Icelandic characters for Word for Mac

Help! I am trying to use the Icelandic alphabet in a document I am composing using Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac. Trouble is, there doesn't seem to be any support for the special characters that I need. I've looked everywhere for a solution, and nothing seems to work. Any ideas?

You can do a check for corrupted fonts and other font issues:
http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/garbled_fonts_troubleshooting_guide.html - CreativeTechs Tips: Garbled Fonts Troubleshooting Guide
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/multipleappsquit.html - Font Book 2.0 Help: Checking for damaged fonts
See also http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1461325 - snow leopard fonts (restart the font server)

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