That looks like font substitution. Since Office 2016 for Mac has its own private cache of fonts in the program folder of each app, this probably means that something went wrong during installation. The best way to get a clean install is to first uninstall following these directions: then reinstall from the Office 365 Install web page.
BTW, on that same install page, you may see a link Install previous version. If that option is available, you can reinstall Office 2011 instead of 2016. At this time there are still fewer problems with the older version.
Rebuild Office 2016 For Mac Database. In Office 2011, a common way to fix this was to rebuild the Office 2011 database (also known as creating a new identity). However, Microsoft has removed this feature in Office 2016 for Mac claiming Office database rebuilds are now done automatically on Mac.
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If the above doesn't solve the problem, please post in the Office 2016 for Mac Installation section of answers.microsoft.com, there is plenty of expertise there. That looks like font substitution.
Since Office 2016 for Mac has its own private cache of fonts in the program folder of each app, this probably means that something went wrong during installation. The best way to get a clean install is to first uninstall following these directions: then reinstall from the Office 365 Install web page. BTW, on that same install page, you may see a link Install previous version. If that option is available, you can reinstall Office 2011 instead of 2016. At this time there are still fewer problems with the older version.
If the above doesn't solve the problem, please post in the Office 2016 for Mac Installation section of answers.microsoft.com, there is plenty of expertise there. Apple Footer. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums.
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How to change your Word 2016 default font. Open Word. Open any document or create a new document. It doesn't matter which, but a document needs to be open to access the required menus. Click the Home tab in the top left corner.
Under the Fonts block, click the expand button. It's a small arrow icon in the bottom right corner. This will open the Font settings window. Select your desired Font. Click Set as Default in the bottom left corner. Check All documents based on the Normal template.
Click OK to confirm your changes. All new Word documents will now use your font of choice by default. How to change your Word 2016 default font style.
Open Word. Open any document or create a new document. It doesn't matter which, but a document needs to be open to access the required menus.
Click the Home tab in the top left corner. Under the Fonts block, click the expand button. It's a small arrow icon in the bottom right corner. This will open the Font settings window.
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Select your desired Font style. Your choices are regular, italic, bold, or bold italic. Click Set as Default in the bottom left corner. Check All documents based on the Normal template. Click OK to confirm your changes. All new Word documents will now use that new font style by default.
How to change your Word 2016 default font size. Open Word. Open any document or create a new document. It doesn't matter which, but a document needs to be open to access the required menus. Click the Home tab in the top left corner. Select your desired Font Size.
Click Set as Default in the bottom left corner. Check All documents based on the Normal template.
Click OK to confirm your changes. All new Word documents will now use that font size by default. If you want to modify any of your font-default changes, just repeat the appropriate process listed above.
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