Spaces and Microsoft Office

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Spaces and Microsoft Office

So, I am having a problem with Spaces, exclusively with Microsoft Office programs. Heres what happens. Say I'm working in two spaces (space A, and B) I have a word document I am working on in space A, and I want to read my mail (just an example) and I switch to space B, and then I'm done reading it, so I go back to space A. Now that I am back in space A, the document I was working on, is gone, it's in space B, why does it do this. I have gotten all of the updates for it, and it is the most annoying thing. I use 9 spaces and it drives me nuts, every time i switch back, i have to drag word back into its respective space.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

iMac 7,1, Mac OS X (10.5.4), C2D 2.4, 4GB RAM, 20", IPhone 3G

Posted on Aug 13, 2008 10:28 PM

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Answer 1

Alexandre

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Aug 13, 2008 11:55 PM in response to BigTuna56

I have just tried to replicate the problem by opening system preferences/expose&spaces, and could NOT replicate your issue.

I did "assign" Microsoft Office/word to space 2 and mail and everything else to
1; see my screenshot with the "When switching ...." box ticked:
http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd348/hornybloke/expose-spaces.jpg
It worked without fail every single time.

Hope that helps

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BigTuna56 Author

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Aug 13, 2008 11:56 PM in response to Alexandre

I think I may know why yours didn't do the same thing, it is probably because I have Microsoft office 2008, I should have been more clear, I'm sorry

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Alexandre

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Aug 14, 2008 12:04 AM in response to BigTuna56

I have MS Office 08 student edition, with update 12.1.2 just installed this morning

I have just tried to put the word doc into different areas of space 2 to see if it moves on switching back and forth. It does not. So, I am afraid, I have no idea what goes wrong with your spaces. Have you tried running the disk utility/repair disk?
Hope you can get it sorted. 😉

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BigTuna56 Author

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Aug 15, 2008 10:31 AM in response to Alexandre

I figured it out, I had to set Microsoft word, to always stay in space 1, or it would move, so I got it to stick to a space, and thats all i care about.

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Answer 5

Oct 13, 2008 3:09 PM in response to BigTuna56

I am having problems with Spaces and MO2008. I have entourage in space 2 and word in space 3. when I work in word then switch to space 2 and review a file, once I go back to space 3 and begin editing the doc, it automatically switches back to space 2. I switch it back (3) and it switches back to 2. Any suggestions on what's happening and how do I fix it.

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Answer 6

Oct 13, 2008 4:14 PM in response to cfarnold62

Microsoft posted today about this issue recently.

Office 2008 and Spaces

When you use Office 2008 for Mac with Mac OS X Spaces, the Office 2008 applications might not behave as expected. This is caused by the architectural implementation of Spaces in Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard). Apple is aware of this issue.

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Answer 7

Nov 13, 2008 8:02 PM in response to dianeoforegon

(I realize this was a month ago discussion).

I just saw that page on Microsoft's site before I saw it here.

I love how Microsoft says "Apple is aware of this issue."

Yea, so is every Mac user out there. It's not Apple's job to fix it. Every other program is capable of this. ****, even Office 2004 worked perfectly. Microsoft, get on the ball and fix it.

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Answer 8

Feb 5, 2009 5:07 PM in response to BigTuna56

Tried assigning the program to space 1. No such luck
for MSO 2008

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