Yosemite compatibility with microsoft word 2008

I had held off on upgrading to Mavericks because of the issues surrounding the compatibility with Microsoft Word 2008. I am a student and need to use Word to do my work as well as having all of my current documents, including my thesis, in 2008 format. I don't want to risk losing the information or the ability to do my work and I was wondering if there is any information about whether the issue of compatibility with this version had been fixed. I don't have the means to buy a new version of Microsoft but would very much like to be able to update my system since I am still using Mountain Lion.

There has been a better and free alternative to old versions of MS Word and MS Office since forever. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1 is the latest version of a free and complete All-In-One document processor, spreadsheet, drawing, presentation, database, & formula software, found here: http://www.openoffice.org
It also reads, writes and translates MS Word, saves in many formats, and is pretty easy to use. It's entirely modern and compatible with all the latest Mac operating systems. Good luck.

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Other info: If I click and hold the Word icon in the doc, the menu displays as if the application were functioning normally; it does not show a Force Quit option, as it would if Word were frozen. I do not see any dialogue boxes or anything that would take the focus away from the other windows.
Background: I was able to successfully use Word without any problems before today, using the same installation of the application, same computer, and same operating system. I also never had this problem before Mavericks, though, as I said before, I didn't always have this problem in Mavericks.
How do I get Word to function normally again? Thanks for any help you can provide!

After letting Word run for quite a while, a popup window told me there was an issue with the database. I opened the Microsoft Database Utility and rebuilt the database. It seems to be working fine now.

Compatibility with Microsoft Word

I am tempted to try out Pages, but I have to work with PC people who all use Microsoft Word (latest version of word, windows xp). I would be intereseted to hear anyones thoughts on the matter.
In particular, how does Pages handle embbeded Excell spreadsheets, and emmbedded images (including text annotations as well as lines and arrows)?
Assuming I can open up a word file in Pages without losing formatting, how about my co-workers opening up my files (after I make changes and export to Word)?
thanks

Whether or not Pages would work for your purposes depends on a number of factors. Consider the following:
• graphics (either in line or fixed to the page) generally import to Pages relatively faithfully, but Export of Pages layout to Word is somewhat more dicey. This is not surprising given Pages superior layout capabilities. Graphics in a Word generated generated in Windows may have some problems.
• Pages 2 comments export to Word and Word comments import to Pages, but on import to Pages, you will lose the comment author information. Pages places author comment info into a comment as plain text so that imports and exports without a problem.
• Pages has no equivalent of Word's track changes. If you need this, you are completely out of luck.
• If you paste part of an Excel spreadsheet into a Word document such that it is a normal table, then it will import to Pages and export again to Word as a normal table. If you place the part of the spreadsheet in Word as a "Microsoft Excel worksheet object", it will import to Pages as nothing more than a picture and will export back to Word as just a picture. The dynamic links to the original Excel spreadsheet will be lost.
• Hyperlinks in Pages (to bookmarks in other parts of the document, at least) export to Word and import back into Pages.
there are probably other things I am forgetting right now....

Compatability with microsoft word

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There are several OSX applications that can read and write Word files:
TextEdit
Pages (Part of iWorks)
NeoOffice <http://www.neooffice.org>
OpenOffice <http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/aqua.html>
They should all work for simple documents, but you may have to install MIcrosoft Word for others. Even then, there may be some incompatibilities.

Multi-touch with Microsoft Word 2008

So, I just got a new Macbook Pro, and am wondering how to use (or if it is possible) the multitouch features of the trackpad with word. Basicly, I'd like to increase font size with a pinch (like in Safari) or scroll, without having to select the screen (like when I have safari open in one screen, and word in the other).
Wasn't sure where to post this so sorry in advance!

