Running Word 2004 in program under OS 10.8
MS Word 2004 for Mac works fine under OS 10.6 but not under 10.8. Is there any software than runs on 10.8 that will run MS Word 2004 for Mac?
Thank you.
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I know this has been talked about before, but I'm not sure where to post this question. I have a new MBP, with a full version of Word (no previous trial software installed). I have been trying to copy and past basic text files from Yahoo mail, to create a book of emails of sorts. My file size has been approaching my memory capacity (basic setup). Does it not create a swap file and let you keep going if you approach the limits of the onboard memory? I understand it will run a bit slower, but I'm only moving text files and nothing else. Why the proverbial memory/disk full error messages? Does it have anything to do with the software being non universal code?
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This didn't occur when I was using my ibook G4.
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