get spinning pinwheel when Word opens up...

[aaron]

Am running OS 10.3.6 (dual G5) with office 2004 academic version and
all of a sudden when I open up word or Excel or powerpoint I the get an
eternal pinwheel (I let it go overnight the other night). It seems to
be hung up on "optimizing font menu". I've re-installed, but it didn't
help. I put office v.X back on the computer and it runs fine. Anybody
got any ideas?

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Am running OS 10.3.6 (dual G5) with office 2004 academic version and
all of a sudden when I open up word or Excel or powerpoint I the get an
eternal pinwheel (I let it go overnight the other night). It seems to
be hung up on "optimizing font menu". I've re-installed, but it didn't
help. I put office v.X back on the computer and it runs fine. Anybody
got any ideas?

You've got a corrupt font (or fonts). See

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313535