It would have been more appropiate in one of the MacBook Air/Pro forums, as those are the only machines currently having the technology, if posting in Apple's forums. However, this is best on Microsoft's forums, since the problem lies in getting the developer (Microsoft) to add support to the applications, given that the MacOS X has provided the infrastructure since version 10.5.2.
As you have figured out already, Safari is one of the few applicacions that currently support all the multi-touch features. Not even Apple's own iWorks has them yet. Best we can hope for is that the developers consider adding the support a worthwhile effort, given the installed base of computers with this capability. However, there's always hope, since the PC/Windows manufacturers have taken notice and are announcing portables with similar functionality, which should lead to a standardization.

Need help with Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac

When I paste a picture in a word document and save it, it seems to show up without a problem. But when I go back in to edit or print the document, the picture is no longer there, only a box with a big red X in it (I've inserted a sample of what shows up). Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Thanks!

Thanks for the suggestions, AussieDJ, but unfortunately I don't have a clue under what format to save a document other than as a word document. If anyone out there has encountered this problem with Word 08 and has some suggestions to resolve the issue, I'd sure appreciate hearing from you! Thanks!

Adobe Forms compatibility with Microsoft Word

Does anyone know if Adobe forms has the capability to merge the results of a form into a word document?

Formscentral only supports exporting responses as either PDF or Excel. From there you may be able to get your data into a word format depending on your needs. There is no autmatic way to convert responses to formatted Word files.
Andrew

Microsoft Word 2008. 12.7.6 compatible with Mountain Lion

My I Mac is 2- 3 years old. It has 10.6.8. and I would like to upgrade to Mountain Lion (mainly in order to process Raw photo files for a new camera I bought).
So far so good.
However, I want to know if I upgrade can I still use my Microsoft Word (2008). 12.3.6 without any glitches. I hate glitches !!!
I am not tech savy so I would so much appreciate simple answers to these complex problems.
I very much appreciate your advice. Thank you.
Perplexed. Don

Yes.

Microsoft word 2008 crashes abruptly when trying to use track changes

Hi,
I believe this may be related to recently downloading Yosemite:
Every time I try to use Microsoft Word (2008) with "track changes" on, Word shuts off abruptly.
Has any one else had this problem? Is there a way to fix it?
I've already tried Disk Utility - disk & disk permissions repair.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
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You should note that this forum is for troubleshooting Apple Software Update for Windows, a software package for Windows designed to update Apple products that run on Windows, and not related to Microsoft Office or your question in any way. If you have issues or questions about Office, it's probably best you post Office related questions on Microsoft's own forums for their Mac products.
http://www.officeformac.com/productforums

Network home folders, collaboration sharepoint and Microsoft Word 2008

I'm hoping someone who knows how Microsoft Word 2008 works on network volumes can shed some light on our situation.
We run a small managed network with about 15 leopard clients and a leopard server. We've got two sharepoints, a "homes" share for network home folders, and an "Office" share with our shared office document folders.
Several times a week, users will encounter a situation where Microsoft Word 2008 will claim that a file is open by another user, or that the file can be opened in "read only" mode, even though the file is not in use. Naturally, the problem cannot be replicated when I am present.
### My Hypothesis ###
My users are in the habit of quickly borrowing machines from other users to pull up documents in the "office" share by using the "connect as" button. So, for example, userA is logged in to her machine (and is thus connected to the network home folder on the server). userB comes along and borrows her machine -- without logging out, will connect to the shared office folder, pull up and edit/print a document, etc. We're not currently auto mounting the office share.
I know that Microsoft Word creates lock folders located in the .TemporaryItems folder at the root level of the "office" share. The folders are named "folder.xxxx", where xxxx is the userid of the account that created the lock folder. Everyone uses a network account, so everyone has a unique userID. If I list the .TemporaryItems folder using the CLI, i can see lock folders that are several days or a week old. So Word doesn't seem to be cleaning up after itself immediately, at least not always.
So my question: when userB connects to the office share on a borrowed machine (logged in to the client machine using the network home folder of userA), is it possible that word will now create lock folders for userB, and will be unable to clean up lock folders created by userA?
Anyone have other ideas for investigating the "file in use" problem?

