How to clean up after a crash?

[S_t_e_v_e]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel Hello,

Here is my question: What do you have to do on a Mac (if anything) to clean up after Word crashes?

Context: I am accustomed to using Word on a PC running XP, and to cleaning up after Word crashes by removing stray '.tmp' files and files of the format '~$*.do?' (as described clearly here: http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm). However, I am fairly new to the Mac and to OSX, and I have just experienced Word crashing for the first time. I have no idea how to clean up, or if this is even necessary, as it is on a PC.

As I was working on a document, Word just told me it needed to close and it wanted to send an error report. It asked me if I wanted to restart Word and continue to work on the same document. (I said "Yes", although I believe this is not a good idea). I'm running Leopard, with Office (Word) 2008 which appears to be updated to
Version 12.1.7.

Thanks for any help anyone might be able to give.

Regards,

Stephen

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Steve:

You don't NEED to clean up on the Mac unless your hard disk gets more than
80 per cent full

When you do need to clean up (in a year or so...) simply do a full shut-down
to power off, then restart. That runs the automatic Unix cleanup tasks.

If Word offers you the opportunity to continue working on a document, the
correct answer is "Yes" because it has removed whatever caused the crash at
that point.

However, I would immediately Save As to a new file name, to take a
protective backup. Because although Word has fixed the problem, it may not
have fixed the cause of the problem, so you may get more crashes soon after.

Hope this helps

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel
Hello,

Here is my question: What do you have to do on a Mac (if anything) to clean up
after Word crashes?

Context: I am accustomed to using Word on a PC running XP, and to cleaning up
after Word crashes by removing stray '.tmp' files and files of the format
'~$*.do?' (as described clearly here:
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm). However, I am fairly
new to the Mac and to OSX, and I have just experienced Word crashing for the
first time. I have no idea how to clean up, or if this is even necessary, as
it is on a PC.

As I was working on a document, Word just told me it needed to close and it
wanted to send an error report. It asked me if I wanted to restart Word and
continue to work on the same document. (I said "Yes", although I believe this
is not a good idea). I'm running Leopard, with Office (Word) 2008 which
appears to be updated to
Version 12.1.7.

Thanks for any help anyone might be able to give.

Regards,

Stephen

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[S_t_e_v_e]

Hello John,

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I appreciate it.

It seems that, once again, things are a little more straightforward on the Mac. Why does that not surprise me?!

Regards,

Stephen