Hi
Usually bad fonts cause office applications to simply quit, but I suppose a
font could cause a hang as well.
Since fonts are the only thing you've changed, try removing the fonts you
added and see if that fixes things. If it does, put them back one at a time
until you find the one causing the problem. Don't use that one.
-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
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In article <035901c3d634$ee217780$a501280a@phx.gbl>, "Merritt Nequette"
<lambquette.RemoveThis@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> I can't remember installing anything recently, other than
> Panther. It may have been that because I have these
> spreeadsheets that go back a while. I have had to change
> the fonts because I was using a Helvetica Narrow that will
> not print in OS X. I have changed to Arial Narrow and that
> works fine for printing. However, the date information was
> displayed differently and when I tried to change that
> column to mm/dd/yyyy the screen wouldn't come down. Other
> than the upgrades you suggested for Office, the only change
> I have made is the OS.
>
> Merritt
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi again,
>>
>>Are you running any programs that enhance MacOSX? These
> are sometimes
>>called "haxies." If you are, please disable them and see
> if there is a
>>conflict.
>>
>>There seems to be something on your Mac that is
> interfering with normal
>>operation of Excel. Did this problem begin after you
> installed a new
>>program?
>>
>>-Jim
>>
>>Merritt Nequette wrote:
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Jim,
>>>>
>>>>I downloaded the three updates, and they were all
>>>>successful although I don't see any numbers on the Office
>>>>or Excel info pages. My Disk Utility First Aid says it
>>>>does not support Classic and the other Disk Utility only
>>>>gives me the spinning disk that I have in Excel. The
>>>>problem still exists in Excel that I can't format cells.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I have also used the Disk Utility Repair from the original
>>> OS X CD Installer. Problem still exists.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Merritt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>Hi
>>>>>
>>>>>Numbers can be confusing, so I am sorry that I was not
> clear.
>>>>>
>>>>>10.3.1 refers to the version of MacOSX that you are using.
>>>>
>>>>You'll find
>>>>
>>>>>this by clicking once on the desktop then looking in the
>>>>
>>>>apple menu in
>>>>
>>>>>the upper left corner and choosing "about this Mac"
>>>>>
>>>>>The updates I was referring to are updates that have come
>>>>
>>>>out for
>>>>
>>>>>Microsoft Office. You can download them from this web site:
>>>>><http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx#OfficeX>
>>>>>
>>>>>The Microsoft updates are not available from the software
>>>>
>>>>update control
>>>>
>>>>>panel in MacOSX.
>>>>>
>>>>>-Jim
>>>>>
>>>>>anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Jim,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I am already running 10.3.1. I have downloaded 10.3.2 but
>>>>>>have been unable to open it with Disk Utility or anything
>>>>>>else -- says the package is locked. But that is another
>>>>>>problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Merritt
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>Hi Merritt,
>>>>>>>
<font color=brown> >>>>>>>Take visit to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx</font" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx</font</a>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>and get the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>updates:
>>>>>>>10.1.2
>>>>>>>10.1.4
>>>>>>>10.1.5
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Install them in that order, then run Disk Utility First
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Aid to Repair
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>permissions. Let us know with a reply posting whether
> that
>>>>>>
>>>>>>fixes things for
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-Jim Gordon
>>>>>>>Mac MVP
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>All responses should be made to this newsgroup within the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>same thread.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>About Microsoft MVPs:
>>>>>>>http://www.mvps.org/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Before posting a "new" topic please be sure to search
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Google Groups to see
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>if your question has already been answered.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>An Excel add-in is available to help with this task.
>>>>>>><http://www.rondebruin.nl/Google.htm>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>In article <00d701c3d302$909253d0$a601280a@phx.gbl>,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Merritt Nequette"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>><lambquette.RemoveThis@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>When I click on Format - Cells all I get is the sun
>>>
>>> spiral.
>>>
>>>>>>>>The only way to get rid of it is Force Quit. Needless to
>>>>>>>> say I can't format dates or numbers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>.
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