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HELP Word:Mac not working right

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aerojls85

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Oct 5, 2010
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I am having issues with Word:Mac. The program will open but when I try to open any documents it freezes. If I go into File/Open to open a document it freezes. I cannot click on any word file on my computer or it freezes trying to open it. If I open word a new blank document opens and works fine. Also when I go to File and click on a document in the recent activity list at the bottom it will open then. Why is this the only time a document will open? I need access to documents that are not on that list. Please help!

P.S. I have a MacBook and am running Mac OS X version 10.5.8. The Word:Mac program is version v.X. I think this is an older version of Word:Mac.
 
That version of Word is almost 10 years old. It's not surprising it has issues running on your machine/OS.

You really should consider upgrading to a more recent version, or even downloading OpenOffice to replace it.
 
I haven't changed anything. It was working fine two days ago. Then stopped working right yesterday.

I wish I could update my MS Office but don't have access to a newer version and don't really want to spend the money either.
 
aerojls85 said:
I haven't changed anything. It was working fine two days ago. Then stopped working right yesterday.

I wish I could update my MS Office but don't have access to a newer version and don't really want to spend the money either.
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Open office is free and will allow you to work with your existing office documents.
 
oh it is?! where can i download it? does it save documents as .doc? I need to be able to open them on a PC as well.
 
aerojls85 said:
oh it is?! where can i download it? does it save documents as .doc? I need to be able to open them on a PC as well.
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www.openoffice.org

You can change the preferences so that it always saves a particular file (presentation, document, etc) as Office compatible. So, yes, it will open on another PC.
 
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