Mac Forum / Applications / Word / February 2007

My designer has created a Word document for me (on a Mac) which is about
124Kb and contains some graphics. But when I make any changes and resave them
in Word 2003 (on a PC) the file size increases to 9Mb.
Any ideas how to stop this happening?

Here's a tip for anyone trying to figure out how to insert a Table Of
Content into Word 2004 for Mac in Notebook View:
1. Create your document in Notebook View -- outline the document using
Numbers/Letters as required

Now that there are complains about it what was it for?
I just updated Office on my desktop (OSX3.9).

I am on a Mac G5 with Tiger 10.4.8 and when I open Word it proceeds to
tell me that virtually every font I have is corrupt.
It didn't do this before I updated and none of my other apps are
saying my fonts are corrupt.

Hey all,
I'd like to globally modify the normal.dot for all of my Word 2004
clients to point their workgroup template parameter (normally set
individually through Edit:Preferences:File Locations:Workgroup

Help. I seem to be having font issues. Characters are not typing
correctly in Word.

I would like to know how to use "Ask" so that information can be supplied in
one field and then automatically appear in other locations.

Can someone tell me how to force an apostrophe in Word 2004 Mac? When
I type words that begin with apostrophes (like 'em or not), I get
single, curly LEFT quotes; i.e., a backwards apostrophe. The Windows
sequence for this is Ctr+'-->' (that is, hold down Ctr and ' release

I'd like to set the zoom of every new blank document I create. Word has it
set to 100% but I want it to be set at 90% as the default. So, when I click
on the new blank document button, I should get a new document with the zoom
already set at 90%. What can I do?

i have problem with the audio recorder in notes. every time i try to
close a session i geet a message that word can't read the file and it
doesn't save and i loose my work this is becomming a real issues fro
me since i am a student and need m work. please advise.

I have been working away at an isnpired rate (i.e. not manually
saving) on a word document for the past couple of hours. Having
reached a plateau (still not saving) I decided to move a template of a
table from another document into it.

I am having trouble with Word on my mac - the screen does not show the
text cursor unless i have it in the "show/hide" paragraph icon mode.
i tried reinstalling the office 2004 for mac program and after
reinstalling and loading Word this message popped up "an unexpected

When using "track changes" on a document, I accidentally got rid of
the reviewing toolbar that enabled me to accept changes etc. as I go.
Now I can't get it back...Any suggestions?

When I select Reveal Formatting everything shows on screen as it
should. When I deselect that menu option, I still get paragraph marks,
line breaks, etc but some formatting, such as section breaks, do not.
How can I get Word to behave correctly and either show all or none?

Hello,  I am wondering if Word allows me to have two pages side by
side where there is normally one page.   I know other software like
InDesign or Quark lets you do this but I don't want to buy publishing
software for a simple booklet I need to make.  thanks for help with