Microsoft KB Archive/124972

= Office Maintenance Setup Doesn't Remove Font Files =

Article ID: Q124972

The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Office for the Macintosh, versions 4.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.1a, 4.2.1b

SYMPTOMS
When you run Microsoft Office Setup installation maintenance program, and you choose to remove any of the fonts installed by Microsoft Office, the files appear to be removed, and Setup completes successfully; however, the font files are not removed from your hard disk drive.

CAUSE
This behavior is by design of Microsoft Office. Fonts are not removed, because the Setup program doesn't know which application was used to install the font files. However, these files are listed in either the Components Not Yet Installed list or in the Installed Components list in the maintenance Setup dialog box so that you can install them again if they are deleted from your hard drive.

Note that if you do remove any of the fonts using the Microsoft Office Setup program, the next time you run Office Setup, the fonts that you removed are listed in the Components Not Yet Installed list even though the files were not actually removed.

WORKAROUNDS
To remove installed fonts from your computer, you can do the following:

1. Run Microsoft Office Setup.

2. In the Microsoft Office Setup dialog box, choose the Add/Remove button.

3. In the Installed Components list, click the triangle next to Tools to

display the list of Tools options. Clear the check box next to each option under Tools except for the check box next to Fonts.

To remove specific fonts, click the triangle next to Fonts to display the list of individual fonts, and clear the check box next to any font you do NOT want to remove. 4. Choose Continue.

5. When Setup is complete, double-click the System Folder, then double-

click the Fonts folder in the Finder. 6. Drag the corresponding files to the trash.

NOTE: The following is a list of the fonts that are available when you install Microsoft Office.

Arial Arial Narrow Arial Rounded Bold Bauhaus93 Book Antiqua Bookman Old Style Bookman Old Style Bold Braggadociao Britannic Bold Brush Script Century Gothic Century Schoolbook Colonna Courier New Desdemona Footlight Light Impact Kino Matura Script Capitals Mistral Monotype Corsiva Monotype Sorts Playbill Stencil Times New Roman Vivaldi Widelatin Wingdings Additional reference words: 4.20

Keywords         : kbsetup offmac Version          : MACINTOSH:4.2,4.2.1,4.2.1a,4.2.1b Platform         : MACINTOSH