[X-Newbies] Re: Word not working

[Charles Martin]

> From: Tony Johansen <tjoh7019 at bigpond.net.au>
> The only info she provides is confusing. She said she had a file  
> she had
> downloaded from the internet which she was trying to 'save to Word'
> apparently wanting to find it among the documents she actually  
> creates in
> Word in future.

Yeah, I can understand what she means: she meant "I opened it in Word  
in order to have it automatically save back to the RIGHT PLACE  
[meaning where I keep all my own Word documents] so I don't lose  
track of it."

I might suggest to you that both you and your wife would find this  
sort of situation easier to deal with if she had a bit more  
understanding/training on the basic concepts behind OS X. I'm not  
talking about anything near a Computer Science degree, just a few of  
the most common concepts explained in clear language. There are a  
number of good books on the subject, but for her I might suggest "OS  
X for Dummies" by David Pogue. If nothing else, he's an entertaining  
writer (for a computer-book guru).

> One solution occurs to me: Would anything prevent me from simply  
> creating a
> new account for her, dragging her documents that will open over to  
> the new
> account then just deleting that current account?

Yes. Permissions. That idea is a nightmare that IS theoretically  
possible, but a big pain to actually accomplish. Don't bother.

> Would Word simply start
> with a fresh Word Settings folder?

Why not simply delete the troublesome Word Settings folder (or put it  
in the trash but not empty the trash) and force Word to create a new  
one? That should solve the problem.

Cheers
_Chas_

Claiming that the Macintosh is inferior to Windows because most  
people use Windows is like saying that all other restaurants are  
inferior to McDonald's.