Re: The infinite spinning rainbow wheel
From: Beth Rosengard (bethrosengard_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 03/18/04
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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:08:53 -0800
Hi Mervin,
In addition to what John said ... I'm not clear on something. It sounds as
if you're only having the problem when trying to open or save a particular
Word document, not *any* Word document. I may be misreading you but if not,
perhaps you're dealing with a corrupt document.
To eliminate that as a possibility, turn on Show/Hide formatting and
carefully copy all but the last paragraph mark of the problematic document.
Then open a blank, new Word doc and paste. Now do a Save. Is that any
better?
Also, while your OS is outdated, as John says, your version of Word (10.1.4)
is up to date. The Office 10.1.5 updater doesn't make any changes in Word
so its version number stays at 10.1.4. If you're fully updated, Excel and
Power Point should show at version 10.1.5; Word and Entourage at 10.1.4.
-- Beth Rosengard Mac MVP Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/index.htm> Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html> On 3/17/04 12:13 PM, in article 1996388a.0403171213.4fc874b7@posting.google.com, "Mervin Jensen" <kwatrokanto@yahoo.com> wrote: > I am also having a similar problem with the spinning beachball. For > me it's a slightly different problem. I've recently tried to open a > Word program and found myself staring at the ball for a minute or two. > It occurs whenever I either open the saved Word document, or when I > open Word itself and try to open the document through Word. > > I thought it might have something to do with the autosave preference > so I opened Word, went into preferences and I tried to go to the Save > option only to find myself staring at the spinning beachball again. > So I think I might have narrowed it down to the autosave bug. Is > there any way to fix my particular problem? > > Oh yeah, I'm on a g4 iMac OSX 10.2.8 using Word 10.1.4. And if it's > any help, between the last time I was able to successfully open the > document till now, I've installed three programs, Roxio Toast Titanium > 6, Application Enhancer 1.4.1 and ClearDock 1.2.4. The latter two > were from Unsanity (both of which I've now uninstalled though the > problem still persists) > > One last thing, does the repeated force quitting mess up the computer? > > > "John McGhie [MVP - Word]" <john@mcghie.name> wrote in message > news:<BC7DBDC4.ABAB%john@mcghie.name>... >> Hi Bob: >> >> The beachball is simply Word telling you it is "waiting for the system". It >> can be either the CPU or the hard disk that it is waiting for. >> >> You will need to tell us a lot more about your system, your versions of the >> OS and Word, and your document before we can begin to guess "why" your copy >> of Word on your system is waiting for the CPU or Disk. >> >> Cheers >> >> >> This responds to article <142e01c40ade$0a81e940$3a01280a@phx.gbl>, from "Bob >> Zemeski" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> on 16/3/04 9:37 AM: >> >>> Did you ever get a solution, I have this problem also and >>> have tried all you fixes and it still exists. >>> >>> Bob Zemeski >>> Ireland >>> <zanuski@yahoo.com> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> The tech details: >>>> >>>> Powerbook G4/500 >>>> 256MB RAM/40GB drive >>>> OS 10.2.8 >>>> Office 10.1.5 fully installed >>>> >>>> Here's the deal: >>>> >>>> I'm in the midst of trying to finish a book; and just like >> the last time I >>>> sent it to my publisher, Word is f*&*ing with me. (Last >> time, it was Word >>>> 2001.) >>>> >>>> I open one of the chapters which includes both regular >> English text and >>>> Spanish-tagged text in it. When it opens - whether it's >> done from the file >>>> icon OR through File>Open>filename - it appears before me >> in normal form. >>>> Then, the spinning rainbow wheel appears, and never goes >> away (until I force >>>> quit). >>>> >>>> The remedies I've attempted: >>>> >>>> -- Rebuild the Normal template (no change) >>>> -- Attempt to recover the file through all the measures >> listed on the MS >>>> support site (only recover all text worked) >>>> -- Change the preferences to eliminate autosaves, and >> asked that the Normal >>>> template not automatically update >>>> >>>> Any thoughts? This is the only file that the problem >> appears with. >>>> >>>> A thousand thank-yous in advance, and a request to reply >> to the email >>>> address (scott.schaffer@millersville.edu) as well as the >>> newsgroup. >>> >>>> Scott Schaffer, PhD >>>> Assistant Professor >>>> Department of Sociology/Anthropology >>>> Millersville University >>>
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