Re: Word wouldn't fully open
- From: CyberTaz <onlygeneraltaz1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:43:12 -0500
On 12/27/06 2:20 PM, in article 271220061920551549%nospam@xxxxxxxxx,
"Elliott Roper" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <C1B82261.1C169%onlygeneraltaz1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, CyberTaz
<onlygeneraltaz1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Regardless of whether you choose to follow Elliott's update advice, I'd
suggest trying Disk Utility - Repair Disk Permissions first (as well as
after any update you apply). If that doesn't help you might also run the
Verify Disk routine (again, Disk Utility) & see if there is some sort of
file damage that needs repair.
The font issue is also quite worthy of attention ;)
I'm less than a believer of the utility of repair permissions. OK, it
is easy to do, and seldom breaks things, but running it is somewhere
between useful and blind superstition.
it might be useful to read the article at
httP://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751
Especially the paragraph headed "Does Disk Utility check permissions on
all files?"
Now count the Microsoft packages in /Library/Receipts
How many are there? None. Nada. Zilch. Zippo.
The best you can expect in relation to Office installations, is that
Repair Permissions will fix up the permissions of other programs' files
that the Microsoft (non_Apple) installer screwed up.
I'll be charitable, and assert that is also zippo.
For completeness, my "update advice" was secondary to following the
troubleshooting recipes at the mvp site, where the best sequence for
junking prefs and templates is well described.
Sorry to be so curmudgeonly, but there is only so much sweetness and
light to be distributed after the nth meal of turkey leftovers.
burrrrp!
Hello Elliott -
My apologies if you thought I was in any way dismissive of your suggestion -
that was definitely not my intent. In fact, I couldn't be more in tune with
your recommendations. I merely meant that the use of Disk Utility shouldn't
be overlooked regardless of whether the OP did the update... Some folks are
slower on the uptake than others with regard to updates.
As regards repairing permissions, I give it a bit more emphasis than some,
but I fully agree that it most certainly is not some panacea for all things
errant in OS X. I generally suggest it in many cases for several reasons:
1- It will rarely hurt,
2- It may help, and
3- Although I have no statistics to back up my belief, I get the distinct
impression that many Mac users have never even heard of Disk Utility or
repairing permissions, let alone taken the time to use it.
In this case I thought it was an appropriate point to be emphasized - not so
much to "repair" Word - but that Word may have been having difficulty
interacting with OS X print & file routines.
I trust that by now full disposition of the turkey has been made & that the
wishbone snaps to your advantage for the coming new year!
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
.
- References:
- Word wouldn't fully open
- From: Milan Kalus
- Re: Word wouldn't fully open
- From: CyberTaz
- Re: Word wouldn't fully open
- From: Elliott Roper
- Word wouldn't fully open
- Prev by Date: Re: Word X Won't Print in Tiger
- Next by Date: Office 2004 and .wps documents
- Previous by thread: Re: Word wouldn't fully open
- Next by thread: Word saves painfully slow after 11.3.2 update!
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
Loading
