Equation Editor Missing!!!

[nicole.arasaki]

Hi All,

I've been using microsoft word for about a year on my mac now, and I've
used equation editor many times before. However, recently I went to
edit an equation in a document and it said "Word cannot locate the
server application for Equation.3 objects."

I searched through the microsoft office folder and found equation
editor, and I can open it that way, but when I do it from a document it
keeps telling me something is missing. I don't think I deleted anything
and I have no idea why this is happening! If anyone has any ideas I
could use the help!

Thanks!

Nicole

 

[nicole.arasaki]

Hi,

I tried to create a new document on my mac and add an equation in it.
But the error message I got this time was: "The server application,
source file, or item cannot be found. Make sure the application is
properly installed, and that it has not been deleted, moved, or
renamed."

I also looked under the Microsoft Office > Office folder and I could
open equation editor directly from there.

Anyways,
My computer is a ibookG4 and my MacOS X version is 10.4.8, also I have
Word 2004 the student edition....

Thanks for the help!

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

OK, I think it's damaged Preference files. Test them as described here:

http://word.mvps.org/Mac/DamagedPrefs.html

If it works after you drag the files to your desktop, then delete the files
you dragged. Word will re-create them when it restarts.

Cheers

Hi,

I tried to create a new document on my mac and add an equation in it.
But the error message I got this time was: "The server application,
source file, or item cannot be found. Make sure the application is
properly installed, and that it has not been deleted, moved, or
renamed."

I also looked under the Microsoft Office > Office folder and I could
open equation editor directly from there.

Anyways,
My computer is a ibookG4 and my MacOS X version is 10.4.8, also I have
Word 2004 the student edition....

Thanks for the help!

--

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me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[nicole.arasaki]

It Worked!!!!

Thanks for your help! Much Appreciated =)

 

[HaggMan]

I'm having the same problem, but the steps listed in the link
(http://word.mvps.org/Mac/DamagedPrefs.html) didn't work for me.

I'm using a PowerBook G4 OS X 10.4 with Word 2004 v11.3

I get the same error: "Word cannot locate the server application for
Equation.3 objects" when I either double-click equations previously
made (just a week ago on this very Mac)

What's really weird is when I go to insert a new one, I'm not even
presented with the option of inserting an equation (it's gone from the
list) All that's left are:
-Microsoft Excel Chart
-Microsoft Excel Worksheet
-Mircosoft Graph Chart
-MS Org. Chart
-MS Word Doc...
-MS Word Pic...

I've gone to ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/ and deleted all the files
I had in common with those mentioned in the link. And the problem is
still there.

If it helps, I did open the Equation Editor program once (through the
Applications folder) while working on an equation in Word... and I once
pressed "Keep in Dock" on the EQ Editor icon.

Thank you for any help you can offer!

Matt

It Worked!!!!

Thanks for your help! Much Appreciated =)

OK, I think it's damaged Preference files. Test them as described here:

If it works after you drag the files to your desktop, then delete the files
you dragged. Word will re-create them when it restarts.

On 4/12/06 4:49 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed),

Hi,
I tried to create a new document on my mac and add an equation in it.
But the error message I got this time was: "The server application,
source file, or item cannot be found. Make sure the application is
properly installed, and that it has not been deleted, moved, or
renamed."
I also looked under the Microsoft Office > Office folder and I could
open equation editor directly from there.
Anyways,
My computer is a ibookG4 and my MacOS X version is 10.4.8, also I have
Word 2004 the student edition....
Thanks for the help!
On Dec 3, 5:23 am, "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]"
Hi Nicole:
The error message is the key: Word indeed can't locate the application
needed to edit Equation.3 equations, because it's not Equation Editor.
I suspect you have a document produced by PC Word 2003, which contains an
equation that is a level ahead of the version you have.
To make sure, create a blank document and add an equation to it. If you can
insert an equation, then YOUR Equation Editor is working, it's just the
wrong version.
If that doesn't work, we need all your version numbers (Computer, OS,
Word...) before we can provide more explicit advice.
Sorry people, if you WON'T give us your version numbers, we CAN'T answer
these questions
cheers
On 3/12/06 4:53 PM, in article
(e-mail address removed),
Hi All,
I've been using microsoft word for about a year on my mac now, and I've
used equation editor many times before. However, recently I went to
edit an equation in a document and it said "Word cannot locate the
server application for Equation.3 objects."
I searched through the microsoft office folder and found equation
editor, and I can open it that way, but when I do it from a document it
keeps telling me something is missing. I don't think I deleted anything
and I have no idea why this is happening! If anyone has any ideas I
could use the help!
Thanks!
Nicole--
Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.
John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[HaggMan]

