thesaurus not showing up!

sophi...@officeformac.com

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Jan 21, 2008, 4:35:05 PM1/21/08

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why won't the thesaurus "meanings + synonyms" show up in microsoft word reference tools?

have a mac and leopard, OS X.5.1. microsoft word is version 2004, 11.3.8.

in the thesaurus section (which i use a lot and am really missing), the words are there, because when i click them the definition shows up, yet i can't see the words! it's as if each meaning and synonym is written in white...

any help, please?

thank you!!

Daiya Mitchell

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Jan 23, 2008, 3:44:36 PM1/23/08

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Sorry. There have been many reports of this and MS is aware of it, but
so far no fix that anyone knows of.

sophi...@officeformac.com wrote:
> why won't the thesaurus "meanings + synonyms" show up in microsoft
> word reference tools?
>

> /have a mac and leopard, OS X.5.1. microsoft word is version 2004,
> 11.3.8./

Unknown

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Jan 23, 2008, 4:01:38 PM1/23/08

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I'm having the same problem. I find that if I click the thesaurus bar to close it, then open it again, the synonyms appear. But I have to do this EACH time I look up a new word.

Unknown

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Jan 25, 2008, 1:22:00 PM1/25/08

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Me too! The problem after installing OS X 10.5.1 is thesaurus won't show anything.
How can help please!

Beth Rosengard

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Jan 25, 2008, 7:39:01 PM1/25/08

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Did you miss the previous answer to this? Here it is again:

Sorry. There have been many reports of this and MS is aware of it, but
so far no fix that anyone knows of.

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On 1/25/08 10:22 AM, in article ee89...@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "Wolfram Steinbeck " <> wrote:

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Jan 28, 2008, 4:01:05 AM1/28/08

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I'm running a G4 mac, I just bought Office 2004 when bought the upgraded to Mac OSX 10.5 from the Mac Store 1/15/2008. My friend has the same Office version installed on his G5 with no issues. YOU GUYS NEED TO GET YOUR ISSUES CORRECTED OR OFFER AN UPGRADE TO THOSE HAVING ISSUES TO THE NEW OFFICE VERSION. It's not fair making people pay for something that doesn't work correctly. I need the thesaurus for the type of writing I do. It's the reason I chose the Office bundle... Please have some respect for the people who pay you their hard earned dollars and get the issue corrected or offer refunds or upgrades ASAP.

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Daiya Mitchell

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Jan 28, 2008, 11:07:36 AM1/28/08

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If you want to send a message to Microsoft, please use Help | Send Feedback.

In this forum, you are only talking to other users of the software.

Unknown

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Feb 25, 2008, 12:36:47 PM2/25/08

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I found this temporary fix on another forum - it does work. :
Re: thesaurus results go missin
This is a display issue in Leopard, the only thing so far that works for me
is clicking on the little arrow (triangle) in front of the Thesaurus
collapse the window and then expand, the results will appear and when they
dissapear again click the little arrow again.

The - Thesaurus Magic Trick message - Nov 5 - in this news group shows more
info.
Bras

"FatherDC" wrote in message
news:25d69b19-edbe-41f0...@p69g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...

Since installing Leopard, my thesaurus results in Word 2004 are invisible.
I can bring them back by minimizing and reopening the thesaurus window.
Help! This is enormously frustrating.