Office 2011 installs it's fonts in the root Library/Fonts/Microsoft folder. It's possible the restore from Time Machine did not get this folder. For users searching using Office 2016....Office 2016 installs fonts in each application folder not in the usual Fonts > Microsoft folder.
This video is about How to Download and Install Fonts in Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac. Note: To embed fonts in a Microsoft Office Word document or PowerPoint presentation, see Embedding fonts on the PPTools site. Locate custom fonts on the Web In addition to acquiring and using fonts installed with other applications, you can download fonts from the Internet.
Remove the “Microsoft Office 2011” folder. Remove the “Microsoft Communicator” and “Microsoft Messenger” applications. Go to your home folder, then go to the Documents folder. Remove the “Microsoft User Data” and “RDC Connections” folders. Go to your home folder, open the Library folder and then open the Preferences folder.
Macintosh HD Root folders
Applications
Library > Font > Microsoft
System
Users
Did you delete duplicate fonts installed by Office 2011? This is often a source for crashes.
See Font Management for help:
Office 2011 Duplicate Fonts to Delete
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Sep 11, 2017 10:50 AM
If your paragraph formatting changes do not work, it is often helpful to clear all formatting and styles so you can start over.
In Microsoft Word, the most likely cause for formatting changes that won’t stick is that there is an overriding style attached to the paragraph.
Here is how to remove all styles from Microsoft Word documents so you can stop formatting changes from misbehaving.
Clearing styles
To remove all styles from a block of text, open your Microsoft Word document, then follow these steps:
- Highlight the paragraph or block of text that contains the problematic formatting.
- On the Home tab, click the Styles dialogue box launcher to open the Styles task pane (or click Alt + CTRL + Shift + S).
- In the Styles task pane, click Clear All.
That’s it! You now have unstyled text that is ready to be formatted as needed.
How to clear formatting a faster way
Want a faster way to clear formatting? If you don’t like launching the Styles task pane, select the text (press Ctrl+A to select all text) then click the Clear Formatting button.
The Clear Formatting button is located in the ribbon, on the Home tab, in the Font group, as shown in the image.
Why won’t the formatting go away?
Using Clear All should remove all styles and formatting from the selected text and strip it down to the Normal style, which is the default text for the document. However, text boxes, headers, and footers have to be cleared individually.
Remove Fonts From Word
If none of the text cannot be reformatted, the document may be protected from formatting changes. If that is the case, you won’t be able to reformat the document unless you remove the password.
Remove Fonts From Microsoft Word 2011 Online
The instructions for removing a password to allow editing are found in the article, Cannot Edit Word Document. The article is in reference to forms, but the process is the same for any document. By the way, you have to know the password to remove it!