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Word2008 does not launch Microsoft Office for Mac

Word2008 does not launch

Posted: 29 Jan 2008 11:52 AM PST

It works after removing Word Setting (X) from preferences. Thank you very much.

Permanently turning off Adobe PDF toolbar in Office programs

Posted: 29 Jan 2008 09:52 AM PST

And, suddenly it's working again. All the links are showing up properly,
right back to Corentin's original. That was quick.

Are the Office 2008 fonts required

Posted: 29 Jan 2008 09:09 AM PST

Yeah, you can :-)

Personally, I WOULD/DID install the Office fonts, because they are much
updated and a lot nicer than many other fonts around. Microsoft actually
put some work into these, the typography is much improved.

They also provide a much wider range of characters than the ones they
replace.

And when you get into Themes, they won't work "properly" unless the Office
fonts are available.

The issues we are seeing with fonts tend to be with fonts from other
manufacturers, and they usually turn out to be issues with people using a
very large number of fonts, several font managers, and dynamically
enabling/disabling fonts that are scattered across multiple font folders.

Office 2008 works best if all of your fonts are in the System font folder.

But if you really do not like the new fonts, you don't have to have them.
They are nice, but not essential.

I would caution you not to disable the Chinese/Japanese fonts. These are
required to produce certain special characters (and I can't remember which
ones).

Hope this helps


On 30/01/08 4:18 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

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Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

since 2008 install safari downloads append .dot .pot .xla

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 04:13 PM PST

Just asked to be sure - you can't imagine how many users don't do so:-) It
sounds like you've done about all you can do so you're among the many who
are looking for the fix more sooner than later. I'm certain that the issue
is being looked at.
--
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

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Upgrade 10.1.9

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 03:22 PM PST

On 1/28/08 3:22 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Version 10.1.9 is for Office X. It's end of life software and no further
updates will be issued. How to find version info:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/version/index.html>


--
Diane, Microsoft Mac MVP (MVPs are not Microsoft Employees)
Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

Problem registering Office:mac 2008

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 12:43 PM PST

Same answer: Don't bother. Registration is broken. It will be fixed
eventually.

But its ONLY purpose is to sign you up for a newsletter, so you may decide
not to bother :-)


On 29/01/08 2:09 PM, in article caR9absDaxw, "Justin"
<Justin> wrote:
 

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Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

In Test Account login, how get 2008 to see current identity? TestAcct vs. Safe Boot?

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 12:09 PM PST

On 1/28/08 10:43 PM, in article
C3C40AF9.1F78%fullerton.edu, "Norman R. Nager, Ph.D."
<fullerton.edu> wrote:
 

Thanks for the kind words. 

Yes with the exception if Leopard preferences are munged due to the way it
was installed and data migrated over.


--
Diane, Microsoft Mac MVP (MVPs are not Microsoft Employees)
Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

Frequent Crashes for All Office 2008 Apps

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 11:38 AM PST

Hi Clare:

Just scanning your crash dump, that's either a bad font or a bad document.

My pick is a bad document. You see all those calls to the Style List, then
a call to ATSUI?

Word is attempting to enumerate the styles in the document, then falling
over.

I would:

1) Quite all Microsoft applications

2) Find and remove to the desktop ALL instances of the Normal template that
you can find.

The Word 2004/X Normal template is named simply "Normal" (no extension) and
it should be in your Microsoft User Data folder (unless you moved it).

The Word 2008 version is named "Normal.dotm" and the easy way to find it is
to go to Word>Preferences>File Locations. Select "User Templates" and then
click Modify. Word will show you where it is (drop down the arrow...)

3) Restart Word, and quit it. It should create a new, clean Normal.

4) Start Word and open one of your bad files.

5) Create a new, blank document and save it as a "Word Document (.dotx)
file.

6) Carefully copy everything in the bad document EXCEPT the very last
paragraph mark.

7) Paste into the new document and Save.

Try that, and see if it cures the problem. If it does, you need to do 5 to
7 on each of your troublesome documents.

Hope this helps

On 29/01/08 5:08 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

edit registeration details

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 07:16 AM PST

On Jan 29, 8:55 pm, lowsphere <com> wrote: 

okay,
i solved the problem.
very easy.
go to applications/microsoft office 2008/Office/
then locate OfficePID.plist
double click it.
it should open in Text format
make the changes
save
exit.
viola. :)

Microsoft promises fix for Office 2008 installation issues

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 07:01 AM PST

Would be nice, wouldn't it :-)

They are working furiously on this one :-) The constraint is that Office
2008/Entourage now uses Synch Services.

