Apple Leopard Spaces and PowerPoint 2004
I've tried several more things to make it so that PowerPoint doesn't tell me that the file I have open on the server is in use (by me) and so I have to save with another name.
1. I tried making sure that there was no Finder window open showing the file. Then PowerPoint said the file was in use, but only once. When I saved it as another name, and kept using it for another hour, including having the computer go to sleep in the middle, it was fine.
2. I've now moved Word, PowerPoint, and Excel to Space 1. PowerPoint didn't tell me the file I had open was in use, but every time I saved the file, it switched to Space 2, where I had a Finder window open showing the file. Then, when I quit PowerPoint, it thought it had crashed and asked if I wanted to send a report to Apple.
It's possible that the Microsoft Office 2004 suite works well with Leopard if you don't use Spaces. But if you do use spaces, expect to have lots of problems with Office. Very frustrating.
Posted: December 20, 2007 10:12 am by Kimberly Brookes | 0 comments
Tags: Apple Spaces, Mac Leopard OS, Microsoft Office 2004