Font Book to add the font and then copy it to the Windows Office Compatible folder. You should go through the system's Fonts folder in Windows Control Panel and the font will work with Office automatically. Because fonts work with the operating system, they are not downloaded to Office directly. The Microsoft Typography site site provides links to other font foundries (the companies or individuals outside of Microsoft who create and distribute fonts) where you can find additional fonts.Īfter you find a font that you would like to use with an Office application, you can download it and install it through the operating system that you are currently using on your computer. Some fonts on the Internet are sold commercially, some are distributed as shareware, and some are free. In addition to acquiring and using fonts installed with other applications, you can download fonts from the Internet. Note: To embed fonts in a Microsoft Office Word document or PowerPoint presentation, see Embedding fonts on the PPTools site.