If Synch Services every plays nicely with Palm, the Office synching should
"just work" ...

Cheers


On 29/01/08 7:00 PM, in article
area5.spcsdns.net, "Jolly
Roger" <com> wrote:
 

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Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

ARCHIVE OR Zip Files

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 07:29 PM PST

Well, I am glad they sent you here where you can talk to people who know the
right answer!

The Mac "Archive" format IS a Zip file.

There is an issue with some Windows computer mailing systems not allowing
the newest Mac file formats (created by Microsoft!!!) through their email.
Particularly not if they try to open them within the mail program.

You need to advise the Windows users to save the file to their hard disk
before trying to open them. They should be doing this anyway: they're a
sitting duck for viruses and malware on Windows if they don't...

Or: Save the file to a shared folder on the Network file server, then tell
them where it is... Saves clagging up the email system with it :-)

But generally, there is no "compatibility" issue with the file format in
terms of Windows being able to read it ‹ it's a universal standard format.

There is, however, a raft of compatibility issues between Office 2007 and
Office 2008. Sadly, Office 2008 just can't cope with many of the things
Office 2007 can create, and it down-converts others to a simpler format,
which breaks it when it gets back to Office 2007.

If you stick to text content (text, tables, text boxes, formatting...) you
will be OK. Once either end starts trying to use the high-end features, the
wheels fall off.

Sadly, you will just have to try it: you will soon find out what is
compatible and what isn't. Any kind of graphics content is likely to be a
problem...

Hope this helps

On 28/01/08 12:59 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

Office 2008 - Drop Shadows?

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 02:54 PM PST

You need to make sure the picture style is set to anything but ³inline with
text² in the ³Wrapping² section of the Formatting palette. Then you¹ll have
a ³Shadow² section in the Formatting Palette.

Matt
MacOffice Testing
Microsoft

Date: 1/27/08 2:54 PM / From: "com"
<com>
 


--
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

MS Mac Newsgroups: http://www.officeformac.com/ProductForums
MS Mac News & Updates: http://www.microsoft.com/mac

Publisher program

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 02:44 PM PST

Hi,
if it is just flyers posters etc you need to create try Pages - part
of iwork, it does all that very well, and in very inexpensive (less
than windows+vm/parallels+publisher!).

Also, there are many fine free DTP apps for mac. Have a look at the
apple website (downloads), or somewhere like www.pure-mac.com or
http://www.freemacware.com or http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Apps/cats.php
for free software. Some of this software is extremely good, so dont
ignore it just because its free!

Best of luck.
PtB

What is Office 2008??

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 01:39 PM PST

Office 2008 does not contain a VBA interpreter. So "no" nothing that looks
like, smells like, or even sounds like VBA will work.

But why would you delete Office 2008, now that you have paid for it? Unless
you can get your money back :-)

It may be useful for reading the new file formats you will start to get from
others.

Cheers


On 28/01/08 7:09 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

Internet connectivity error in word

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 09:18 AM PST

Same problem here.
I can access any web services with word and entourage (dictionary, web
search, ecc.) but the translation service: it tells me that I am not
connected to the Internet. Strange.

What happened to the "Versions" feature in Word?

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 09:11 AM PST

Dear John,

Thanks so much for this reply. Guess I'll have to just save versions in different files from now on. I appreciate your help.

extra items on install Office 2008

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 03:18 AM PST

Well, I think you might have :-)

Yours is the only report of this issue I have seen so far, and I am afraid I
do not have an answer for it.

Sorry...


On 29/01/08 10:47 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

Make Word 2008 open with Formatting toolbar showing

Posted: 26 Jan 2008 10:46 AM PST

Know what? Word was crashing every time I quit. That¹s got to be why. I
would expect just what you describe. If you hear no more, you will know I am
at peace. :)

Thanks very much for this and all the other support you provide.


Best,

Bill
Imac 2.8Ghz -10.5.1
Office 2008/2003
Windows XP Pro SP2

On 1/26/08 11:00 AM, in article
microsoft.com, "JE McGimpsey"
<org> wrote:
 

Various 2008 Microsoft and Template Folders... Help Me Understand??

Posted: 26 Jan 2008 10:44 AM PST

Same here, except for the toolbar that I foolishly customized without
renaming Formatting.


On 1/28/08 6:29 AM, in article phx.gbl, "Daiya
Mitchell" <org.INVALID> wrote:
 

Best,

Bill
Imac 2.8Ghz -10.5.1
Office 2008/2003 - Windows XP Pro SP2

2004 with 2008?

