Mac Forum / Applications / Word / April 2008

I always work in full screen windows.  So when I open a new window, the
last thing needed is for it to cascade, which hides the lower right hand
corner needed for resizing so I have to drag the window first to the top
left hand corner, then drag it to the bottom right hand corner ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: intel
I am a relatively new Mac user, so please excuse me if I've missed an obvious....

I have a Dell, with a microsoft wireless mouse.  The pointer selects without
my controll, and opens other items whenever I am typing in word, email or any
program that requires imput from me.  Help.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
With wildcards on, I'm trying to replace ± in a document with ^z±^z because the author didn't include a space around the plus/minus sign.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I recently upgraded from Office 2004 to Office 2008. All is well so far, but for one thing: the Work menu is blank. I had a rather long menu and would prefer not to have to rebuild it if there is an easy way to ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I, to, wish to have the familiar contrasting cursor colour in 'blue' mode, so I will be watching carefully for a bug fix!

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I have found that .PDF files created by e.g. TeXShop (which uses Computer Modern fonts, embedded in the output .PDF file) do not import correctly into Word -- some weird font substitution happens. The .PDFs I ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: intel
Regardless of what compatibility options I choose in the Preferences (eg Word 2000-2004 & X), whenever I do a compatibility test with a new document it always reports this issue as a problem - Word 6.0/95 ...

I have changed the language to UK English and set it as default, but whenever
I do a spell check it keeps reverting to US English!!
PLEASE help, I can't figure out why it only seems to spell check in US
English.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
As you suggest, I pull the network cable before shutting down and the problem remains: Word don´t close effectively, all the computer becomes slow and I have to close word from the monitor's activity panel. I ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
Hi, I've done a search of the forum so I don't think I'm replicating any past posts!

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
First of all, I can't state enough how much i detest this new version of office- the problems are too numerous to state and it makes it extremely difficult for me to work efficiently. I am more than tempted to ...

Version: 2008
I have the last 24" version of mac (recent, thus).
I am not be able to permanently delete files that are said to be 'protected' (probably imported from a pc). I do change the label in 'get informations' but they are still there.
many many thanks for your help

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: intel
I created a document in Word 2004 on a Mac and when I attempted to reopen the document on another Mac with Word 2004 the formatted cells changed/reflowed. Is there a reason for this? and Is there any way to ...

Whenever I start Word for the first time, I get a little window that
reads Upgrading Identity.
I have found something similar in the Entourage forum, only with me it
pops up only for a second or two. I was still wondering what that was