Word in OS 10.7

[ChuckW]

I just downloaded Office 2011 onto my macbookPro and when I open word documents the font won't display correctly. I have to copy and paste into gtextedit in ofrder to read. Is there a setting I have missed. I am rather new to the later versions of Word.

 

[chscag]

When you say you "downloaded", did you purchase Office 2011 from the Microsoft on line store? Or do you mean that you installed Office 2011 on your MacBook Pro from the CD? We need clarification before answering your question properly.

Also... Office 2011 installs its own set of fonts to a folder which is located as a subfolder to the system fonts folder.

The Word documents you're trying to open, where were they created? For example, if they originated on a Windows machine some of the fonts may not be available on your Mac. Word will attempt to substitute but it does not always do it correctly.

 

[ChuckW]

I downloaded off the internet from Apple. The file was generated elsewhere. Probably a PC. My solution is to open th4 doc, select all, and then go to the menu bar and click fonts and hit the checked one. Lo and behold it appears. When I create a doc locally, it opens okay.
I guess thu is liveable. Thanks for the clues.