Posted: 26 Jan 2008 09:07 AM PST

John,

Many thanks. The others have done a great job in scaring me off deleting anything and I'll leave it like that! For now Word and Excel 2008 seem to be co-operating very nicely with Entourage 2004, and as the disk overhead is minimal I'll leave 2004 well alone.

Thanks again.

David

Cannot Open any Applics after 2004 Install

Posted: 26 Jan 2008 04:36 AM PST

Hi Duncan:

Best not to do that. The deafening silence in here is because you have run
us all out of ideas ‹ including Curt, who is one of the Microsoft Engineers
who developed Office 2008.

However, Curt is slaving over a hot Macintosh as we speak, and he will get
back to you quite soon.

In the meantime, if you can keep everything to do with your matter in the
same thread, that will help make sure we do not miss anything.

Sorry for your bad experience...

On 29/01/08 8:50 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com>
wrote:
 

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McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

Microsoft Framework error

Posted: 25 Jan 2008 01:07 PM PST

Hello Michel,

Thanks for the reply. Yeah - I forgot all about loading the updates. That fixed the problem.

Mike

Lost fonts in Office 2008

Posted: 25 Jan 2008 10:32 AM PST

I suggest that you should put it only in ONE folder :-) You are making the
job difficult for the system by putting the same font in multiple folders.

I assume that you have made sure that the font is REMOVED from the "Fonts
Disabled" folders? If it's in two places, the "Fonts Disabled" lists
override the "Fonts" lists.

And Diane is correct: you need to reboot to rebuild the font caches.

Cheers

On 26/01/08 5:32 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

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Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
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Excel in Office for Mac 2008 features

Posted: 25 Jan 2008 06:33 AM PST

In article <caR9absDaxw>, com
wrote:
 

Because it has to go somewhere?

Regardless, AutoRecover is not the same as the old AutoSave feature.
 

And that's exactly what *should* happen with XL08's AutoRecover, and
it's exactly what *does* happen on my computers when I force XL08 to
crash.
 

That's why I asked the questions that you didn't answer - to try to
diagnose why this isn't happening on *your* system...

Microsoft Works - Works Version Numbers?

Microsoft Works - Works Version Numbers?

Works Version Numbers?

Posted: 23 Feb 2005 11:08 AM PST

Thank Kevin. That's exactly what I needed.
--

"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 

Power Point vs. Works 7.0

Posted: 22 Feb 2005 12:23 PM PST

Also... PowerPoint Viewer 2003 lets you view full-featured presentations
created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions.

PowerPoint Viewer 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24-90b7-a94784af71a4&displaylang=en

Ken

"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl...

Hi Ana,

Perhaps this helps?

PowerPoint Viewer 97 for PowerPoint 97, 2000, and 2002 Users
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7C404E8E-5513-46C4-AA4F-058A84A37DF1&displaylang=EN

HTH,
--
Kevin James.
Tua'r Goleuni
Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2005
Works KB Links: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm





"Ana" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
| What can I do to open Power Point's files using Works 7.0? Does exist a
| conversor for Works 8.0(this version opens *.pps files)?
| Thanks.

Works Suite 2002 Spreadsheet & USB drives

Posted: 22 Feb 2005 12:19 PM PST

Can anyone provide a table or a link to Works Version numbers and names?
e.g. Is Works 6 also called Works 2004? Or is 2002? What does 7
correspond to, etc?
(This business of using multiple version names is an endless annoyance. It
complicates every support issue, every KB search, etc. What the heck is the
sense of it?)
Thanks.
--

"Tomm344462" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

Works and Offce cohabitation

Posted: 22 Feb 2005 11:03 AM PST

Kevin,

Thank you. Here goes.

Michael Forrest

"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 

Works database merge

Posted: 21 Feb 2005 02:31 PM PST

Glad to read the problem is solved, my older neighbor say's they keep making
those periods smaller every year.

Ken

"Geezer Don" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...

Thanks Ken
You made my day. It was one tiny little period that I could hardly see.


"Ken" wrote:
 
in 
or 

V5.0 Spredsheet

Posted: 21 Feb 2005 09:11 AM PST

Thanks for your reply, Kevin James.

Column A would be Equity Line of Credit or balance in the account.
Column B would be the amount of credit used a particular time to be
subtracted from Column A then showing the balance in Column A.
Column C would show amount of re- payment made and added to balance in
Column A, if possible separating interest and principal with interest listed
in a separate column, something on the order of a split transaction in MS
MONEY.
Hope I have clarified myself.
Thank you
Stan



"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 

Works 4 template archive on web?

