Mac Forum / Applications / Word / May 2008

Not sure what to tell you Alan. I've been using Word 2008 starting with the
Beta Testing in OS X Tiger as well as the released product in both Tiger &
Leopard - have never had this happen (although I'm still using 10.5.0). I've
not moved into 10.5.2 as yet because it seems that a lot of stuff is broken
in that update. That may have some bearing on the issue, but there don't
seem to be many reports of similar behavior.

Further, double-clicking to select a word is not an application-specific
feature, it's globally supported by the OS. The fact that any OS
functionality falters more in one program than others doesn't necessarily
mean the program is at fault. There are a number of variables that cone into
play, so it's hard to nail down - especially if it happens intermittently.

Do you notice any difference if you restart Word? If you restart your Mac?
What type of Mac? RAM? Type of mouse or 3rd party driver? Other software
running at the same time? Any helper apps or haxies - especially ones that
affect keyboard/mouse behavior?

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

On 5/7/08 5:17 PM, in article ee965e6.2@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,

Hi Alan:

Thanks for adding your name: makes this whole forum much friendlier.  I wish
everyone did it :-)

Chances are, this is an interaction with Spaces.  If you are running spaces,
you'll get weird UI problems with Office 2008.

It's a logged bug.  Hopefully it will be resolved in the Service Release
that is due soon.

Hope this helps

On 8/05/08 7:17 AM, in article ee965e6.2@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,

Hi Alan -

One thing I can tell you for certain is that reinstalling Mac Office
*rarely* fixes anything - especially if a proper & complete Removal isn't
done first. That's a "fix" that's common on Windows primarily due to the
inherently potential devastation & intimidation of trying to hack the
Windows Registry in order to correct everything from minor annoyances to
major malfunctions. Mac OS just doesn't work that way:-)

BTW - Having reinstalled Office you'll also need to apply the 12.0.1 updater
again if you haven't done so already... Another "downside" to
reinstalling:-)

It would help to have the additional answers I requested in the 3rd
paragraph of my previous reply, but I don't think an archive & install is
needed just yet - although the key click issue suggests that something isn't
quite right with the OS [I'm assuming you mean the feature in the OS X
Universal Access preferences. If I'm correct you might also re-check the
settings there as they can induce such an effect].

The next thing I'd try is downloading & re-applying the 10.5.2 Combo Update
which you can obtain here:

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1052comboupdate.html

That's one of the things that scares me about updating to 10.5.2 - prior to
Leopard there were separate updaters for PPC/Intel. Now they're trying to do
both processor bases with 1 updater & I'm not convinced it's as efficacious
as I'd like it to be.

You may also need 1 or both of the following:

<http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macbookmacbookprokeyboardfirmwareupd
ate10.html>

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macbookefifirmwareupdate12.html

Run Disk Utility - Repair Disk Permissions after applying any of the above,
restart your MB and let us know what happens. If that doesn't resolve things
give us the other answers... We'll go from there.

Just one other though - I take it you're dbl-clicking with the built-in
console controls. Do you have an external (USB or wireless) mouse available?
See if you have the same problem if you can beg/borrow one for a few days.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

On 5/8/08 5:11 AM, in article ee965e6.5@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,