Have Word 2004. Don't laugh; it's been working.
When got new MBP, Office worked. (Well, can't recall if PPT ever worked with it.)
*** Excel and Word definitely did work.
Two weeks ago, Excel started working sporadically, then not at all.
Right now(!!), Word suddenly stopped working.
"Word quit unexpectedly" and "Excel quit unexpectedly."
Suggestions?
This is not a good time for this Word failure.
Thx,
Steve
It's too soon to be sure, but I may have 'repaired it'.
I copied Office 2004 in Applications, and pasted it back into Applications.
Word has been working for a few minutes. It was shutting down immediately upon trying.
After finishing this doc, I'll try Excel and PPT.
I'll sure be surprised if this does it.
MS Word and Excel seem to be working again, although it appears an important Word doc got completely messed up (contents weirdly rearranged.)
Power Point is still not working. It has a different 'failure msg' than Word and Excel did.
I'll pursue with MS.
This problem caused by APPLE Feb 1, 2012 Security Update...?
"It appears that the latest Security Update from Apple (2012-001) released Feb 1 may have precipitated or possibly caused the problems. Many have reported similar issues involving Print & Save operations."
SEE:
**** Does Apple monitor these forums?
I'm finding LOTS of people with this issue.
If I were you, I'd download the 30-day free trial of MS Office 2011 for Mac and see if thee issues still occur. If they don't, then I'd go ahead and buy Office 2011. You don't have to buy it through MS, you can get it from Amazon for about $50 less than what MS charges. It just seems to me that now's the time to think about an upgrade... that may not be what you wanted to hear but there have obviously been updates to both the OS and MS Office over the past 8 years.
Clinton
"**** Does Apple monitor these forums?
I'm finding LOTS of people with this issue."
No. Best to follow bandit's advice and post in the MS forums. http://www.microsoft.com/mac/support
It's their software.
** Did Microsoft issue the Apple Feb 1, 2012 Security Update that is suspected of causing the problem?
We are getting distorted files when we open them: the Normal formatting has been changed, and it seems like Word is trying to open .doc files as .docx.
How do we 'uninstall' Office updates?
I would suggest you go over to microsoft's web site and look for an answer to your questions there. They might be of more help.
STILL HAVE PROBLEMS...!
With WORD open, go to OPEN and locate doc to open.
Selecting doc results in PINWHEELING...
must FORCE CLOSE.
Afterwards, doc contents is a mess.
Is there something about the advise you've been given that you can't follow? Your concerns should be addresses in their forum
MS office with OSX 10.6.8