Posted: 19 Feb 2005 05:25 PM PST

here Mike.........

http://www.jsped.com/works/




"Michael Gula" <com> wrote in message news:net...
| There was once a site with various templates for the spreadsheet module.
| Did anyone preserve them?

Work 7 "Find in Files applet" problem

Posted: 19 Feb 2005 01:07 PM PST

hi ken,

i cleaned the registry and manually deleted folders that were left behind.
i give up. i guess it's just not meant to be <smile>
thank you.
--
Indera
* * * * * * * * * *
Don't just live life.
Live life well.


"Ken" <ne> wrote in message
news:%phx.gbl...
: Hello,
:
: When I click "Find File or Folders" on History screen of Works Suite 2001
: Task Launcher, this computer is using operating system WindowsMe.
:
: The result is I get the same Search dialog screen that is activated when
: clicking Start on the Desktop, selecting Search then clicking "For Files
or
: Folders".
:
: Re: reinstalling.
:
: One thing I notice is a lot of Works users when having a problem,
uninstall
: then reinstall, only to have the same problem exist.
:
: Kevin suggest they should use the Cleanup Utility before reinstall.
:
: If one looks after they uninstall a program, folders associated with that
: program are not removed. If there is something corrupt in those folders
and
: one reinstalls, the installer does not replace those folders, it uses
them.
:
: In addition, the uninstaller does not remove all associated register
: entries, whereas I think Cleanup Utility does.
:
: Just some thoughts,
: Ken
:
: "Dr. Indera" <spam.me> wrote in message news:OlL%
: phx.gbl...
: hello,
:
: there is a link on the history page at the top called "find files or
: folder".
: i gather it's suppose to let you search for files.
: when i click on this link, i get a dialog box that says "cannot launch
find
: in files applet.
: i've re-installed works a few times, but this option still won't work.
:
: i was wondering if maybe i am missing a file or if this file is corrupt
some
: how.
: i looked on microsoft's web site, but couldn't find any info on this.
:
: any suggestions on how i can get this to work, i would greatly appreciate
: it.
:
: i posted this a few months ago, but didn't get an answer, so i'm trying
one
: more time before i give up <smile>
:
: thank you.
: --
: Indera
: * * * * * * * * * *
: Don't just live life.
: Live life well.
:
:
:
:
:

4.5 Works Database into Works 8.0

Posted: 18 Feb 2005 09:19 AM PST

Hi Kim,

Received, initial response sent.

HTH,
--
Kevin James.
Tua'r Goleuni
Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2005
Works KB Links: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm





"kimbo" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
|I just e-maile you the file....
|
|
|
| "Kevin James - MSMVP Works" wrote:
|
| > Hi Kimbo.
| >
| > Please use org
| >
| > HTH,
| > --
| > Kevin James.
| > Tua'r Goleuni
| > Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2005
| > Works KB Links: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > "kimbo" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:com...
| > | Kevin:
| > |
| > | I need your e-mail address....It is 3:47PM Eastern Time and this is the
| > | first time I have been able to access the Community Board today....Once
I
| > | have your e-mail address I will forward you the database in quesiton....
| > |
| > | Kim
| > | (313)582-8150
| > |
| > | "Kevin James - MSMVP Works" wrote:
| > |
| > | > Hi Kimbo,
| > | >
| > | > If you care to, you may email one of your database files to me and
| > | > I will investigate for you.
| > | >
| > | > HTH,
| > | > --
| > | > Kevin James.
| > | > Tua'r Goleuni
| > | > Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2005
| > | > Works KB Links: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > "kimbo" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > | > news:com...
| > | > |I had Windows 98se and Works 4.5
| > | > | NOW have XP-Professional and Works 8.0
| > | > |
| > | > | I have several databases that I have to upgrade into the newer
version.
| > I go
| > | > | to the Task Menu-Open Up DataBases-Choose Open and Exsisting
| > Database-Locate
| > | > | the database, open it and do a Save As with a new name and the
screen
| > goes
| > | > | white with the hour glass...No Error
| > message...Waiting...Waiting....Finally
| > | > | Ctrl. Alt. Delete and it comes up with the Original File Name and
Works
| > not
| > | > | responding....
| > | > |
| > | > | I so far do not have an issue with Spreedsheets or Word Processing
| > | > Documents.
| > | > |
| > | > | I am able to copy and paste the informations into a blank Database,
but
| > some
| > | > | of these files have formulas the rely on the field names and they
would
| > all
| > | > | have to be recreated.
| > | > |
| > | > | I have reset the system.
| > | > | Did a repair of Works 8.0.
| > | > |
| > | > | The other computer in the office runs windows 98se and we upgraded
her
| > to
| > | > | the 8.0 version and so far she has no difficulty with opening her
| > databases,
| > | > | using them, saving, printing reports, etc....
| > | > |
| > | > | Is it the XP Professional Operating System?
| > | > | Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated....
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >

Works 7 - personal dictionary

Posted: 17 Feb 2005 03:05 AM PST

hi kevin,

oh, ok, it's the same one that is used for word.
thank you.

