docx files have words merged together

[gavornik]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

Recently switched to Office 2008 from 2004. Files that I save in docx on the Mac have words randomly merged together (example, "what if" might become "whatif") when opened in Office 2007 on a PC or in other programs on the Mac (Open Office, for example) but not when opened in 2008. This problem does not happen when I save the same file as a doc. The whole reason I upgraded from 2004 was so I'd be compatible with new document format so this is very frustrating. Has anyone else seen this problem, or know what is going on?

Also, since I'm here, I want to officially lodge a complaint about the removal of VBA support. Endnote no longer works, which is a very difficult pill for me to swallow as I use it all the time and have extensive reference libraries built for it. I don't mind learning a new interface with new releases, and actually think the IO changes in 2008 are great, but when "upgrades" break core functionalities that I use to do my work, I wonder why it is that I'm paying for the product. For compatibility? See above. With the move to open document standards, alternative word processors are looking better all the time.

Jeff

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

You can't officially lodge a complaint here, it's just a user forum.
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/suggestions.mspx
or by using Help | Send Feedback in Word.

There will be a new EndNote plug-in coming eventually--in the meantime,
you can continue to use EndNote by adding unformatted citations and then
jumping through a few hoops to format them.

Search this groups re your other question--it's a known issue but I
forget how it operates.

 

[gavornik]

Officially in the sense of "there I've said it", which is to say un-offical Thanks for the reply, I'll be very happy when I don't have to jump through the endnote hoops you mentioned anymore.

I did search the forum for my compatibility problem before posting and didn't find anything. Any idea what keywords I should use?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Officially in the sense of "there I've said it", which is to say un-offical Thanks for the reply, I'll be very happy when I don't have to jump through the endnote hoops you mentioned anymore.

As long as you know the hoops are an option--many people don't. But you
should let MS know how you feel--there's *no* chance they'll make the
"right" decisions without accurate data on how/why people use Word.

I did search the forum for my compatibility problem before posting and didn't find anything. Any idea what keywords I should use?

Oops, it's been discussed in the Word forum, rather than this general
office one. It's a Leopard bug, related to ligatures, is what I came up
with--not sure whether Apple or MS has to fix it, don't think there's
anything you can do. Do send feedback to help raise the priority on the bug.

Daiya