I faced this same issue. I wasn't happy about each user having 500MB
of fonts in their home dirs on the server, when I preferred that the
fonts be just on the client computer.
I moved the fonts installed by Word to the /Library/Fonts folder,
chowned and chmoded the fonts so that every user can see them, and
then removed "DoFonts" from the Word directory. Word checks for the
presence of "DoFonts"; if it finds it, then it will check the user
folder to see if fonts are installed. If they are not, it Word will
then install them.
If DoFonts is removed, Word will not check and will not install fonts
in the user folders. But if the fonts are in the right place and have
the right permissions, they will present and be just as functional as
otherwise.
I suspect that the slowdown is that as Word builds it's WYSIWYG font
menu, it has to read all 500MB of fonts from the home folder on the
Server into memory. That's a lot of reading to do, even over a fast
connection. I think that you'll find that moving the fonts to a the
client machine and then disabling Word from checking for fonts will
correct your issue.
Here for more:
http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20041105125247457&query=dofonts
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:00:34 -0500, Tracy <email@hidden> wrote:
I recently upgraded my Microsoft Office app for the computers in my
lab (OSX 10.3.7)
The first time students logged in and started Word, it took a very
long time as it was creating preferences in their home directories
and loading fonts and such. I figured this would be a first time deal
and wasn't too concerned.
But now when students open Word, although the process of writing
fonts etc to the home directory doesn't occur, the Word screen takes
a very long time to "go away" and so students are often waiting up to
a minute or more for the program to open up completely.
Before I create the disk image I always open the programs up and make
sure all is well. But it is the fact that it is "talking" to the home
directories that is slowing this down (I think) because if I log in
locally as an admin and open word there is no lag time.
Any suggestions? Thanks
Tracy
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