--
Indera
* * * * * * * * * *
Don't just live life.
Live life well.


"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
news:ekUGt$phx.gbl...
: Hi Indera,
:
: The file is named custom.dic, and is located in the
:
: C:\Documents and Settings\A_NAME\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof
:
: Where A_NAME should be replaced with your account's name.
:
: HTH,
: --
: Kevin James.
: Tua'r Goleuni
: Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2005
: Works KB Links: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm
:
:
:
:
:
: "Dr. Indera" <spam.me> wrote in message
: news:phx.gbl...
: |i added a lot of words to the personal dictionary in works and would like
to
: | back up this file. the problem is that i don't know the name of it, so
i'm
: | hoping that someone can tell me the name of the personal dictionary.
: |
: | thank you.
: | --
: | Indera
: | * * * * * * * * * *
: | Don't just live life.
: | Live life well.
: |
: |
: |
:
:

Microsoft Word - Files that were created with Office 2003

Microsoft Word - Files that were created with Office 2003

Files that were created with Office 2003

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 09:39 PM PDT

What are we suppose to do with lots of files that were created with Office 2003??

Word no longer separates pages???

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 05:49 PM PDT

All of my documents are now a single, sometimes very long, page...

Word document changed to a file I cannot open

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 02:43 PM PDT

I moved a Word document from My Documents to my USB memory sticker this afternoon and was writing something in it when it suddenly disappeared. There is no trace of it anywhere in my computer. It was not caused by not saving.  I have searched for it in the whole computer, looked for it in History and searched for it in the Word program and in all my Word documents. Where it was in my USB memory sticker there is now instead a TMP-file named ~WRL3064.tmp which I cannot open. I do not want to open that file but to change it back to the Word document I was using. Did I commit an error by moving it from My Documents to my USB memory sticker and try to continue with it there? I have Windows XP and use Mozilla Firefox as my browser. Thank you for any help you can give me to retrieve this document which I very much need.

How can I prevent Word 2013 from crashing consistently on certain operations from the ribbon, e.g. changing font or line spacing and inserting table.

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 02:21 AM PDT

Under Windows 7 Professional x64 (on VWware Virtual Platform on MacBook Pro), with both 32 and 64 bit installations of MS Office Standard 2013, I have had the following issue:

Word crashes consistently upon the following ribbon bar operations:
- changing the font on the ribbon drop down list.

- inserting a table;

- using any of the line spacing options.


Following the tips found here:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-office_install/office-2010-crashing-when-changing-font/a1bb1854-36c1-4c61-87a0-03c15cb8a74b
and similar, I have tried the following (chronologically):

- reset the font cache both through cold reboot and by deleting the FNTCACHE.DAT file;

- changed/deleted the default and other printers;

- removed all the content of %appdata%\Microsoft\Templates\ and made sure %appdata%\Microsoft\Word\ contains nothing but an empty 'STARTUP' folder;

- ran Word in safe mode - WORKED;

- disabled all Word and Outlook Add-ins;

- changed the font through the the 'Fonts' dialog (invoked with the ^D shortcut) - WORKED;

- repaired Office;

- reinstalled Office;

- deleted all but the protected fonts - WORKED;

- reinstalled Windows and Office without any other software (but Virtual Clone Drive tool needed to mount the Office installer);

- installed AVG Antivirus 2013, and scanned for viruses, detecting no threats;

- installed all available updates for Windows and Office.


I have found no solution apart from the mentioned workarounds.

Open Office - [discuss] Feature request on OpenOffice Writer.

Open Office - [discuss] Feature request on OpenOffice Writer.

[discuss] Feature request on OpenOffice Writer.

Posted: 16 Feb 2008 10:22 PM PST

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Demian,
I seldom have more than 4 or 5 documents open at a time, so I don't have experience with as many as 15, but I switch among them very quickly using alt w to open the windows menu, followed by alt (whatever the key letter shows in the window listing) to choose the next file. My secretary insisted on using her mouse to achieve the same result. Click on "window" then click on filename, and there you are. She "hated" keyboard shortcuts, so I let her do things her own way.

