Spotlight Ignores All Microsoft Documents in Mountain Lion

Having tired the the standard ways of deleting and reindexing Spotlight, I can't find a solution to fix this issue. Hoping "Linc" (who seems to be the number one sleuth these days) has something up his sleeve. The plugin is intact and I even reinstalled office to see if that helpded. I suspect there is some easy fix but i'm at a loss.
Thanks.

Kathleensd wrote:
I don't love alone...I LIVE alone!
Too much information, LOL!
You need to update Microsoft Office to version 11.

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Eli,
You can reset a Password (lost/forgotten) set on your Mac using 'Reset Password Utility' available with OS X Utilities tool. With OS X Mountain Lion, OS X Utilities tool can be generally found on a local hidden Recovery HD Partition if your Mac has one.
To check If your Mac has got a local hidden Recovery HD Partition, start your Mac holding COMMAND + R buttons. If you hold the keys pressed enough and there is a local Recovery HD Partition on your Mac, you will be presented with OS X Utilities window.
Click the 'Tool' menu item and choose 'Reset password'. Terminal window appears. Type 'resetpassword' into it and press 'Enter'. Reset Password window appears with User Account Names available on your Start-up Volume. Select the User Account Name and rest is simple to follow.
One of the advantages of this method is that it does not require any Authorization method such as administrative authentication to reset a password.
NOTE: If your Mac does not have a local hidden Recovery Partition on its system disk, you can create one using Disk Assistant application available from Apple. Search for the Disk Assistant in the support area.

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The problem is, under Mountain Lion that path doesn't exist. When I go to my user name, there is no "Library" folder at all. Under "Shared" there is an AI Library folder, but it has nothing of any value in it.
My AI startup document (that I've been using for ages) is found here:
HD > Applications > Adobe Illustrator CS3 > Plug-ins > filename.ai
However, if I navigate there and make changes, then quit Illustrator and re-launch it, nothing happens. I'm using the same old defaults as before.
Can anyone tell me what I'm missing here? I know I need to upgrade to a later version of CS, but the prices have become so outrageous there's no way I can justify it as long as AI and PS are working. You need a mortgage to buy new Adobe products these days.
Tks
Butch

The location of startup files has changed in version CS3.
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Bob: Here is a more complete set of options and workarounds that are available to you, including continuing to use AppleWorks 6 within Mountain Lion, from a post I assembled for similar question:
Unfortunately you got caught up in the minor miracle of Rosetta. Originally licensed by Apple when it migrated from the PowerPC CPU platform that it had used from the mid-1990's until the Intel CPU platform in 2006, Rosetta allowed Mac users to continue to use their library of PPC software transparently in emulation.
However, Apple's license to continue to use this technology expired with new releases of OS X commencing with Lion (and now Mountain Lion). While educational efforts have been made over the last 6 years, the fact is that Rosetta was SO successful that many users were caught unaware UNTIL they upgraded to Lion or Mountain Lion.
Workarounds:
1. If your Mac will support it, restore OS X Snow Leopard;
2. If your Mac will support it, partition your hard drive or add an external hard drive and install Snow Leopard into it and use the "dual-boot" method to choose between your PPC software or Lion/Mt. Lion;
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Full Snow Leopard installation instructions here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439
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I've uninstalled the application manually, and with AppZapper on 3 seperate occasions, making sure to clear out any preference files, empty the trash and reboot afterwards. Then reinstalled and ran updates after logging back in, but to no-avail. If I try to open the template viewer I get these errors in the log.
8/13/12 5:33:03.772 PM Numbers[6566]: Exception caught by top level: NSInvalidArgumentException : *** -[NSConcreteData initWithContentsOfFile:options:error:]: nil file argument
8/13/12 5:33:03.773 PM Numbers[6566]: Exception caught by top level: NSInvalidArgumentException : *** -[NSConcreteData initWithContentsOfFile:options:error:]: nil file argument
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8/13/12 5:33:05.725 PM Numbers[6566]: Exception caught by top level: NSInternalInconsistencyException : Invalid parameter not satisfying: aString != nil
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How do I set the default startup sequence for iWork documents under mountain lion?

I am frustrated when starting Pages under Mountain Lion (OSX 10.8.2). Instead of opening with the documents that I was working on when I closed the app, it opens with a standard "open" dialog box. I am forced to navigate through my folders and files or "create a new document" and then go to previously opened files. I would like Pages to open in the same status it was when I last used it, or if no files were open, to then automatically "create a new document" using the "Blank" template. In other words, how do I open Pages directly without the intervening dialog boxes?

Open General preferences and uncheck these boxes:

I lost all calendar events with mountain lion -- help!

I upgraded to Mountain Lion, and all looked fine until I opened Calendar -- no events!

Jim,
I presume all of the calendars have a ✓ mark in the appropriate box?
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Hold the Option Key and go to the Apple Menu/System Information/Software/Applications. Find the Applications then Kind. If it says Power PC you will need to upgrade.

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I am trying to convert completely over to Mountain Lion. One important issue remaining is being able to create an HTML file from a document. I used Appleworks a lot because it allowed me to save anything I created as an HTML page. How can I do something similar in Mountain Lion? Pages won't
allow me to do it. I heard old version of Pages would do it, but that won't help.
I suppose I can buy some editor or converter, but seems such a waste to pay for something that an old version of Appleworks would do so easily and
perfectly for free. There must be a simple solution to create HTML from a word ( not Word ) document.

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Is it at all possible to get mountain lion with an older MacBook?

I have a mid-2007 MacBook with upgraded RAM to 4GB and sufficient hard disk space.
The App store won't even let me download Mountain Lion (even though my computer meets the basic specs), and Lion isn't avail. either. WHat other specs does my computer not meet to upgrade to Mountain Lion?? Will I forever be stuck with SnowLeopard? It is really unfair that Apple won't even continue making software patches for people with older machines who can't get the latest OSx upgrade. Not every Apple owner can afford to by a new notebook every 2 years. Stop being so greedy Apple.....

There is a min requirement on the machine itself.
See this link:
http://www.tuaw.com/2012/02/16/mountain-lion-drops-support-for-several-older-mac -models/
If you really want to upgrade away from Snow Leopard, you can call Apple to buy the Lion usb.
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I was able to use my speakable items until i installed Mountain Lion last week. Now it only work intermiten. I did a reinstall but to no avail. Does anyone know why this is happening?

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My hard drive is powering up far more than it ever did with Lion, and this of course is killing battery power rapidly. Any one know why my hard drive runs so often on the new OS?
Thanks!

Great. Thanks. What I mean is my hard drive actually revs up and makes noise far more often than it ever did on Lion. It is actively engaged in a higher usage than ever before and this of course makes the battery quickly expire.
Would anyone else like to offer advice? Thanks!

Problem whit install CC applications - All stop in 49% - Mountain Lion

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