Mac Forum / Applications / Word / March 2008

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I find that when I start a document, word seems to place everything in double spacing. When I go to the formatting palette, I find that it says I am in single space, but the spacing on the document is double. ...

All my fax cover sheet document template locations changed to
Hard Disk:Microsoft Office 98:Templates:Operations:Business Fax Cover
This location does not exist.
All other word documents are not affected.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: intel
Hi,

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I can save a .docx file with password protection in Word 2008, but I can't then reopen it. When I try to do so, it wants to convert the file. Fortunately, I can open it with Word 2007 on the PC. Any thoughts?

I've never had this problem before (between Word on Mac and Word on Windows. Our logo (an inserted scanned object) shows up as a blank box. And what is this BS about "compatibility mode"" It is always onscreen, but doesn't seem to do anything to resolve incompatability. What's ...

Version: Older version
Operating System: Older version
I have some Mac floppies with MS Word documents which I would like to transfer to PC format, to read on MS XP.
(There are also some Clarisworks 4 docs, but I'm told these can't be re-formatted.)

Hi,
I have installed brand new Office 2008 for Mac Home Edition on my Macbook Leopard 10.5.1 2G RAM 1.83GHz and after first launch I observed very annoying behavior. The GUI with icons, toolbox and everything have a problems with refreshing/redrawing. If I turn off the menu bar and

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I have a number of documents created on word 2003 whose images don't show up in word 2008. Or some do and some don't. The images are normally inserted from visio or enterprise architect on the pc.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Occasionally while writing papers with footnotes I will delete all the notes (by erasing the superscripts in the text) yet the separator lines will remain. They are absolutely impossible to delete. I have tried going to normal ...

I've done this with 3 copies of Word 08 and about 15 different docs. Take a document and run the test on it in 2008; you'll get a near-100%/<2.0 grade level response for ANY document. Compare to Word 2004 and 2003 and you'll see the difference.
I can get by with the third party ...

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC
I have a problem where my identity in the "track changes" balloons is listed as Office 2004 Test Drive User. The test drive installation was uninstaller a few years ago, but I had not noticed this problem ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: intel
When selecting a font color, going to the color wheel, the wheel is all black

I open Word 2008.
I click on View/Customize toolbars.
I select Reviewing (and uncheck Dock), click OK and the Reviewing Toolbar (track changes, etc.) appears.
I quit Word.
I relaunch Word.
No Reviewing Toolbar. Suggestions? thanks,
dave

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I am new to the mac world, and I have office for mac, but I do not understand how to spell check a word document.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
Does anyone know if the Ligatures problem was fixed in the new 2008 update?