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Ima...@officeformac.com

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Aug 27, 2008, 4:50:20 PM8/27/08
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Version: v.X
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

My preferences menu is grayed out. I'd like to make some preference changes, but can't. Help?!

Corentin Cras-Méneur

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Aug 27, 2008, 5:08:05 PM8/27/08
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<Ima...@officeformac.com> wrote:

> My preferences menu is grayed out. I'd like to make some preference
> changes, but can't. Help?!

It might be corrupted. I would consider removing it from the Preferenes
and relaunching Word to let the application re-create it from scratch,

Corentin

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Elliott Roper

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Aug 27, 2008, 5:12:24 PM8/27/08
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In article <59b58...@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw>,
<Ima...@officeformac.com> wrote:

Open a Word doc and try again. It is normally greyed out with no file
open.

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Ima...@officeformac.com

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Aug 27, 2008, 5:54:51 PM8/27/08
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Thanks for your reply - it worked!

> wrote:
>
> > My preferences menu is grayed out. I'd like to make some preference
> > changes, but can't. Help?!
>

> It might be corrupted. I would consider removing it from the Preferenes
> and relaunching Word to let the application re-create it from scratch,
>
> Corentin
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Corentin Cras-Méneur

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Aug 27, 2008, 6:09:02 PM8/27/08
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Elliott Roper <nos...@yrl.co.uk> wrote:

> Open a Word doc and try again. It is normally greyed out with no file
> open.

Very very good point. I didn't even consider this possibility :-\

Corentin

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