Jun 24, 2021

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Use Downloaded Fonts On Microsoft Word Mac

You have choices when you want to enhance the appearance of your document quickly. You can start creating a document by using a template, or you can apply themes and, if you’re in Word, you can apply styles.

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Template

Templates are files that help you design interesting, compelling, and professional-looking documents. They contain content and design elements that you can use as a starting point when creating a document. All the formatting is complete; you add what you want to them. Examples are resumes, invitations, and newsletters.

After you install a font into the Fonts folder in the operating system and start Microsoft Word for Mac, the font unexpectedly is not available in the Font dialog box, in the drop-down list, or in the Formatting Palette. Third-party fonts are not directly supported in Microsoft Office for Mac.

Theme

To give your document a designer-quality look — a look with coordinating theme colors and theme fonts — you’ll want to apply a theme. You can use and share themes among the Office for Mac applications that support themes, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. For example, you can create or customize a theme in PowerPoint, and then apply it to a Word document or Excel sheet. That way, all of your related business documents have a similar look and feel.

Word styles

Themes provide a quick way to change the overall color and fonts. If you want to change text formatting quickly, Word styles are the most effective tools. After you apply a style to different sections of text in your document, you can change the formatting of this text simply by changing the style. Word includes many types of styles, some of which can be used to create reference tables in Word. For example, the Heading style, which is used to create a Table of Contents.

How to install new fonts in Office using Microsoft Store

To make available new fonts in your Office apps on Windows 10, use these steps:

Open Settings.
Click on Personalization.
Click on Fonts.
Click the Get more fonts in Microsoft Store option.
Select the font family that you want to use with your Office apps.
Click the Get button.

Once you complete these steps, the new font will be available in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and any other app that includes support for system fonts.

How to install new fonts in Office using installer

If you’re purchasing a custom font, or you get one of the font families that are freely available from companies like Google, you can use these steps to install it:

Using installer

To use new fonts in Microsoft Word or another Office app using a file, use these steps:

Open File Explorer.
Browse to the folder with the font files.
Quick tip: If you downloaded the font on a zipped file, use these steps to unzip the files before trying to install them.
Click the Install button.

After you complete the steps, the new font will be available for all your Microsoft Office apps. You may need to repeat the steps to install additional styles for a particular family.

Using context menu

To add a new font on Windows 10 that you can then use in Office, use these steps:

Open File Explorer.
Browse to the folder with the font files.
Right-click the font file and select the Install option to add the new font only on your account. (If you want the font to be available for all accounts on your computer, select the Install for all users option.)

Once you complete these steps, the next time you start a new Office document, the new fonts will be available from the ‘Font’ settings in the ‘Home’ tab.

Using Settings

Alternatively, if you’re running the Windows 10 May 2019 Update or later, you can also install new fonts and make them available in Office using these steps:

Open Settings.
Click on Personalization.
Click on Fonts.
Select, drag, and drop all the font files into the ‘Add fonts’ box to install them.

After you complete the steps, the fonts will be available in all the Office apps.

How to uninstall a font in Office using Settings

If you’re no longer using a particular font on your Office apps, the Settings app also includes an option to uninstall fonts from your device.

To remove a font from Windows 10 and Office, use these steps:

Open Settings.
Click on Personalization.
Click on Fonts.
Select the font you want to delete.
Under ‘Metadata, click the Uninstall button.
Click the Uninstall button again to confirm.

Once you complete the steps, the font you uninstalled will no longer be available on Windows 10 or Office.

More Windows 10 resources

For more helpful articles, coverage, and answers to common questions about Windows 10, visit the following resources:

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