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Subject:Re: Office98 and Powerbook From:AlQuin <cbon -at- WXS -dot- NL> Date:Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:38:11 +0100
On 25-11-1998 17:01 bj wrote:
>Yes, I gave it about twice the RAM required (it was the first thing I
>thought of,
>since none of the applications seem to specify enough RAM to actually
>operate at
>any level of efficiency). It's a G3 running 8.1.
>
>BJ
>
>AlQuin wrote:
>
>> On 25-11-1998 03:55 bj wrote:
>>
>> >I recently bought a Powerbook and Office98 to go with it. I only bought
the
>> >Office product so I could get Word and be able to work from home. Hah!
>> >
>> >When I try to save a file, the whole thing locks up on me. I'm told there
>is
>> >some kind of a patch I need, but I couldn't find anything about it on the
>> >website. Anybody got any clues to what's wrong.
>> >
>> >I'm sitting here with a bunch of files that I dare not work on, since I
>might
>> >not be able to save what I've done.
...or did you rename your startup disk or some default folder after the
installation (of Office) ?
Another guess. Name it back...
Kees de Bondt
AlQuin
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