Regards,

Carl

Demian Sarcolo <com> wrote:
Hello there, I found myself using OpenOffice Writer and having almost 15 documents open at once, but is a big problem to change from window to window to get to another document as fast as I can so, I was thinking (hope it hasn't been asked before) if can it be possible to have tabs on OpenOffice Writer (and maybe other OpenOffice programs) to have a different document open on each one or maybe the same document on a diferent page so I can edit it faster, and of course would be great to have keyboard shorcuts to change from tab to tab.

Thanks for your attention, and hope I'm not causing any trouble with this request.

Best regards.

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[discuss] compatibility issue

Posted: 16 Feb 2008 10:18 PM PST

On 17 Feb 2008 at 21:53, Michael Adams wrote:
 

Even better idea, if this is at all possible, is to try and get your
teacher to install OpenOffice.org and see how good it is. And
to tell him that it is free to use throughout the school and to
distribute to all the pupils without cost and licence restrictions.

Tony Pursell
OOo User



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[discuss] Php script to convert open office doc to xml !

Posted: 11 Feb 2008 11:37 PM PST

I think he meant plain XML. ODF has at least 3 XML files which is
content, meta and styles.

On Feb 12, 2008 9:22 AM, Robert Funnell <ca> wrote: 



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[discuss] Minor bug in File Saving

Posted: 10 Feb 2008 08:57 AM PST

sure i have the same problem nothing has changed sir. would you like me to
send you the file or further answer any questions? i really appreciate your
time thk you
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[discuss] Languages by default

Posted: 10 Feb 2008 08:56 AM PST

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| I used openoffice but I note a Problem when I write in Spanish the
| ortography corrector does not work in spanish I download a dictionary
| in your page but every single word I must choose over an over again
| the spanish dictionary because the progran check english by default,
| so there is a posibiliti that I can Choose set spanish or english as
| language by defalut like in Microsoft Word. thanks

The following link may answer your question:
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=67

Hope this helps.

Dave

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[discuss] A suggerence - what I miss in OpenOffice.org

Posted: 10 Feb 2008 08:54 AM PST

Well, I work with complex numbers (their real and imaginary parts) and
non-linear functions. For exemple, the most used theoretical models are
Havriliak-Negami and Cole-Cole (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole-Cole_equation and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havriliak-Negami_relaxation for curiosity).
An important part of my work consist of 'deconvolution' of
experimental data, i.e., decomposing experimental plots as a sum of a
number of these theoretical equations, and sometimes other ones.

This involves non-linear least squares fitting of, say, 9 parameters in
the easiest case. This is easy to do with a 'commercial' spreadsheet, by
using Marquardt-Levenberg or Newton-Raphson algorithms, which use
mathematical tools of matrix algebra (matrix transposes, inverses, etc.)
These routines are available in C and Fortran, but I do not know if they
should be migrated into another language for being used in OOo.

For the sake of code reusability, I need a generic fitting algorithm
regardless of the number of theoretical equations I need to add up, or
their mathematical structure -- I cannot spend my time reprogramming the
equations everytime I need to consider an additional effect.

I do not know if this description is helpful to understand what I need,
but it's just that.

Thank you for all,

Alex

Michael Adams wrote: 


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[discuss] Printing from Writer

Posted: 07 Feb 2008 11:42 AM PST

como eliminar a lista de arquivos recentes
abertos pelo openoffice???

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select 
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[discuss] Idea / Feature

Posted: 05 Feb 2008 04:33 PM PST

OpenProj is an open source replacement of Microsoft Project.
(http://www.openproj.org) OpenProj is available on Linux, Unix, Mac or
Windows and opens existing Microsoft Project files. It is integrated
with IBM's Symphony which is based on OpenOffice but not yet integrated
with OpenOffice itself.

Microsoft Project is installed on 7% of all Office desktops. It is
priced at $999.99/copy. OpenProj is free and is a complete replacement
which is having a signficant impact in over 132 countries. This has
definite synergy with the OpenOffice suite.


Velzen, M.A.J. van wrote: 


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[discuss] Track Changes feature in text docs

Posted: 05 Feb 2008 04:31 PM PST

> Eva Pressel-Roemer <com> wrote: I am an Open Office user at home, but forced to be a MS user at work. 

Hello Eva,

I actually found the track changes feature in OOo better than the
corresponding feature in MSO in the area of reviewing the changes as
it allows several levels of filtering of the changes.

There are indeed however two major improvements that are sorely missed:
a) integration of accept/reject change in the context menu. In MSO,
when right clicking on modified text, it is possible to accept or
reject that particular change, something which I found very useful.
b) in MSO, you can copy the text with revision marks and paste it in a
different document *preserving* the revisions. I could not find a way
to do it in OOo.

