Font dropdown (preview) for Chinese fonts in Word for Mac

Question

On my older Word for Mac, whenever I selected the font dropdown list, I could see Chinese fonts in Chinese with the actual font style previewed. But after upgrading my Word for Mac, the dropdown only shows the English name of the Chinese font.

I have East Asian Languages already turned on.

For example:

The font dropdown shows "Heiti TC" as the font name instead of "黑體"

This is after upgrading to the latest version of Word for Mac.

Answer 1

I have ALREADY downloaded the fonts.

The fonts are not properly displayed in the CORRECT language in Word when selecting the font dropdown list.

The fonts are displayed in ENGLISH, rather than in CHINESE.

This change only happened after upgrading to the latest version of Word.

Answer 2

Hello

I advise you to take the following action to resolve this issue

First, kindly download the license repair tool by going to https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=849815 .

Now, open the ".pkg" file, then select Continue and follow the prompts in the setup wizard.

After that, the tool successfully removes licenses, now select Close.

Finally, open any Office app and sign in to activate with the email account associated with your Office for Mac license

I hope it will fix your issue.

Regards

Md Abdal

Answer 3

Hello,

I am Md Abdal and I would be glad to help you with your question.

You will have to download the desired fonts on the device you are using.

Try this step:-

Close all Microsoft Office applications

Then Go to Preferences of Mac OS

Once you are there then Open Language & Region

Now, in Preferred Languages, add both Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified to the list

You can refer these links for more information

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/how-to-choose-different-kind-of-chinese-font-in/5ce2147d-01ae-4231-9f10-01a349c49e47

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/how-to-instal-chinese-font/b3dff46d-bd32-4647-8fa6-2cfa53790624

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/no-chinese-characters-in-office-2011-for-mac/23874eae-b10d-4071-8776-f8ec0b6861b1

I hope this information helps.

Regards,

Md Abdal

Answer 4

I wrote in my original post that I have East Asian Languages turned on already.

Answer 5

Hello Benzerus,

Welcome to Microsoft Community and hope you are doing great today!

I'm Chris Jordan and I'd be glad to assist you with the questions.

Concerning your query, please try to turn on East Asian language features in Office for Mac. Please see the instruction below for more step-by-step information on how it works.

1. Open any Office for Mac application.
2. Click the Word menu, or the menu for the Office application you opened, and then select Preferences.
3. Under Authoring and Proofing Tools, click East Asian Languages.
4. Select Japanese, Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese.

For more details, I encourage you to use the link below for your guidance and reference.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/turn-on-east-asian-language-features-in-office-for-mac-40db0d4f-4bad-47d3-9eeb-bf80f9c3b5b1

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to send them back.

Best regards,

Chris Jordan