Re: Word lost dictionary after minor OS update to 10.4.11

I wouldn't call it "common". I can think of one or two other reports.

And there is a fix on the way: it's in test now.


On 26/04/08 11:41 PM, in article ee990cd.1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Kooler_King@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <Kooler_King@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yes, I should have mentioned that I always run the disk utility & permissions
repair before & after an upgrade, as I did this time.

I read somewhere else that one of the OS system folders that MS Office relies
on might get renamed during an OS update, I guess I'll pursue that path of
repair.

It's odd though, that if this is a common occurance during an OS update that
there wouldn't already be a fix from MS with a tool or utility to fix it.

My first suggestion would be to run Disk Utility and "Repair Permissions".

Pray that fixes it :-) Doing a partial restore of preference files to an
updated OS is a really dangerous move :-)

Cheers


On 21/04/08 11:06 AM, in article ee990cd.-1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Kooler_King@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

I recently performed a minor update from OSX 10.4.8 to 10.4.11, along with
Quicktime & iTunes update (to work with my new iPod).

Previous to this, Word worked fine. After this minor OS update to 10.4.11,
Word lost my custom dictionary and the ability to add words to the one
there.

Coincidently (or not) Entourage lost my settings and e-mail account info.
Maybe other Office components lost prefs & settings as well?

I assume there is some common info or prefs file or folder for Office 2004
components that was lost or corrupted during the OS update?

I have a disk image of my entire drive at OS 10.4.8 (before the OS patch)
...
How do I go about identifying which MS or Office prefs or data files to copy
back to get all my Word (and Office) stuff back? Thanks for any ideas.

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