Switched user back to the network home folder and adjusted the MS Word preferences so that the autorecovery files would be stored on the local client machine. There doesn't seem to be a comparable setting in the Excel preferences.
My initial testing suggests that this has reduced how often this problem occurs, but has not eliminated it. I tested by repeatedly opening and closing a couple of different word files in rapid succession -- i was able to replicate the "file opens as read only" problem occasionally.
I've talked to Apple server support about this issue. While they were helpful, they didn't have an explanation or solution for this problem. There are a number of postings in the microsoft mactopia discussion boards site where people report similar problems.

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I have a 2009 MacBook Pro, operating system OS C 10.6.8, I updated to Snow Leopard about a year ago. I tried to open my Microsoft Word (2008), and receive "Microsoft Word has encountered a problem and needs to close." With the options of Send/Don't Send and to try and reopen. It will not open. I have tried to repair the disk permissions using Disk Utility, I have also tried to Remove Duplicate Fonts as I read this may be a problem. I do not have any software updates, and I have tried restarting multiple times. Can anyone offer me some help on this issue, I don't know if I still have the disk to reinstall Microsoft OFfice.
Thank you!

Also, the error message says this:
Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0
Error Signature:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS
Date/Time: 2013-12-01 14:41:57 -0600
Application Name: Microsoft Word
Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Word
Application Signature: MSWD
Application Version: 12.3.6.130206
Crashed Module Name: Microsoft Word
Crashed Module Version: 12.3.6.130206
Crashed Module Offset: 0x00152a74
Blame Module Name: Microsoft Word
Blame Module Version: 12.3.6.130206
Blame Module Offset: 0x00152a74
Application LCID: 1033
Extra app info: Reg=en Loc=0x0409
Crashed thread: 0

Mac Microsoft Word 2008 double side printing

Hi.
I recently purchased Macbook Pro 15, and installed Microsoft Office 2008.
I have a SamSung Express 282 series laser printer.
When I use my window pc or window labtop, it double-side prints all right.
But when I try to double-side print with Mac Pro Microsoft word 2008, it doesn't work.
From the Print menu, I go to 'printer feature' and click on 'reverse two-sided printing', but it keeps saying
"Changing the setting of Reverse Two-Sided Printing to On would cause a conflict that cannot be resolved. No change will be made,"
and does not let me click on it.
Does anyone know what's going on?
I really want to save some trees and do only double-sided printing, but it doesn't let me.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, guys.

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/printers_multifunction/pixma_ip_s eries/pixma_ip4200#DriversAndSoftware
Be sure to pick the OS X Lion 10.7 driver from the pulldown menu before selecting the driver category below it.
If that doesn't work, contact Canon. There are some Lion supporting double sided printers for sure.
Mind you,when manufacturers rely on the CUPS drivers as they did in this instance they may have
taken the easy way out, and that might avoid having the double sided printing.
http://support.apple.com/kb/dl899 may be able to patch those drivers to give you double sided printing if the Canon ones do not.
There are a few other open source alternatives*.
When double sided printing doesn't work, the trick is to rotate the pages upside down and feed face down switching odd and even page numbers.
Test with single sheets first, and then once you get the hang of it, do multiple.
I don't know where your printer feeds, so you'll have to try a couple times to figure out the correct direction.

Microsoft Word 2008 top menu bar changed to chinese - ISSUE

After opening a MSfile the Leopard top menu when using Microsoft Word 2008 has been changed to Chinesse. This issue only happen with this product and not with the rest of the Microsoft tools that I have installed in my MacBook (example: Powerpoint). I'm including a print screen (as you can see only the iOS menu is changed to chinesse and not the software menu). I extremely need to change it back to English!
Thanks for any information and advice that you could provide

Never heard of something like that. AFAIK, Office 2008 distributions do not contain localisation resources, so there would be no way for (US) Word to display menus in Chinese. Maybe you have a multi-lingual version? Check what's available in the Microsoft Language Register, although I was under the impression that it did not affect menu display. And… are you sure it's Word 2008 and not 2011?
Btw, an unrelated issue. Did you recently open a Word doc having to do with Tibet?

