[Casper] MS Office 2008 configuration

[Smith, William]

On 12/12/08 10:15 AM, "Miles Leacy" <miles.leacy at themacadmin.com> wrote:

> "Do Fonts" was software that would scan your fonts when launching an Office
> 2004 application.  If any of the Microsoft-installed fonts were missing, Do
> Fonts would replace them.  It's akin to an Acrobat-self repair, and just as
> much of a problem if you're trying to manage fonts.
> 
> There were several ways to disable it, all of which (at least the ones I knew
> about) were inelegant, dirty hacks.
>> 
Strange. I¹ve never heard of a self-repair option in Office 2004 but then
again we just removed the fonts from their drag-n-drop folder prior to
pushing it to machines. Never had a problem other than PowerPoint wanting
some of its fonts; it would crash otherwise.

I¹m unaware of any self-repair in Office 2008 and I doubt it exists. MacBU¹s
thinking about fonts was changed when they rethought their install strategy.
They finally agreed that not just anyone should be able to install Office on
a machine and now require an admin to do so. A Standard user couldn¹t repair
fonts now.

-- 

bill

William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
MCS IT
Merrill Communications, LLC
(651) 632-1492
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