I'm using Word for Mac 2011. When using the default font – Cambria – extra spaces appear when I type an apostrophe followed by another character. See the screenshot at:
As you can see in the screenshot, the font for the apostrophe character (which includes a big space after it) isn't actually Cambria; instead, it's
ＭＳ 明朝 (Body Asian)
It seems that Cambria automatically uses this font for apostrophes, and that the apostrophe character for this font includes the extra space.
How should I go about fixing this so that apostrophes appear correctly? I'm guessing it might be some kind of font conflict, but I'm not sure: and I don't know how to fix font conflicts, in any case.
(Originally posted at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16873412/incorrect-apostrophe-character-in-ms-word-2011-on-mac)
Best Answer
After updating OS X to 10.9 and opening Word for the first time since the update I encountered the same problem. I spent half a day testing all the suggestions put forward here and in other forums responding to the same query (including checking autoformat preferences/searching for font duplicates/verifying fonts/testing in new mac user account/repairing permissions etc.) with no luck.
Finally, I deleted the Cambria font from the Font Book and reinstalled again. I reopened Word and tested and the problem seems to have disappeared.
I'm using OS X 10.9 and Word for Mac 2011, v14.3.8.