Another little thing that I find useful in MSO is the possibility of
toggling the recording of changes from the status bar (TRK). As there
is currently a fair amount of free space on the status bar, it would
be nice to add this information/switch.

Point a) is covered in 6191 and more general enhancements can be found
in 14268, 25028, 50202, 58839, 58841, 63135, 66293.
Point b) is covered (partially) in 34537.

My suggestion is that people who still have votes available should go
on and vote for one or more of these RFEs.

Cheers,

Michele

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[discuss] OpenOffice.org Community Innovation Program

Posted: 29 Jan 2008 08:56 AM PST

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:53:51 -0800 (PST)
JERRY L COLLINS wrote:
 

Louis Suarez-Potts is a Sun Microsystems employee directly involved in
OpenOffice.org at an executive level.

Jerry, you are subcribed to the openoffice.org discuss mailing list. You
will recieve all emails posted to the list while you remain subscribed.
To get subscribed you must have applied then replied to the confirmation
email that was sent by the list server.
Unsubcribe information is at the bottom of each post.

On another point - if you believe you have a spam email you should
_never_ reply to it. Just delete it. If you reply to it you are telling
the spammers that they have a valid email address and the spam you
recieve will increase. Lucky this was not a spam email ;)


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be well

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[discuss] Sanity Check DOC opens in Calc

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 09:25 AM PST

On Jueves 24 Enero 2008, Twayne wrote: 
and if so how to 
User Manual, 
images), toc and 
on opening it in 
useless. 
all I get for the 
them. I can't make 

Sounds like a problem with the configuration of either
OOo or Windows.

Simplest first, would be to remove and reinstall OOo.
If that doesn't help..., there are ways to fix other
configurations but without knowing or finding what is
misconfigured, I usually just end up reinstalling
Windows.

saludos,
Richard.

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[discuss] Can't open *.docx

Posted: 24 Jan 2008 12:38 PM PST

Henning Brinkmann wrote: 

That's fine as long as its promoted as being for recovering from
mistakes, but at this stage users are putting their own neck in a rope
if they start using MOOX. And, further, any growth in that area is a
threat to interoperability and an open market.

I realize that many are trying to reposition MOOX as a contender for
ODF's market share but given MS interest in the
Roach-Motel-for-your-data model it is a disservice to do anything but
discourage it:

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/07/12/microsoft_office_2007_try_before_buy/

Regards,
-Lars

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[discuss] Printing #10 Envelopes

Posted: 17 Jan 2008 01:02 PM PST



I had the same problem when I saved the file as *.doc, it loses formatting.
The solution was to save as *.odt

Heinz

[discuss] idea for alternate spell checker

Posted: 17 Jan 2008 11:18 AM PST

Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: 
How about an add-on to the current OpenOffice, called a spelling
teacher. THis add-on would do as has been suggested. I think there could
be people who need to do this, but there are many who would be too busy.

Rob

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[discuss] Application help for MS Office users - what is missing?

Posted: 17 Jan 2008 03:08 AM PST

Hi,

Cor Nouws wrote: 

there is a place deep down in Issuetracker where you can add your ideas
re a startup page: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=66443
But I suspect that this mailing list or the openoffice.org
list is better suited to discuss the requirements.

Uwe
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[discuss] File Sizes; sWrite

Posted: 15 Jan 2008 08:48 AM PST

> Another option is to use a desktop publishing program such as 

I have used LaTeX to design 9 text books successfully with Lulu.com
as well as 2 picture books with Scribus and they worked great. I even
did a reference book just with HTMLdoc. Pagemaker is no longer in
development - you now have to go with Adobe In Design or QuarkExpress
which are much more complicated. Another route is to try Multi Ad
Creator Desktop - I knew my University used it for their daily
newspaper. Do NOT use Apple Pages if you want to use Lulu.com because
the fonts are not embedded right and it will automatically be rejected.

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[discuss] File Sizes; sWrite

Posted: 14 Jan 2008 11:24 AM PST

Could you please expand on 'merge print'? It sounds very useful but
I'd never heard of it. Is it related to mail merge?

