This is more of a general Office 2004 or Mac OS X question, but since Entourage is the only app in the suite that I use heavily, I'll put the issue up for grabs here...
I am running Mac OS X 10.3.4 with Office 2004. I rarely use any but the most common fonts (Helvetica, Monaco, Arial, Times, etc.). But my hard disk has scads of fonts in multiple locations: (1) /System/Library/Fonts/ (2) /System Folder/Fonts/ (3) /Library/Fonts/ (4) ~/Library/Fonts/ (5) /Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/Fonts/ ... and other application-specific locations I know the basic rules behind this scheme. Fonts in (1) are required by the System, those in (2) and (3) are available to all users, those in (4) only to the current user. I assume that those installed in (5) are only available to MS Office applications. There are many duplicates - indicated by the bullets in Font Book's list. For example, I have copies of Arial in folders (2), (3), (4), and (5). Apple recommends using Font Book to turn off fonts that are never used. Some people claim that eliminating duplicates can improve system performance and prevent problems. I am seeking suggestions on how to do that. Is it better to leave the fonts in place (rather than deleting the files)? Should I use the "Resolve Duplicates" function in Font Book to disable all but one copy of each font? How do I choose which copy to leave enabled? Should I choose the copy with the most recent version number? Does it make any difference? And why do I have 4 copies of Arial, anyway? I can understand that there are historical reasons to have copies for both OS 9 and OS X. So what's with the other 2 copies? -- Julian Vrieslander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
