Q: WORD crashes in Yosemite OS 10.10

The issue remains with Mac OS X 10.10.5 (14F27) Yosemite. All fixed (permissions repairs, etc) and updated.

have you tried another account with admin rights? If not create a new account, give admin rights and boot to it.

then open word.

if it doesn't work it will take about 30 seconds to delete the test account after booting back into your normal account.

The problem was caused by

/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Startup/Word/MathType Commands.dot.

of MathType 6.7h.

No problem when removing it.

they report is works with 10.10

have you upgraded?

http://store.dessci.com/?

As indicated above, I used the latest versions: MathType 6.7h in Mac OS X 10.10.5 (14F27) Yosemite.

http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype_mac/upgrades.htm

you should report it to them. I've had clients use Math Type long ago for publication work, I didn't even know it was still around.

Yes, ApMaX, like Jimmy suggested, you should indeed report it, and please include all configuration details -- OS X version, complete version of Word 2011 (like Word 14.5.4, for example), and your version of MathType. I see above you're using Word 14.5.4, OS X 10.10.5, and MathType 6.7h, but whoever reads and replies to your email when you write support@dessci.com won't have that information.

If this is caused by a bug in MathType (and so far, we don't know whether it is or not), there's no way we can ever fix it if no one reports it.

Thanks,

Bob Mathews

Design Science

I don't have MathType in my computer, yet I am also experiencing crashes on an hourly basis when using Word in my Mac Air with Yosemite! I even had to just purchase a brand new computer and am afraid to purchase Office because I'm afraid it may not be compatible. Anyone have suggestions on which version of Office to get?

No problem here with the latest version of Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac 14.5.5 (and previous ones) if as said before

/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Startup/Word/MathType Commands.dot

of MathType 6.7h for Mac is removed. So far, so good since 20th August 2015.

The problem hasn't gone away on my end and while researching it in multiple sites, I've noticed lots of people with the same problem.

I am also having problems with the computer recognizing blue tooth devices, which my research shows seems to be a common issue with the Yosemite platform.

For both of these reasons, I'm considering downloading to Mavericks -- does anyone have an idea if that will solve these technical glitches?  I have just bought a new computer which came with Yosemite -- how can I switch it to Mavericks?

From my own experience,  the MS Office 2011 may have become corrupted. 

By reinstalling Office 2011 you might be able to address these problems.

The current version of Office 2011 is 14.5.5

First - find your Office 2011 install disc with the product key # - and only then remove Office according to MS instructions

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2398768

Or go here to DianefromOregon's site for help removing Office 2011:

http://www.officeformachelp.com/2012/12/office-for-mac-2011-remove-office/

then Reinstall from DVD

then enter your Product #

After successfully reinstalling Office 2011,  update your Office product by going to the Help menu within Word or Excel or PowerPoint and select Update.

How to locate product keys

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2279109

or here on locating product keys

http://office.about.com/od/MicrosoftOfficeMac/a/Best-3-Ways-To-Find-Microsoft-Of fice-For-Mac-Key-Codes.htm

Or

http://try.officeformac.com/store?Action=ContentTheme&Locale=en_US&SiteID=msmacu s&pbPage=CSTable&resid=VSGpKAoydBAAAINBCDQAAABU&rests=1428269373647

This note is updated as of September 18, 2015