Word is tricky

Dear Macfriends (sounds like a sandwich, doesn't it?),

every time I try to use Word for editing my texts, it closes in front
of me and I always end up losing part of my work and time. What can I
do to solve this problem? I have to use Word all the time and it
irritates me a lot.
Another thing, why can't you load the Word with the Portuguese
(Brazilian) dictionary and spelling tools like in the the 1998
version? I'm saying that because I'm Brazilian and these tools are very
helpful when writing in Portuguese.
Does the 2004 pack comes with the Portuguese dictionary and spelling
tools?

Thanks
Alan Valente
alanc38 DeleteThis @yahoo.com.br

Hi Alan,

If I understand correctly, Word crashes unexpectedly a lot? Word X is a
little less stable than Word 2004 (or so I hear, I skipped Word X), but it
shouldn't crash regularly. Try the standard troubleshooting tips, listed
here:
http://word.mvps.org/Mac/TroubleshootingIndex.html

Also, train your fingers to hit cmd-s to Save every time you pause to think,
and then you shouldn't lose much work even if it crashes.

Word 2004 does include Portuguese/Brazilian spelling tools (but not
grammar), but Word X didn't (I think for economic reasons).

DM


On 5/2/06 1:37 PM, "alanc38" wrote:

> Dear Macfriends (sounds like a sandwich, doesn't it?),
>
> every time I try to use Word for editing my texts, it closes in front
> of me and I always end up losing part of my work and time. What can I
> do to solve this problem? I have to use Word all the time and it
> irritates me a lot.
> Another thing, why can't you load the Word with the Portuguese
> (Brazilian) dictionary and spelling tools like in the the 1998
> version? I'm saying that because I'm Brazilian and these tools are very
> helpful when writing in Portuguese.
> Does the 2004 pack comes with the Portuguese dictionary and spelling
> tools?
>
> Thanks
> Alan Valente
> alanc38.RemoveThis@yahoo.com.br
>

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