Mac Forum / Applications / Word / June 2008

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
Is anybody else experiencing really abysmal letter spacing. I'm using an Adobe Open Type face and the spacing is lousy on the screen and especially on the printed page. I am getting gaps inside a word nearly as ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I just got a new IMAC, and when I use the aluminum keyboard, I cannot use the F8 key to extend a selection in MS Word (either 2004 or 2008) , but it does work when I use an old keyboard. How can I get the ...

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
In other, PC versions of Word, it would keep track of your favorite fonts so you didn't have to scroll through the entire drop-down menu each time you wanted to switch to a different font. How can I get the Mac 2004 version of ...

I am using of Table of Figure , I put Fig1.(explain)
under a figure and when I put it's cross reference in the text.
Word puts Fig1.(explain), but I don't want it past explain in my
text.So I have to write the explain in the next line,is there an other

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Given the lack of VBA support and other similarly crucial and not so
crucial but equally aggravating issues in Office 2008, for a lot of
users Office 2004 will continue to be the de facto standard for a long

I'm running Office 2008 on Leopard 10.5.3 on an Intel machine.
After the last software update for Office I have had problems opening
files.  If I double click on a Word or Excel file on my desktop, Word
or Excel opens, but the file itself doesn't open.  I can open files by

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
I'm preparing a book manuscript for publication. The publisher wants endnotes placed in a separate file. I'm trying to copy/paste them from each chapter (each is a separate document), but when I paste into the new document, ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
OK, it has to be something simple. I'm writing a book and need to get old text documents saved electronically so I can edit and rewrite. Copy shop here has done a great job, scanned all into Word docs and emailed to me. I ...

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I created a document using MS Word for Mac. I am now trying to use the document as a template, however when I type new info into the template it messes up the spacing,formatting etc... of the original text. Im ...

Version: 2008
When I download a file it opens the program but doesn't open the file (download a .doc file from my email and it downloads to my desktop and opens the program but doesn't open the file). If I double click on the file on the desktop it does the same thing. To open, I ...

Version: 2008
I need help, I have a setting that I need to delete. All Word documents that I open have a paragraph mark, everytime I hit return more appear, I have customized a document that I created and when I deleted some of the document I now have formatting boxes on the right ...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
In the 2004 and earlier versions, I always had a count at the bottom of the page that told me how far down the page my curser was. In the 2008 version, it's not there, and I can't figure out how to add it.

I have a folder of word documents -- all of these opened on Office 2008
with the 12.0.1 patch.
I updated my Office 2008 with the manual 12.1 download.
Now, only *some* of the documents will open when double-clicked.  

short:
mac:word removes spaces from documents randomly.
long:
At first I thought it might be an issue with windows:word 07 users and

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
I have copied a set of regulations and want to revise them for proposing to my local government. The document is a heavily formatted table, and I wish to remove all table formatting to be left with just the ...