Yes, it is apparently a Safari bug in OS 10.5.
Since Firefox apparently doesn't have this problem, I suspect you might have
difficulty convincing Microsoft that it's their fault :-)
I think there's a patch on the way from Apple for this one.
Hope this helps
On 22/01/08 7:35 AM, in article ee89c...@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
"mc...@officeformac.com" <mc...@officeformac.com> wrote:
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Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/
Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.
John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:jo...@mcghie.name
You will irretrievably destroy Word :-)
Now, if you have the knowledge to do this, you also have the knowledge to
unpick the damage it causes. And you know damn well why hacking Word to fix
a bug in Safari is not "great" computer administration :-)
But for other users who may be tempted to try this: If you do this, Word
will never work right again. You have been warned!!
Cheers
On 22/01/08 11:22 AM, in article ee89...@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
"mc...@officeformac.com" <mc...@officeformac.com> wrote:
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On 22/01/08 10:53 AM, in article ee89...@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
"mc...@officeformac.com" <mc...@officeformac.com> wrote:
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I just recoil in horror at the prospect of having 300,000 broken copies of
Microsoft Word out there, all displaying a wide range of different and
confusing symptoms, and no clear way to diagnose the problem.
There is no way we could talk an "end user" who can barely find the keyboard
how to open the Word package and check the internal .plists to see if they
are 'complete', let alone switch in a clean version.
This modification will completely break Word's ability to use templates,
document parts, style sheets and to protect itself from nasties... For
users wanting to use the full range of functions in Word, she'll be pretty
broken :-)
The rules for "templates" are now a lot more complex: there are now THREE
file types in use ‹ .doc (Word 6), .doc (Word 8+) and .docx (Word 12 +)
There are now four types of template: .dot (Word 6), .dot (Word 8+), .dotx
(Word 12+ Template) and .dotm (Word 12+ macro-enabled template).
The processing rules for all of the above are different in Word. The
modification you are proposing removes Word's ability to recognise the
difference.
Good luck!
On 23/01/08 3:40 AM, in article ee89...@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
"mc...@officeformac.com" <mc...@officeformac.com> wrote:
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> And how dare people blame Apple. It's Office 2008 that messes things up, not
> anything Apple did.
Any you base that statement on...??
Not saying you're wrong, but Firefox and Opera don't exhibit that
behavior, which at least raises questions about Safari.
And it's not like Apple hasn't screwed up its own implementations before.
Today's update was not intended to fix "all" the problems. Just the ones
they have repaired so far.
If you want to make a new post for each problem you have, we can try to help
you work around them.
Cheers
On 12/3/08 4:27 AM, in article ee89c...@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "Sam"
<sbu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> and why is Office 2008 the very single app affected by that 'Safari bug' ?
> is there a slight chance that Microsoft has done a less than perfect job on
> O2008 ?
>
> You should try it on any Mac, it's just painful to use. Slow. Crashy. They
> didn't even get Exposé right for word... and that is after today's update...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sam