Weird spacing opening an older Word file

[Tom_Graner]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

Hi:

New to the Mactopia forum and tried to find a listing of this particular problem, but no luck so here we go.

I was just updated to Office 2008 at work. (I am usually the test case for our MACS in our graphics group.) I thought things seemed to be working fine until I opened a file I use to make orders to vendors. It is a two page 8.5 x 11 document made years ago on a PC and has always been saved by me as a Word document (.doc).

The upper two inches are on the first page when opening, then the rest of the first page is blank, then the next nine inches of text and boxes are on the next page with teh top of what SHOULD of been the second page at the bottom of that one and now there is a third page with the next 9 inches of the second page showing on the third. OW - that hurt to type.

I have been searching around to see if there is some sort of preferences issue. Trying to alter the spacing after paragraphs settings didn't help, and have generally just been trying all sorts of things. The blank areas don't seem to allow me to just put a cursor there and delete the blank space.

Sad in that all I want to do is just fill out an order like I have done hundreds of time.

Anyone have an idea. I am crossing my fingers for a, "NO problem, easy fix answer." Otherwise I may have IT switch me back to 2004 version.

I have tried it on the other machines that still have version 2004 and it works fine there.

Thanks for any ideas.

Tom Graner
Tiger 10.4.11
Power PC G5 1.8 Ghz / 2G RAM

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Tom:

I would switch back to Word 2004 and just make sure it doesn't happen there.
If it's bad in 2004 as well, it's possibly "Page break before" or "Keep with
Next" or :Keep lines together" paragraph properties.

If it's good in Word 2004, then its an assembly of Word 2008's nastier bugs.

Word 2008 has some severe problems currently.

Make sure you have installed Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.0.1 Update
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx>

The list of fixes is here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/948057

However, the total fix for these problems is not yet available. Do the
checks above, and then report back with what happened, and we'll see if we
can help you wrestle the thing to the ground...

Cheers

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

Hi:

New to the Mactopia forum and tried to find a listing of this particular
problem, but no luck so here we go.

I was just updated to Office 2008 at work. (I am usually the test case for our
MACS in our graphics group.) I thought things seemed to be working fine until
I opened a file I use to make orders to vendors. It is a two page 8.5 x 11
document made years ago on a PC and has always been saved by me as a Word
document (.doc).

The upper two inches are on the first page when opening, then the rest of the
first page is blank, then the next nine inches of text and boxes are on the
next page with teh top of what SHOULD of been the second page at the bottom of
that one and now there is a third page with the next 9 inches of the second
page showing on the third. OW - that hurt to type.

I have been searching around to see if there is some sort of preferences
issue. Trying to alter the spacing after paragraphs settings didn't help, and
have generally just been trying all sorts of things. The blank areas don't
seem to allow me to just put a cursor there and delete the blank space.

Sad in that all I want to do is just fill out an order like I have done
hundreds of time.

Anyone have an idea. I am crossing my fingers for a, "NO problem, easy fix
answer." Otherwise I may have IT switch me back to 2004 version.

I have tried it on the other machines that still have version 2004 and it
works fine there.

Thanks for any ideas.

Tom Graner
Tiger 10.4.11
Power PC G5 1.8 Ghz / 2G RAM

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