Mac Forum / Applications / Word / March 2008

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
I was running updates on my computer when I was forced to shut my computer down and go somewhere. The particular update was for Microsoft Office. So, when I quit end or whatever, it told me that I might have to reinstall or ...

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC
I am using Office 2004. I have encountered a problem with the shadow effect for text. I want to choose a different shadow color [50% grey is default] but the shadow palate won't activate and I cannot use any ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: intel
I use two monitors. I keep notes on the secondary screen while I run other programs on the main screen. When other programs close windows on the main screen, Word 2008 spontaneously moves it's window from the ...

In Word 2008, Version 12.0.1, OS X 10.4.11, MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 233
GHz, when I copy and paste text in a .doc file (Compatibility Mode),
sometimes the little dialogue box that lets you preserve source
formatting appears only for a fraction of a second, then goes away. Even

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I have a rather large document (my working bibliography for my PhD) that I want to use different text colors to denote whether I've read something fully, quickly or not at all (amongst a few others).

Have Windows XP and a new fast computer. Office 97 is installed with Word
2003 upgrade . Word is very slow to start ( in comparison to Excel, which is
instant ) and before it actually starts it puts a dialog box on the screen,
which  appears too quickly for me to read.   I ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC
I have defined a character style for quoted text. Sometimes a quote entire paragraphs where I make the quote a separate paragraph that's indented. I would like to define a paragraph style for this and use my ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
Hello,

I downloaded a document onto my computer for a class and the word window
does not have a scroll bar. I am unable to even "arrow" down the page to
view the remaining pages. I need help viewing the other pages bellow the one
that is being displayed.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
How Do I Set The Lettering To Small Caps?

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: intel
I tried to set up a letterhead using center positioning. When I hit the return key to put in the address the spacing appears to be double. When I try to put in the addressee name and hit the return key and there ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
How do I get the page to be enlarged and fill the screen?

The live word count is no longer showing the word count in the status
bar (it was working before). I can still get the word count from
Tools>Word Count. In addition the other information such as the
location of the cursor and the number of pages are not being shown.

In Word 2004 or 2008 (OS X 10.4.11), when I use the Microsoft
Office-supplied TrueType Century typeface, hyphens oddly appear too
high. Instead of near the middle of lower-case letters, they are at the
top of them.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: intel
When hitting the space bar it is spacing 2 spaces, I only need one space, help! thanks