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Question

My main question is, did my G4 with OS X installed come originally with MS Office? When I bought it from a retailer as a display model a couple of years ago it was on the computer. The reason I ask is I am having a problem all of a sudden with Word starting up. (Worked last night but not tonight.) I could not find a good answer on the Microsoft web site and I am needing to find support. By the way, all of the other Office programs still run ok. The error message is:
The application "Word" could not be launched because of a shared library error: "<Microsoft Word>"
If Office is on my OSX disk, is there a way to repair the program?
If this question should be posted elsewhere, please let me know. Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi Phillip,
The .plist files are preference files for the particular application. Most preference files for applications are in your ~/Library/Preferences folder (where ~ represents your Home folder). You may have been looking in your HD/Library folder.
I have never used Word so I am not sure where their (Microsoft Word) preferences are stored but look there if you haven't already. The preferences will probably be named something like "com.MicrosoftWord.plist or something similar.
You might want to do a search with finder of the HD for either "word" or Microsoft and see if any "Word" associated .plists come up.
hope that helps some,
littleshoulders [:-)
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