Word for Mac freezes when changing the font My microsoft word, happens to freeze when I change the font on my documents, I had not yet saved my work and I was currently working on an essay and it froze when I went to change the font and save my work and it froze the entire word document, and is not responding I pretty much have to force quit. Jan 01, 2011  Question: Q: Microsoft Word 2011 Freezes ALL OF THE TIME on Snow Leperd 10.6.5 Help!! I installed Microsoft Office on a brand new MacBook Air and am having constant freezes (MS Word not responding/beach ball not going away) of MS Word when working on documents. The biggest cause of crashes is font conflicts in Microsoft Word for Mac. There’s an application in your Applications folder called Font Book. Open Font Book In the left side click All Fonts In the Font column, select a font then use Edit Select All From the Edit menu choose Resolve Duplicates.

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Issues with fonts in Office for macOS [WORKAROUND]

ISSUE

Users may see issues with fonts when using version 16.9 of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote and Microsoft PowerPoint on macOS.

Symptoms:

• Text appears garbled or in a different font

• Fonts not appearing in font picker

STATUS: WORKAROUND

Free Word For Mac 2011

We recommend you check the installed versions of the font. If you have multiple versions, then make sure the latest version of the font is active.

For more information, read about how to fix Issues with fonts in Office for macOS

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