Cyrillic font problems with OS X

[Kat Tancock]

I know this may not be a permanent solution, but I've always found that (for
obvious reasons) Apple Works functions much better with fonts than Word.
Would you be able to use it instead?

Kat

> From: Harvard Slavic Department <slavic at FAS.HARVARD.EDU>
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> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:49:20 -0400
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> Subject: [SEELANGS] Cyrillic font problems with OS X
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> 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
> --
> 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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