Microsoft Word 2008 does not work after lion installation

After I installed Lion in my MacBook Pro, Microsoft word 2008 failed to work properly. Each time I try to quit word an error message appears and word closes and reloads automatically. The only way I can now really quite word is by the 'Force quit' option (in the apple menu). Word was working properly with Snow Leopard, so no idea what happened there... Any hint? Thanks

Ok, did exactly what you said... To 'make word crash' I only had to open it and then try to 'quit' it, in crashes 100% of the time...
1/3/12 11:43:29.066 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: ([0x0-0x99099].com.microsoft.Word[970]) Exited: Killed: 9
1/3/12 11:43:31.983 AM Microsoft Error Reporting: CFURLCreateWithString was passed this invalid URL string: '/StageOne/Generic/MacCrash/com_microsoft_word/12_3_2_111121/microsoftcomponent plugin/12_3_2_111121/0x000ed279.htm?lcid=1033&os=10.7.2&testDrive=NO' (a file system path instead of an URL string). The URL created will not work with most file URL functions. CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath or CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPathRelativeToBase should be used instead.
1/3/12 11:43:31.984 AM Microsoft Error Reporting: CFURLCreateWithBytes was passed these invalid URLBytes: '/StageOne/Generic/MacCrash/com_microsoft_word/12_3_2_111121/microsoftcomponent plugin/12_3_2_111121/0x000ed279.htm?lcid=1033&os=10.7.2&testDrive=NO' (a file system path instead of an URL string). The URL created will not work with most file URL functions. CFURLCreateFromFileSystemRepresentation should be used instead.
1/3/12 11:43:31.984 AM [0x0-0x99099].com.microsoft.Word: 2012-01-03 11:43:31.983 Microsoft Error Reporting[977:7703] CFURLCreateWithString was passed this invalid URL string: '/StageOne/Generic/MacCrash/com_microsoft_word/12_3_2_111121/microsoftcomponent plugin/12_3_2_111121/0x000ed279.htm?lcid=1033&os=10.7.2&testDrive=NO' (a file system path instead of an URL string). The URL created will not work with most file URL functions. CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath or CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPathRelativeToBase should be used instead.
1/3/12 11:43:31.984 AM [0x0-0x99099].com.microsoft.Word: 2012-01-03 11:43:31.983 Microsoft Error Reporting[977:7703] CFURLCreateWithBytes was passed these invalid URLBytes: '/StageOne/Generic/MacCrash/com_microsoft_word/12_3_2_111121/microsoftcomponent plugin/12_3_2_111121/0x000ed279.htm?lcid=1033&os=10.7.2&testDrive=NO' (a file system path instead of an URL string). The URL created will not work with most file URL functions. CFURLCreateFromFileSystemRepresentation should be used instead.
I hope you can make some sense of all that!
Thanks!

Pasting text that was copied from microsoft word 2008

In dreamweaver CS3, if I want to paste text that I have
copied from Microsoft Word 2008, i have to paste it in entourage,
copy that and THEN I can paste in dreamweaver. I can't paste
directly in Dreamweaver from word. is there an extension that will
cut out this extra step?
Thanks much,
Page

I just copied two paragraphs of text from Word 2008, and
pasted it into DW's
Design view. No tables.
What is it you are copying?
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> DW CS3 does not work with Word 2008. Problems with
pasting.
>
> Adobe says that DW CS4 works with Word 2008, however
when I have pasted
> from
> Word 2008 into DW CS4, the text gets inserted into a
Table. This happens
> with
> all options except for "Text Only" option.
>
> The work around for DW CS4 is to either open up a Word
document with
> TextEdit
> and copy/paste from there, or paste the Word text into
DW, copy the text
> again
> from DW (which is inside a table now), delete the table
with the text, and
> then
> paste the text again.
>
> If anyone knows of another solution please let us know.
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