Mac Forum / Applications / Word / May 2008

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
Is there any way to permanently set the default document font to anything else than TimesNewRoman in Mac Office 2008? I have also the problem, that every text I enter is entered in TimesNewRoman, even if it is ...

Version: v.X
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC
When a PC user types a fraction in Word, their auto formatting changes the fraction to look better by applying a superscript and subscript to the characters. When the Mac user opens the same document, the ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I've been trying to find where can I rotate my textbox to a certain degree. I tried looking at the formatting textbox menu (by using right click) I cannot change the rotation of the textbox.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: intel
I need an applescript that will let me find and replace specific formatting within one or more documents. For example, in some I want to find all single underlining and replace that with italics.

Hello! Macword 2008 doesn't properly recognize the encoding of an rtf
file I have and it is not displayed correctly. The encoding is cp1251.
Of all mac text processors only NeoOffice and Mellel open this file
correctly. Since I really want to have only one word processor on my

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I have finally found the source of the error message I get when I try to print (only on my HP Laserjet 5000 with the font papyrus. I have no problems printing on my Epson injet printer!!?? This has been ...

Is it possible to rotate the text 90 degrees and have three letters in a
vertical direction print to Avery labels?
Format/text direction does not seem to work.
Thanks,

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I created a document template and then protected it for forms, so that when I open the document, I can start typing in the blanks and tab to the next blank, etc. When I created the document, before protecting ...

When I create footnotes in Word, I usually expect them to appear one
below the other, like this:
Footnote 1
Footnote 2

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)
I've got Office 2004 installed on my Mac (system OSX3.9). Word constantly freezes up on me, and the little spinning beachball from Hell is an unwelcome but frequent visitor to the screen. I tried dumping the p.list and then ...

Version: v.X
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
When I load Word app from the icon it crashes but if I try to open it by clicking on a Word file I have no problems.

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Is it possible to use landscape view with separate columns as if they were different pages - with page number beneath each column?
My students are writing books and we would like to bind them in 1/2 page size.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I've been using Word X for a number of years but continue to use preferences for Word 5.1. (Under preferences -> compatibility, I choose "Word for the Macintosh 5.x"

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
Word 2008 (updated version) constantly but, at least to me, randomly crashes for certain documents. Below is a description of the crashes. Help!

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I've ran into a problem, my international setting is Slovenian keyboard layout (default), English interface.