[X-Newbies] Re: Appleworks not responding

[Keith Mills]

Thank you again. Yes, I do Repair Permissions periodically - it was the 
initials that fooled me.

But just to report back. I suspect that I am beyond help. I'm in 
despair.

1. Even before I did anything, things went from bad to worse this 
morning. I can't launch Appleworks at all. Recent documents won't print 
even. If I do Print and Preview/PDF, all I get is a blank page as I do 
after choosing Page Setup in an Appleworks document (where it directs 
me).  If I try to open a document with Starting Points, I get a 
miniature page all in grey, but which will do nothing.
2. So I invested in "Pacifist", followed all the instructions and ..... 
no difference.
3. Earlier I transferred a page to TextEdit and tried to print it. It 
becomes 53 pages of large letters (?)*. Weird.
4. If I go into Appleworks Preferences, I am told "Cannot convert this 
file to an Appleworks document."

Does any of this make any sense at all?

Keith Mills

* I've just worked out the apparently random 53 pages of large letters. 
If I go into Page Set-up, I find that it keeps reverting to 2885%? So 
it's my letter heading!


On 22 nov. 06, at 15:52, Al Poulin wrote:

>
> On Nov 21, 2006, at 10:32 AM, Keith Mills wrote:
>>
>
>> I have told you before that, with me, you are dealing with a bear of 
>> little brain! Please advise on exactly what I must do - before I do 
>> something stupid.
>>
>> I have found "Pacifist" but not yet downloaded it. I take they will 
>> want my $20 before I can use it. I take that my Instal disk will have 
>> to be in for it to work.
>>>> don't forget to repair priviliges(sp)
>>>> with DU. HTHs
>> Please explain the above.
>> If someone can explain what I need to do in ABC terms, I shall be so 
>> grateful.
>
> Sorry, I helped in pointed to Pacifist in a round-about way.  But I 
> have never had to use it.
>
> As for the Repair Permissions business, this is something that you 
> should routinely do, every month or so, and before and after 
> installing software.  Launch Disk Utility, select your hard drive or 
> volume in the left column, click on the Repair Permissions button in 
> the lower left corner.  This might take five or ten minutes to run.  
> This process ensures that the OS knows that certain files are sitting 
> where they are supposed to be.
>
> Al Poulin
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