Cannot select a range of text

[Arthur_Berman]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel I am unable to select a range of text with either the track pad or my mouse. I am able to double- or triple-click to select, and can use keyboard commands to select all, etc.

This is a new problem that has not existed before.

Thanks!

Art

 

[John_McGhie_[MVP]]

Hi Arthur:

Not enough information to answer. Please carry out some diagnostic testing
for us:

1) Is this one document, several documents, or all documents?

2) Is this both .doc and .docx? If not, which one?

3) Are these documents all created from the same template or different
ones?

4) What kind of text is this you are selecting? (Table, text box, outline,
notebook, paragraph, image)

5) Any haxies or add-ons running on your mac (WindowShades, TypeItForMe,
Spell-Catcher, etc?)

Help us to help you...

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel
I am unable to select a range of text with either the track pad or my mouse.
I am able to double- or triple-click to select, and can use keyboard commands
to select all, etc.

This is a new problem that has not existed before.

Thanks!

Art

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McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
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[Arthur_Berman]

Hi Arthur:

>
> Not enough information to answer. Please carry out some diagnostic testing
> for us:
>
> 1) Is this one document, several documents, or all documents?
>
> 2) Is this both .doc and .docx? If not, which one?
>
> 3) Are these documents all created from the same template or different
> ones?
>
> 4) What kind of text is this you are selecting? (Table, text box, outline,
> notebook, paragraph, image)
>
> 5) Any haxies or add-ons running on your mac (WindowShades, TypeItForMe,
> Spell-Catcher, etc?)
>
> Help us to help you...
>
>
> On 24/05/10 4:53 PM, in article (e-mail address removed)2ac0,
> "[email protected]" wrote:
>
>
> --
>
> The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
> matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!
>
> John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
> Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]
>
> This applies to all documents, .doc and .docx., same template, normal text (print layout), no haxies or add-ons.

Thanks

 

[John_McGhie_[MVP]]

Thanks Arthur:

OK, this procedure should resolve it:

Either your preferences or your Normal template have picked up rubbish from
a previous version. You need to do a full "Remove and Replace". Installing
has no effect at all unless you first remove.

1) Track down all instances of pre-2008 Normal template on your computer,
and drag them to your desktop. The file is called simply "Normal" and has
no extension.

3) Find and delete the file Normal.dotm. Unless you have moved it, it
should be in
~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/

4) If the following files exist, Remove or rename them:

~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Word Settings (10)

~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Word Settings (11)

~/Library/Preferences/com.Microsoft.Word.plist

~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008 (the whole folder!)

5) Ensure that your copy of OS X is right up-to-date with the latest patches
issued by Apple. Run Software Update until it finds nothing!

7) Then Repair Permissions with Disk Utility.

8) Now start Font Book and "Resolve Duplicates". Office installs some later
versions of fonts already in place: you must get the duplicates out, or Word
will crash.

9) Then install the 12.2.0 and 12.2.3 and 12.2.4 updates, if required, in
that order.

10) Repair permissions again.

11) Now shut down, wait for the power to go off, then re-start. This fires
the Unix clean-up scripts.

Should be good to go now.

Cheers

Thanks

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The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]