Re: further Comments question
- From: Clive Huggan <REMOVETHISoffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:03:53 +1000
In support of Daiya's analysis:
<snip>
>... the mini is severely underpowered with 256MB of
> RAM, which many say is not even enough to enjoy running OS X, never mind a
> memory hog like Word. And if you have Tiger OS X, I'm guessing that uses
> more memory than Panther. (do confirm exact OS, please, for complete
> information).
I understand Tiger does require more memory, albeit some aspects of Tiger
are said to be more efficient (this is from friends who have upgraded; I'm
deliberately holding back till a few issues have been sorted out).
That said, 256 MB would probably be fine if you only used Apple software,
but would struggle if several applications were open and e.g. graphics
applications were involved. Conclusion: 512 is highly desirable but not
essential.
Using Office with simple documents undoubtedly calls for 512 MB (based on my
use of colleagues' struggling Macs).
But if you go into complex aspects of Word (e.g., working on tables,
especially long ones or ones afflicted with Comments), then 768 or --
preferably -- 1 GB of RAM is needed.
<snip>
> Generally, consistent and reproducible problems/crashes in Word usually
> respond to one of the standard troubleshooting measures, which you will find
> listed here:
>
> http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/TroubleshootingIndex.htm
> (hit refresh a few times in Safari, or use a different browser)
>
I agree with Daiya here, too. Additionally:
You may find it useful to create, from scratch in a new blank document, say
3/4 of a page of the type of tables you are working on (populate it by just
keying some text into a cell, click in the next cell and key Command-y to
repeat the typing, and so on -- don't paste text in from your present
document. Then, see if the problems you're having repeat themselves. Yes?
Follow the URL above. No? I suspect (but wait till someone else has had an
opportunity to contradict) that it's a document complexity / lack of RAM
problem. Copy the table you have created, plus a paragraph mark or two.
Paste a few times. Does it get worse? Even more likely to be lack of RAM.
I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 7 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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>
>
> On 7/27/05 7:03 AM, "befuddle" wrote:
>
>> Greetings! I posted a comment recently, about having difficulty with
>> comments in Word with my Mac mini. Per John's suggestion, I have turned
>> the "bubbles" off, and am just working around it. Those brackets are
>> hard to spot, though, so it's not ideal.
>>
>> However, I just realized something further about the problem (which was
>> that when I tried to create a new comment, the brackets would appear,
>> but the bubble would not). I am working in two table columns,
>> translating a text. I've got the original text in the left-hand column,
>> and my translation in the right-hand. I have no problem with comments
>> in the left-hand column, bubbles or no bubbles. It's only in the
>> right-hand column that I'm having difficulty. This includes any
>> newly-created double-column docs. This isn't a very long document - a
>> couple dozen pages - and I'm quitting other programs while working
>> Word.
>>
>> Is there some way I might be able to get the right-hand column to
>> function like the left-hand column? Any suggestions welcome, and with
>> thanks.
>>
>> Befuddled
>>
>> PS:
>>
>> Just to add a general comment, I'm disappointed with how Word 2004 is
>> performing. There seem to be a number of little bugs. Some examples:
>> Word crashes when I spellcheck my document (and the AutoRecovery
>> function didn't work once!). Navigating my document with the arrow keys
>> takes my cursor in strange directions. Things like these mean that I'm
>> spending too much time fussing with the program, with which I'm pretty
>> familiar. My word-processing needs are pretty basic; I'm not merging
>> documents, inserting images, or publishing to the web. And my computer,
>> though not one of the more powerful ones, is brand new and should be
>> more than adequate. (I think I'll be looking at software alternatives
>> when I move onto a larger projects, soon.)
>>
.
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