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Bob Estes wrote:
 

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[discuss] Open Office for Mac "Mini howto" document error

Posted: 14 Jan 2008 10:39 AM PST

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2008/1/15, Jean-Christophe Helary <tiki.ne.jp>: 

Hello

If you use Leopard, then the X11 comes from www.x.org, I believe
On the site http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wiki/X112.1.1
it is announced that (with X11 2.1.1 an higher) you can disable the xterm
window with this command:

defaults write org.x.X11 app_to_run /usr/bin/true

HTH
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Guy
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and brazilian OOo SRC 680 m241 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard
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[discuss] New to the group

Posted: 13 Jan 2008 06:00 PM PST

On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:46:46 -0500
Twayne wrote:
 

You can filter on "Delivered To: moderator", in headers, to identify
_all_ moderated posts as they do not all automatically get the
[moderated] added to the subject line. Moderated posts are simply from
unsubscribed posters (using various methods of posting).

I filter these posts to a sub folder of dicuss or users as approriate.
The way to reply to these is a "reply all", which replies direct to the
OP and the list. You may want to use GMane for this as 100+ emails a day
can be expected on users and discuss.

Mailing list guidelines here if you didn't spot them:
http://www.openoffice.org/ml_guidelines.html

Welcome on board.

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be well

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[discuss] MS Office best of breed, OOo website 15 years old

Posted: 13 Jan 2008 09:07 AM PST


On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 12:42 -0600, Alexandro Colorado wrote: 

I respectfully disagree, as do millions of Firefox and Thunderbird users
(not to mention all of us who use Linux or other FLOSS operating systems
for our daily business).

Whether an item is considered "Free Software" or "Proprietary" is
determined by its license terms, nothing more. Simply being "Free
Software" does not imply a specific development methodology or quality.
It is much harder to close development on a Free Software project,
because by definition the license must allow modifications. However,
nothing requires you, the developer, to accept those modifications in
the product you distribute. Conversely, there is no rule which says a
"proprietary" licenseholder cannot allow modifications from outside the
shop if it so wishes (e.g., the Microsoft "shared source" model).

Dual-licensing is not done to allow a product to be sold to consumers. I
do not know every open source license in existence, but every major
license I can think of -- for example, the GPL, the Mozilla license, BSD
license, Sun's PDL, the OSL -- allows the commercial sale of the
product. Normally, vendors dual-license a product in order to allow the
inclusion of non-free plugins or code that would not be permitted under
the "derivative works" or similar clause in the selected open source
license. For example, you might sell a piece of software to a customer
who wants to modify it to include code that is a company trade secret.
In that case, you might relicense the code to allow your customer to
make the necessary modifications.

One may say that a particular piece of software is more appropriate for
a purpose or audience than another piece of software. A particular piece
of proprietary software may very well be more "consumer-oriented" than a
similar piece of FLOSS. But the converse may also be true. I would say,
from years of experience, that Firefox with its plugins is far more
"consumer-oriented" than IE is. But neither of us can credibly say that
all proprietary software is more consumer-oriented than all FLOSS, or
vice versa.

Matthew Copple
org

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[discuss] Windows version: Installing on a drive other than C:

Posted: 12 Jan 2008 02:56 PM PST

Patrick Goetz wrote: 

Look harder: it is there. The path is shown and is editable.

Peter HB

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[discuss] New Autobak Feature

Posted: 12 Jan 2008 01:54 PM PST



SHAUN COATES wrote: 

Go to Tools/Options, expand the Load/Save option, select General and check
(tick) the box for "Always create backup copy".

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[discuss] Fw: readiness for servers

Posted: 12 Jan 2008 01:53 PM PST

Hi Alexandro,

Alexandro Colorado wrote (13-1-2008 0:11) 
 
 

Well, I think that page has to be nominated for removal; it's quite old.
Recently, this wiki has been set up:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Administration_Guide

Regards,
Cor
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[discuss] Extend array constant syntax in Calc?

Posted: 11 Jan 2008 12:44 PM PST

Eike Rathke wrote: 

The use of INDIRECT prevents unintended changes to the formula if the
A1:A8 range is moved (or rows inserted, etc). The downside of using
INDIRECT is that the formula has to be recalculated after any change to
the document. If you don't need a dynamic upper limit, you could use a
named range, like "onetoeight" for "ROW($A$1:$A$8)" (note the absence of
a sheet reference), which causes recalculation only for changes in
A1:A8, and is also somewhat more readable. Still just a dirty trick, of
course.
 

A new syntax isn't needed, a new function would be enough. For now,
anyone can create one for himself with an add-in (you could also use a
Basic function, but these days, with the NetBeans wizard, an add-in in
Java is written just as easily, and it's more flexible).

Niklas

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[discuss] Promote free softwares in Hungary

Posted: 11 Jan 2008 09:43 AM PST

Rich wrote: 

Also, it's important to keep in mind that feeding traffic to MS-owned
sites feeds valuable advertising revenue - it's like handing them a few
coins and patting them on the back.

-Lars

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