Cyrillic font problems with OS X

[Harvard Slavic Department]

Dear SEELANGS list:
        I am a staff assistant at Harvard University and am a new
subscriber to the SEELANGS list.  Our department has encountered a
problem with Cyrillic fonts in OS X.  We have been consistently using
a font software package called Cyrillic II.  This has worked fine for
both Macs and PC's, but with the introduction of OS X into the Mac
environment, we have encountered problems.  When typing in Cyrillic,
often one of Word's auto-correct features called Correct Accidental
Use of Caps Lock is activated, and the text changes from readable
Cyrillic to a different, unintelligible character string.  This can
be fixed, I have been told, only by highlighting the changed word,
going to the format menu, and choosing "toggle case".  This is not a
feasible work-around, however, as it is very labor intensive.
        The other option with OS X is the system font, but this does
not include stress marks, which are obviously necessary for our
lower-level course materials.  Has anyone encountered this issue, and
if so, how can it be addressed? Any information you could provide
would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Johanna
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Johanna Wilbur
Staff Assistant/Specialist
Harvard University
Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures
380 Barker Center - 12 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA  02138

Phone: (617) 495-4065
Fax: (617) 496-4466
URL: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~slavic

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