Word for Mac

[Early]

My earlier questions regarded Word X for Mac. The answers seem to be for Word
for Windows.

How do the fixes apply to Word X for Mac?

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

This is a Word for Windows newsgroup. Have you asked the experts in the Word
for MAC newsgroup?

: My earlier questions regarded Word X for Mac. The answers seem to be for
Word
: for Windows.
:
: How do the fixes apply to Word X for Mac?

 

[Peter Jamieson]

My earlier questions regarded Word X for Mac. The answers seem to be
for Word

for Windows.

1. That is possibly because
a. you did not say which version of Word you were using. This is often
critical - for example, if someone spends time researching a reply that
uses VBA, they will have wasted /their/ time if you are actually using
Word 2008.
b. there are several ways to access these groups, e.g.
- via NNTP, where it is called microsoft.public.word.docmanagement.
- via the Word option in Microsoft's office groups page,
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx, where it
is called "General Questions"
- via Microsoft's general "Communities" web interface at
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx, then
English->Office and Desktop Applications->Word, where it is called "Word
General Questions"

None of these names specify that these are specifically "Word for
Windows", and in theory you should be able to use these groups to ask
questions about Word on any platform. However, the reality is that
a. most questions posted in here /are/ about Word on the Windows
platform, and most people replying will make the starting point
assumption that if the version is unstated, it is a recent Windows
version (or maybe they make no assumption at all). Nor can you assume
that the people who frequent these groups have access to Mac versions of
Word. That's why it's almost always important to provide details of the
version of Word, platform, operating system and sometimes processor
(e.g. PowerPC/Intel on Mac, or Vista 32/Vista 64 on Windows)
b. there are specialised groups for Mac Office, including Word.
- On nntp, the Mac Word group is microsoft.public.mac.office.word
- via Microsoft's general "Communities" web interface at
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx, then
English->Macintosh Software->Office->Word
- via Microsoft's Mactopia site at
http://www.officeformac.com/ProductForums/Word/

(I don't think you can get there via Microsoft's Office groups)

How do the fixes apply to Word X for Mac?

1) Why does Word occasionally "quit unexpectedly"?

Some of Graham's material s potentially applicable to Mac Word as well
as Windows Word - e.g. Mac Word also has a normal.dot (or .dotm in Word
2008). However, if you follow the link to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProblemsStartingWord.htm you should
see that there is a section of that website called Word:mac, containing
a section called Troubleshooting - Word X and Word 2004, which may help you.

2) Why is the 100 percent view not actually 100 percent? To show an
8.5 X 11 page with 12 point type that actually looks like 12 point
type, I have to zoom to 137 percent. A 100 percent page of 12 point
type prints at 8.5 X 11 and in 12 point, but both are reduced in size
in the screen view.

Word makes an assumption that the screen has a certain number of "points
per inch". On Mac, that is traditionally 72 ppi; On Windows the standard
is 96 (see http://blogs.msdn.com/fontblog/archive/2005/11/08/490490.aspx
for the history)

So for example my MacBook pro has a screen that's 1440 pixels wide - at
100% zoom I would expect a page 20 inches wide to fit the screen width
(and a quick check confirms that). The screen is actually more like
13in. wide, i.e. the display is more like 110ppi, and a zoom of 150%
would be nearly correct - in fact 152.7% is pretty close)

On recent versions of Windows there is a way to adjust the number of ppi
that /Windows/ assumes - the facility displays a ruler n screen so that
you can compare it with a real ruler. However, I do not know if there is
an equivalent facility on Mac OS X.

NB, there will always be slight differences between screen display font
appearance and printed font appearance, because the printer has so many
more ppi to play with.

Finally, Graham's macro will run on Mac Word 2004 (I can't check
Word.X), with the following changes:

Sub AutoNew()
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayRulers = True
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.ShowAll = False
ActiveWindow.DisplayHorizontalScrollBar = True
ActiveWindow.DisplayVerticalScrollBar = True
With ActiveWindow.View
'**********************
' On Windows, use wdPrintView
' On Mac, use wdPageView
' They both have the value 3
'.Type = wdPrintView
.Type = wdPageView

'.Type = wdNormalView
'**********************
.Zoom.Percentage = 100
' No equivalent on mac Word AFAIK
'.DisplayPageBoundaries = True
End With
End Sub

Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.FullName
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.DisplayRulers = True
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.ShowAll = False
ActiveWindow.DisplayHorizontalScrollBar = True
ActiveWindow.DisplayVerticalScrollBar = True
With ActiveWindow.View

'**********************
' On Windows, use wdPrintView
' On Mac, use wdPageView
' They both have the value 3
'.Type = wdPrintView
.Type = wdPageView

'.Type = wdNormalView
'**********************
.Zoom.Percentage = 100
' No equivalent on mac Word AFAIK
'.DisplayPageBoundaries = True
End With
End Sub

Peter Jamieson

http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk