[mdawson]

:^0 :^0 :^0 :^0 :^0 :^0 :^0

Yeah, the American MB has been getting steadily weaker over the past 7 years and 7 months. Wonder why? ;)

[DJS]

my biggest gripe is with powerpoint.
when receiving notes from someone in powerpoint format, it puts a shadow under every single element in the file. this makes the file huge when it comes time to print. several minutes are taken to load the preview in the print dialog, and there is a minute or two between each page being printed. Ive resorted to selecting a basic theme from the gallery which eliminates shadow, but destroys the senders work on prettying the presentation. It shouldn't add extra shadows unless they were already there.

[andrei]

I have another problem, maybe someone has an idea:
I would like to migrate from Office 2004 to Office 2008 (Mac). If I create .doc files with Word 2008 and send them as attachments via the internet, all files are sent twice, and a xxxxxxxx.DTF (x=digits) is sent as an additional attachment.
This does NOT happen with .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt and .pptx files.
It also does NOT happen with .doc files created with Word 2004.
And it also does NOT happen within the the Notes domain, it happens only for internet addressees.
All this happens only when using the Notes Client as a e-mailer, it does not happen with other mail clients (e. g. Entourage).
Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?
Thanks.

[Kees]

The new document on Dock click problem actually does not excist. Yes, you get a new document window when no documents are open and you click on the Dock icon. However, if you immediatelly open a new file, the untitled window is automatically disgarded. (This was the same in 2004)

So in this case, if you just ignore it, it does go away... ;)

[joekewe]

Opening an existing document immediately after clicking on MS Word or Excel does NOT close the empty document that Word or Excel just created. Office 2004 did do this, but Office 2008 does NOT do it on my machine. Do you know of any preference setting to close the window, or keep it from appearing in the first place?

[Michelle3]

Your section on compatibility doesn't address a problem I'm having with Word 2008 for Mac. If anyone has any experience with this, please let me know.

1) Basically, I work on a document in Word 2008 for Mac, save it, and then send it to a co-worker, who is using Word 2007.

2) When the PC-person, who is using Word 2007, opens up my document all of the spacing is messed up (a lot of dropped spaces between words).

Any suggestions?

[wgallagher]

At last - an answer I know!

You need to update your copy of Word 2008: one of the recent (last six months?) software updates fixed the problem. I know because I had the same thing and fortunately the week I noticed is the week Microsoft admitted it and released a fix. Couldn't tell you which update it was but I added them all and no longer have the problem.

It's pretty bad, though, isn't it? Apparently billions of dollars have gone into developing Microsoft Word and still the world-leading word processor gets spaces wrong.

I do think it's telling that Microsoft didn't spot it; right from the start and its over-complex construction, I think Word has been designed by engineers rather than writers. Talented engineers of course, but not writers.

William

[Michelle3]

Thank you so much for replying. Hope this works! Michelle

[Tetsujin]

I have an accounts package I programmed in Excel Macro v4 (yes, really, v4!) that has kept on working, despite MS's switch to VB & everything else they do to make us work harder just in order to be able to work. Now, that's gone the way of all things MS - up the swanee. Why do they keep reinventing the wheel? Just to p* us off. I'm infuriated!
This is one user going back to 2004 - & incidentally, having just replaced my aging Quicksilver with a new 8-core Intel Mac, will not be using the Win PC any more either.
I wondered why MS have been running so many ads recently, telling everyone how marvelous Office 2007/8 is - it's because anyone who has used it thinks just exactly the opposite.
Fuming, fuming mad...

[Michelle3]

My Microsoft Word and Excel frequently freeze on me; I've tried to force quit but nothing happens so I end up having to flip the switch on my surge protector. The other thing I've noticed is that there are a lot of "Recovered Files" in my trash (I don't know what these files are; for example here are some of the files in my trash: MerpAD Excel, dftmpKMJIGAFMkkkkkkkk--------, Entourage Temp.

Anyone else experiencing these problems? My computer is an iMac with the OS X operating system (Version 10.5.5).

Thanks for your help, Michelle

[joekewe]

Hey Michelle,

I haven't heard about MS Word and Excel freezing for many people right now. It's been relatively stable. Those Recovered Files are pretty normal too after a crash. Make sure you have updated to the latest version of MS Office -- not just OS X. One of the biggest causes of MS Office crashes is fonts. Have you added any new fonts lately? You can also run the Font Book program in your Applications folder. Select all of your fonts and choose "Validate Font..." This may help you find any bad ones. Other people also advise that you "Resolve Duplicates" with Font Book. If Word and Excel are still crashing, you should probably uninstall and reinstall them with your original disks unless someone else has a better suggestion. We would need a lot more information about what you are doing when it crashes (printing? opening a file? saving?), what version of Office you are running, and any recent changes to your computer (new hard drive?) -- assuming the crashes are new.

Good luck,

Joe

[heidiweidel]

My father and I both recently installed Microsoft Office 2008 on our macs and are experiencing something strange in Word. He does not have a "File" menu on his menu bar! He can only do "File > Save as" under his View menu (something like "View > Toolbar > File > Save as." And he is not able to activate his toolbars such that they show up horizontally above the document. He can only activate the little formatting palette box that floats around on the desktop.

On the other hand, when I installed Office on my laptop (from the same program; the second of our three installations allowed), I got a "File" menu and can activate the horizontal toolbars. We are both running Leopard with all the updates; we both did the Office Updates and restarted before running Word. The one difference is that he is using a new Intel iMac and I have an aluminum powerbook G4. Has anyone heard whether the intel machines are running Word differently? Are there options for what menus appear?

Otherwise, it has been suggested that we reinstall Office on his computer. We haven't tried that yet; I figured I'd post here and see what I could find out first.

Thanks!

Heidi

[Michelle3]

I'm having trouble with my new Microsoft Excel 2008. I'm used to working on the old version (actually most familiar with the PC version of microsoft excel) and I can't figure out how to do the following: Created a chart from data (bar chart) and I want the first column of data to be the x-axis (horizontal) but it keeps plotting it as one of the y-axis series. Does anyone know how to select the first column as the horizontal axis?

Thanks, Michelle

[Michelle3]

I'm having the same problem again with Word 2008 for
Mac. I'm working on an iMac desktop computer (Mac OS X, Version 10.5.5). My problem is this:

1) I work on a document in Word 2008 for Mac, save it, and then send it to a co-worker, who is using Word 2007 (PC).

2) When the PC-person, who is using Word 2007, opens up my document all
of the spacing is messed up (a lot of dropped spaces between words).

I updated my Office (12.1.1 and 12.1.2) and the problem stopped for a few weeks and now it's back. Any suggestions? I still have the update drivers on my desktop. Am I supposed to keep them there?

Thanks for your help,

Michelle