Hey.. instead of picking and choosing pref files to delete, I just
killed them all, and THAT worked!

Great! Thank you much!

-Matt

I'm having the same problem, but the steps listed in the link
(http://word.mvps.org/Mac/DamagedPrefs.html) didn't work for me.

I'm using a PowerBook G4 OS X 10.4 with Word 2004 v11.3

I get the same error: "Word cannot locate the server application for
Equation.3 objects" when I either double-click equations previously
made (just a week ago on this very Mac)

What's really weird is when I go to insert a new one, I'm not even
presented with the option of inserting an equation (it's gone from the
list) All that's left are:
-Microsoft Excel Chart
-Microsoft Excel Worksheet
-Mircosoft Graph Chart
-MS Org. Chart
-MS Word Doc...
-MS Word Pic...

I've gone to ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/ and deleted all the files
I had in common with those mentioned in the link. And the problem is
still there.

If it helps, I did open the Equation Editor program once (through the
Applications folder) while working on an equation in Word... and I once
pressed "Keep in Dock" on the EQ Editor icon.

Thank you for any help you can offer!

Matt

It Worked!!!!

Thanks for your help! Much Appreciated =)

OK, I think it's damaged Preference files. Test them as described here:
http://word.mvps.org/Mac/DamagedPrefs.html
If it works after you drag the files to your desktop, then delete the files
you dragged. Word will re-create them when it restarts.
Cheers
On 4/12/06 4:49 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed),
Hi,
I tried to create a new document on my mac and add an equation in it.
But the error message I got this time was: "The server application,
source file, or item cannot be found. Make sure the application is
properly installed, and that it has not been deleted, moved, or
renamed."
I also looked under the Microsoft Office > Office folder and I could
open equation editor directly from there.
Anyways,
My computer is a ibookG4 and my MacOS X version is 10.4.8, also I have
Word 2004 the student edition....
Thanks for the help!
On Dec 3, 5:23 am, "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]"
Hi Nicole:
The error message is the key: Word indeed can't locate the application
needed to edit Equation.3 equations, because it's not Equation Editor.
I suspect you have a document produced by PC Word 2003, which contains an
equation that is a level ahead of the version you have.
To make sure, create a blank document and add an equation to it. If you can
insert an equation, then YOUR Equation Editor is working, it's just the
wrong version.
If that doesn't work, we need all your version numbers (Computer, OS,
Word...) before we can provide more explicit advice.
Sorry people, if you WON'T give us your version numbers, we CAN'T answer
these questions
cheers
On 3/12/06 4:53 PM, in article
(e-mail address removed),
Hi All,
I've been using microsoft word for about a year on my mac now, and I've
used equation editor many times before. However, recently I went to
edit an equation in a document and it said "Word cannot locate the
server application for Equation.3 objects."
I searched through the microsoft office folder and found equation
editor, and I can open it that way, but when I do it from a document it
keeps telling me something is missing. I don't think I deleted anything
and I have no idea why this is happening! If anyone has any ideas I
could use the help!
Thanks!
Nicole--
Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.
John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410--
Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.
John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410