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Microsoft Word is a part of the Microsoft Office for Windows. It's a good idea to know which version of Office you're dealing with when searching for solutions to problems because their interfaces are different in some ways.

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This procedure uses the Microsoft Office Document Image Writer print driver to save your document as a TIFF file. The Microsoft Office Document Image Writer print driver is a component of the Microsoft Office Document Imaging program and is installed with your Office program.

  1. Open the document you want to send.
  2. On the File menu, click Print.
  3. In the Name list in the Print dialog box, click Microsoft Office Document Image Writer.
  4. Click Properties.
  5. In the Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
  6. Under Output format, select the TIFF - Monochrome Fax option, and then click OK.
  7. In the Print dialog box, click OK.
  8. In the Save as dialog box, select the View Document Image check box, and any additional options you want, and then click OK.
  9. Make any changes you want to the document in Microsoft Office Document Imaging.

Opening .pages Files

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  1. Make sure the filename does not contain the the text "where"  e.g.  where, anywhere, elsewhere ..
  2. Make sure the column names do not contain "where".

Normal.dotm (On Mac Versions)

Microsoft Word for Mac may "seize up" or refuse to allow an document to be saved.  This is typically a problem with the normal.dotm file.  To solve this issue, this file must be removed - the file will automatically be recreated the next time Work is launched.

  1. If Word will not allow the file to be saved at all, backup the text of the document to TextEdit.
    1. Open Finder
    2. Click Go
    3. Click Applications
    4. Click TextEdit
    5. Switch back to the Word Document
    6. Copy all of the text of the document
    7. Switch to TextEdit
    8. Paste the text into TextEdit
    9. Save the TextEdit document
            
  2. Lion users must first run the following script in order to unhide the library folder
    1. From Finder
    2. Click Go
    3. Click Utilities
    4. Click Terminal
    5. Type the following:  chflags nohidden ~\library
    6. Hit enter
    7. The script will run instantaneously.
    8. Exit Terminal
          
  3. Delete the normal.dotm file at:
    hard disk \ users \ username \ library \ application support \ Microsoft \ Office