office apps crash on open

[Matthé]

all of them except entourage quits on startup
WHY?
sadly I really need office

 

[zimv20]

i saw this once and it was a font problem -- some were corrupted.

my clue -- when word started up, it shows status in the splash window. it paused at "loading fonts" or similar language. have a look at the splash screen and it might give you a clue.

 

[Matthé]

so it does!

indeed fonts appear to be the problem
thank you very much

 

[pEZ]

In another situation, especially Word, it would start up and run for approximately 20 seconds and then quit. I found that the problem was corrupt preference files. Go into the /Library/Preferences on your root folder and delete them. All happy.

 

[zimv20]

Re: so it does!

Originally posted by Matthé
indeed fonts appear to be the problem
thank you very much

glad i could help