[tether]

Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac - OS9.2
(imac G4 in case it makes any difference)

Would appreciate any input on my prob: the drop down menus in Microsoft Word for Mac are not working - if you scroll over/click on a menu - eg. File, Edit, etc the menu below doesnt appear (except for the Font one). I've reloaded Microsoft Office, and the operating system - with the same exact problem. any ideas?

many thanks.

[theolein]

This belongs in the classic section, I think.

Apart from that, I can't imagine what the problem might be, but it seems to be an Office problem rather than a System problem. Since you've reinstalled the System and Office, it is probably not a problem with either. This leaves me thinking that it might be a special System extension that is in conflict with Office.

Some questions:

Have you disabled some of the extensions that Office installs?

Have you installed some extras from other programmes or hardware?

Have you removed some of the Office or System components?

[CharlesS]

Originally posted by theolein:
This belongs in the classic section, I think.

There is no Classic section.

Anyway, have you tried trashing Word's preference files? That sometimes solves strange problems with Word, as that app seems to like to corrupt its prefs a lot.

[tether]

thanks for advice.
theolein - the first and third, no; the second, no, not that i remember. I'll try trashing Word's preference files, see if that does the trick. (not on the machine at mo.)

[TimmyDee51]

Trashing the preference files will definitely do the trick. I've seen this happen many times.