suleiman Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Open Word, Excel, Powerpoint and right click (ctrl and click for those of you on a one-button mouse). Does the application crash? Yes. It does. It frustrates. It erases. Why Microsoft? I just want to know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 I just opened Excel and right-clicked in a cell and copied the cell then right-clicked to paste in another cell and had no problems. Do I have to open all 3 apps to get it to crash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman Posted October 3, 2006 Author Share Posted October 3, 2006 Well, no, I can have only one open. I guess that means reinstall Office 2004? I read somewhere that I need to use the Remove Office tool to completely remove office. Has anyone tried that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0me.one Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Mine is working well... No problems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
non sequitur Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 NEOOFFICE! but seriously, microsoft can learn to release an update or two, or else theyl scare away all mac users that still want to use MS software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman Posted October 4, 2006 Author Share Posted October 4, 2006 I just started up a new user and launched word and was able to right click. I killed all the running processes and can't seem to figure out what is causing the office contextual menu's to cause a crash. Since it can't be something in the office folder, it must be something in the user's folder that is causing the crash. I'm thinking Adobe CS2 Acrobat could be the issue but I'm just not sure. I also tried removing Word from ShapeShifter's menu but still no juice. Any ideas folks? I'm on the brink of just re-installing the whole shebang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyre777 Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 read somewhere that running onyx- maintenance scripts and optimization removes office crashes.. try it out mate.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman Posted October 4, 2006 Author Share Posted October 4, 2006 I just ran the maintenance scripts. I simply can't figure this one out. Office is such a cornerstone app that I'm actually considering backing up and doing a complete re-install. This hard drive is busted and I want to take it to the apple store for repairs. My concern is whether I'll be able to keep the contents of the drive if they replace it or if it'll be a fresh animal to tame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouch Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 Delete any preference files in your application support directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 ahhh use Crossover. If you are happy with Office 2004 Speeds, the you will love Crossover speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman Posted October 4, 2006 Author Share Posted October 4, 2006 From the google support group for Microsoft Office 2004: > Check your ~/Library/InputManagers folder. Alternately, check your > ~/Library/Contextual Menu Items folder. By process of elimination you should > be able to remove items from these folders to eliminate the crash when > right-clicking in Office. My guess is that you have something installed in > the InputManagers folder for your main account which is causing problems > with Office. Fixed! The problem was the PicturePropPro contextual menu plugin. It's a shame to have to ditch it but I'm so happy to have fixed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanodip Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I had the same problem. The solution was to delete two files in /Library/Contextual Menu Items (this means the Library folder for all users in the top most level of your boot disk) that were installed by third party software. If in doubt remove all files from this folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiZMaC Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Do this- User with privileges in Terminal run: update_prebinding -root / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 When using some themes, Office sometimes doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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