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is mac office 2004 really stable
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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hi there. im considering getting office 2004 and was wondering if it's truely more stable than the previous version for osx?
what about bugs , does it have a lot?
i also run office xp on pc side and its always been stable.
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Senior User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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Stable? Yes, it's stable, reasonably. Sometimes opening files makes the apps quit for no apparent reason, but it always now asks you to send the bug reports to MS, which is nice if they read and take note!
Basically for the moment I'd say update if you need any of the new features, otherwise stay with v.X if it is working fine for you and wait until we've had a free update or two to 2004 to improve stability a bit.
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Moderator  Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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I keep it open pretty constantly and it has not frozed or quit once.
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"And after we are through, ten years in making it to be the most of glorious debuts."
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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I think it's way better/stable than v. X...
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: I sent hundreds of followers to their deaths. Then I cut and ran. Now I'm livin' large somewhere in Najaf.
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better and more stable for me than v.X.
but entourage's bug about not sending secure smtp is really bugging me.
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You heard me! Sod off, Sadr!
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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I'm in Excel all day, every day. Been using 2004 for about 3 weeks. It has unexpectedly quit almost every day since upgrading, and most days it's done it multiple times. To its credit, it has adequately recovered the files that were open every time. Stable? Not yet, for me.
More annoying than the crashes is that preferences refuse to stick. Toolbars keep resetting to default as do several other preferences that I've set.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Seattle
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Originally posted by FXOLeary:
I'm in Excel all day, every day. Been using 2004 for about 3 weeks. It has unexpectedly quit almost every day since upgrading, and most days it's done it multiple times. To its credit, it has adequately recovered the files that were open every time. Stable? Not yet, for me.
More annoying than the crashes is that preferences refuse to stick. Toolbars keep resetting to default as do several other preferences that I've set.
Try deleting the Excel preferences. I believe that will solve your problem.
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Admin Emeritus  Join Date: Oct 1999
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I've found MS Office on OS X to be completely stable, save for one thing: sensitivity to corrupted fonts. Anyone having stability problems should revert to the OS-included fonts, test it that way, and then add the other fonts in one at a time to see which one(s) causes the problem.
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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It crashes on me about once a week. v. X never had crashed on me.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Hampton Roads, VA
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I only use Word, but it's been pretty stable since I upgraded from v.X. Although the transparent menus are pretty lame (and completely inconsistent).
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