Word for Mac 2011: Replace Font

Question

Hello,

This is regarding replacing fonts.

I use a non-English version of Word, so pleace forgive me if my terms are incorrect. I really hope my point will come across anyway!

I have a Word for Mac 2011, and I need to write in Chinese and English in the same document. Word automatically chooses the font ＭＳ 明朝, which I do not want -- it doesn't display all the characters correctly, so I replace the font. I go to Word, Settings, Compatability, Replace Font, and pick the font I want. However, this setting is never saved for the next time I open Word. I have to go through the same tedious steps the next time I open the document.

It doesn't do to toggle with the Style, because I need the rest of the font to be Times New Roman, and not in a Chinese font.

Can anyone help? How can I get Word to remember my settings for every time?

Answer 1

Hi Bree:

With this one, you can't.  While you continue to allow Word to switch fonts with the change of keyboard, it will continue to switch to the Chinese font and refuse to come back: it's a bug they won't fix.  You can't control the font it switches to: that's hard-coded.

Go to Word>Preferences>Edit and turn OFF "Match font with keyboard".  Now, it won't switch the font at all when you type Chinese (so you won't ever get the font you don't like).

Create a set of styles the same as the ones you use for English, except specifying your chosen Chinese font as the font.  Apply those styles to your Chinese text.

However, you may find that you don't need to: Word will automatically call in a Chinese font if the font you are working in does not contain the characters you need.  The larger and more modern the font you use, the less likely this is to happen. You might experiment with Cambria, it looks similar to Times New Roman, but contains a wider range of characters, meaning Word has to switch less often.

Normally, if you simply allow Word to call in a Chinese font when it needs it (rather than let it switch fonts when you change keyboard) the result is very acceptable.  So normally if you turn of "Match font" you can pretty much leave everything else to sort itself out.

Hope this helps

Answer 2

Look at John's response:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011-macword/default-font-for-ms-word-for-mac-2011/79789eab-8263-4cd1-aa3a-6564de79b224