Name that is encoded using a different system. More likely: You have updated the font you used with a font of the same Install 2,000 fonts on a computer, you can actually run out of RAM, so theĬomputer starts shedding fonts to make room for programs. Is this doable?Īnybody got an opinion one way or the other on this dilemma and/or my proposed solution?Įach font you install takes some RAM while the computer is running. My only other thought (solution-wise), was to go to font-book and remove ALL of my fonts, then reinstall 'Office Fonts' so that I have the basics again. I finally reinstalled MS Word 2008 and all of it's accompanying fonts, to no avail. However, if I type 'Greek' into the font box in the word Toolbar, then I can start typing Greek letters and symbols (however, the rest of my document still won't show the previously typed Greek letters and symbols). Having done so, I've looked in my drop-down menu in Word and noticed that 'Greek' is no longer there. Somewhere between when I wrote the paper and re-opened it, I installed like 2,000 fonts on my computer. I recently just opened it back up to review it and everything is correctly formatted, and all of the information is still there.however, the Greek letters and symbols are all missing (or I should say that they aren't being displayed, but instead there is a small box that looks like a place-marker for where the letters/symbols used to be (and probably still are, just not displayed)).

Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)Īwhile back I typed out a 138 page technical document with alot of Greek letters and symbols in it.

How to get greek letters on mac word