[X4U] Re:Installing AppleWorks in Tiger

Kunga Kunga at FutureMedia.org
Sat May 28 09:41:07 PDT 2005


Found it. It's by the Carbon Copy Cloner Guy Mike Bombich. It's  
called DeLocalizer.

<http://www.bombich.com/software/local.html>

No need to reinstall the system. Wipes all foreign pests away in a  
flash. and it's FREE.

k

On May 28, 2005, at 9:33 AM, Kunga wrote:

> That may not have been necessary. There is a utility that deletes  
> all foreign fonts. But I can't find it now and am wondering if  
> anyone here know what I mean? I've used it and been googling and  
> searching versiontracker and it just won't pop up. Must be part of  
> something else. I have used it and it freed up almost a GB of  
> space. And that was with me always NOT installing foreign fonts.  
> But now I can't find it. It was free and easy to use.
>
> k
>
> On May 28, 2005, at 9:00 AM, kp wrote:
>
>
>> John McG wrote
>>
>>
>>
>>> I have it working with no problems on 3 different machines. I've
>>> deactivated the foreign language fonts and some of the other  
>>> nonsense
>>> fonts that come along with various apps.
>>>
>>> There was a major issue with a font called "Times CE" causing all
>>> sorts of havoc in 10.3. Try disabling it with Apple's Font Book.
>>> Also try deleting the preferences for Appleworks.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I can now certainly agree that my problems have been font related  
>> - if nothing else Margaret's hint about changing the keyboard had  
>> to be a clue. This morning I wiped 10.4 and reinstalled with zero  
>> foreign languages and fonts resulting with AppleWorks working just  
>> fine.
>>
>> Many thanks for all the help.
>>
>> Ken Philbrick



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