Microsoft Office Forums

Go Back   Microsoft Office Forums > >

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 01-27-2011, 06:31 AM
NepalKat NepalKat is offline Resetting to MSWord to default Mac OS X Resetting to MSWord to default Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
Novice
Resetting to MSWord to default
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 3
NepalKat is on a distinguished road
Default Resetting to MSWord to default

Good People:

I have MS Office for Mac. I use MSWord every day. It's gotten so glitchy and many of my favorite features have either disappeared or no longer function as they should. Someone told me the best way to correct this problem is to return Word to all it default settings at once by . . . . doing something; I forget what. Doing that will take Word back to the configuration of settings it was originally installed with, but it will wipe out any customized tweaks & tricks I have made over the last several years. I don't really care about that, I want to change many of them anyway, so that is not a concern. What does concern me, however, is my document files. I'm told resetting Word won't effect them in any way, and I'm fairly sure it doesn't (but would welcome expert confirmation of same). Secondly, I can't find any command for resetting the program to its defaults; does anyone know what that command is and where I can find it.



Any and all comments & advice will be greatly appreciated and earn you much merit in the eyes of the Buddha.

NepalKat
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 01-27-2011, 06:59 AM
YooNaa Kim's Avatar
YooNaa Kim YooNaa Kim is offline Resetting to MSWord to default Windows XP Resetting to MSWord to default Office 2007
Novice
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Soul
Posts: 20
YooNaa Kim is on a distinguished road
Default

Did you try,
Damaged Preferences and Settings

Preferences or Settings files can become damaged, causing a variety of problems. Fortunately these files are easy to test, but they change locations and names depending on your version of Word.
Procedure

  1. Quit all Office applications.
  2. Navigate to your ~/Library/Preferences/ folder and drag the file(s) listed below to your desktop. Be sure to start from your UserName folder— ~ is shorthand for your user account.
  3. Relaunch Word. The file(s) will be recreated when you do so.
  4. If all is well, trash the old file(s). In the case of the Word Preferences/Settings file, you will have to reset some preferences (and, for versions earlier than Word 2008, the AutoCorrect settings).
  5. If this doesn't help, quit Word again, trash the new files and drag the original files back to where they belong. If using Word 2008, look for leftover preferences from earlier versions (see below). Then see the Troubleshooting Index for other suggestions.
  6. Files to Test

    Since the Word Preferences or Settings files are more likely to cause problems in Word than any of the others, we recommend testing those files (the first file on each of the lists above) before any of the others.
    Note: ~ indicates your user home account.
    In Word 2008:
    ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.Word.plist
    ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.office.plist
    ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008/Office Font Cache (12) [See Font Problems: A Special Case below.]
    If testing these files in Word 2008 did not fix the problem, then check to see if you have leftover preferences from Word 2004 or earlier versions. The directions for 2004 are directly below—for earlier versions, see #1 on the Word 2008 webpage.
    In Word 2004:
    ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/com.microsoft.Word.prefs.plist
    ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/com.microsoft.Office.prefs.plist
    ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office Font Cache (11) [See Font Problems: A Special Case below.]
    In Word X:
    ~/Library/Preferences /Microsoft/Word Settings (10)
    ~/Library/Preferences /Microsoft/Microsoft Component Preferences
    ~/Library/Preferences /Microsoft/Microsoft Office Settings (10)
    ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Carbon Registration Database
    ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office Font Cache (10) [See Font Problems: A Special Case below.]
Another suggestion, with photos, you can find here: http://helpdesk.wisc.edu/wiscmail/page.php?id=10168

I hope you will succeed!
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 01-27-2011, 07:29 AM
atrivedi atrivedi is offline Resetting to MSWord to default Windows 7 Resetting to MSWord to default Office 2010 (Version 14.0)
Advanced Beginner
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 37
atrivedi is on a distinguished road
Default Reset MS Word to Default

Hello.

Please see the link below for specified directions to reset your Microsoft Word settings to the default settings.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822005
Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
default settings, msword for mac, word defaults

Thread Tools
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Resetting to MSWord to default Saving to Desktop from MSWord greeninmexico Word 1 01-05-2011 08:30 PM
msword 2007/windows 7 redmoxie Office 0 11-13-2010 02:36 PM
msword email merge doc as pdf pablo Isl Mail Merge 3 06-09-2010 07:38 AM
Print copies not resetting? denisep98 Word 0 09-14-2009 08:16 AM
Resetting to Default State not working carlgrossman Word 0 08-02-2008 01:31 AM

Other Forums: Access Forums

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 03:05 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
MSOfficeForums.com is not affiliated with Microsoft