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This article lists the problems in Word version 6.0 for the Macintosh that are corrected in the Word 6.0.1 for the Macintosh upgrade. If you are experiencing one of the problems listed below, you should obtain Word 6.0.1.
This article is divided into the following sections:
To obtain Word 6.0.1, call the Microsoft Order Desk at (800) 360-7561 and request Word version 6.0.1 for Macintosh. If you are outside the United States, contact your local subsidiary. To locate your subsidiary, see the Microsoft World Wide Offices Web site at:
http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/default.htm
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Word 6.0.1 loads faster than Word 6.0 by a range of 10-50 percent. The exact difference depends on the machine and the number of fonts installed.
Changes to way the fonts are handled have improved boot time on systems with these fonts loaded.
The improvements in font handling mean Word will no longer crash on start- up if a bad font is in the system.
Performance is now par with 5.1.
Fast typists could lose keystrokes when typing on older machines. Users can no longer "out-type" Word.
Decreased the time it takes by making some changes to repagination.
The extra time was used drawing the bullet symbol. We now preload the bullet.
Now WYSIWYG Menus from Now Software does not work as expected in Word 6.0. With Word's Font MRU (Most Recently Used) option turned on, which is on by default, WYSIWYG Menus is not able to display the font names in their typeface in the font list. The workaround is to turn off Word's Font MRU option, allowing WYSIWYG to display the font names in the appropriate typeface. Word 6.0.1 recognizes if Now WYSIWYG Menus is installed and automatically turns off the MRU list.
The font drop-down menu does not display the correct font. It displays the font above the correct font. The MS LineDraw font was corrupt. It's been replaced.
Rather than substituting with the appropriate font, Word 6.0 substitutes with the default font. This is a problem in ATM. It's fixed in the new 3.8.2 version of ATM. Word also put in a workaround for earlier versions of ATM.
Word 6.0 crashes when you save a document and Super Boomerang is installed on the system.
Word 6.0 fails to print to MacComCenter fax driver.
When using the NoChooser Control Panel that ships with Delrina's FaxPro for Macintosh, Word prints the file to the screen instead of to the fax driver.
Pointer oscillates between an I-beam (or Arrow) and Watch cursor when SuperATM is installed.
In Word 6.0, SAM Intercept throws up a "Suspicious Activity Alert" when saving a document with Fast Save disabled.
Word 6.0 may crash when you click on the ruler or manipulate the toolbar buttons on a computer that has a Mobius Nubus card.
Word 6.0 appears to hang (though it does not actually hang) when you use Preview in the Insert Picture dialog box.
When you print using Best Quality mode, and then try to change the quality mode, Faster Quality is not available.
Best Quality and Faster Quality printing modes produce the same output. Printouts look the same when printed with either selection. Word 6.0.1 now shows a definite difference in the two qualities.
A file that was saved under a QuickDraw GX and a non-QuickDraw GX environment (causing both GX and non-GX print records in the document) could cause Print Preview to hang. This has been fixed in 6.0.1.
When you print from Word to a QuickDraw printer or Portable Digital Document printer from a Macintosh running QuickDraw GX, paragraph shading, table shading, and OLE objects do not appear on the printout.
Envelopes print in portrait orientation after you choose landscape orientation.
Paper is pulled from the paper cassette rather than the envelope pulling from the multi-purpose tray. This is fixed in 6.0.1.
When printing from the Envelope dialog box, Word 6.0 will only print one copy of the envelope even if you selected multiple copies in the print dialog box. Word can now print multiple copies of an envelope.
The envelope is inserted as Portrait, but the envelope prints as Landscape. Word now sets the feed method correctly for this printer.
Only one graphic prints and print previews because Word looks only at the first six letters of the filename.
The Return and Destination addresses overlap, causing lines to be truncated on the LaserWriter Select (or Personal LaserWriter) 300.
Envelopes printed from Tools/Envelopes to the HP LaserJet 3si or 4si MX to the manual feed tray are truncated. The printer assumes that it's a letter- sized page and prints the return address off the edge of the envelope. The workaround for this problem is described in the Read Me file that ships with Word 6.0.1.
The first time you print an envelope in the Word session to the LW600/630 with the envelope feeder, Word gives a false error message: "The margins of Section 1 are set outside the printable area of the page. Do you want to continue?" This only occurs the first time in the Word session that the Envelope tool is used. This is fixed in 6.0.1.
Word 6.0 defaults to the Chicago font for draft viewing. Word 6.0.1 defaults to the Monaco font. Version 6.0.1 also allows you to change the default draft font. To change the default font, follow these steps:
1. Run the ToolsAdvancedSettings macro.
2. Select Microsoft Word as the category.
3. Type "DraftFont" (without the quotation marks) in the Option box.
NOTE: There is no space in "DraftFont".
5. Choose Set. Choose OK.
6. Restart Word.
To use the Draft Font for viewing, you must be in normal view and then turn on Draft Font in Tools/Options/View.
Dotted leader tabs don't print the full tab width in 6.0. They print correctly in 6.0.1.
Uppercase letters with accents lose the accent when they appear in a table. In Word 6.0.1, fonts that are greater than 12 points work fine, though problems may still occur with smaller fonts.
When saving as Text With Line Breaks, Word inserts unwanted linefeeds at the location of section breaks. Text Only With Line Breaks now acts just like Word 5.1 for the Macintosh, and no linefeeds are inserted.
There are two problems that have been fixed relating to the COMMAND+ OPTION+PLUS SIGN function. Inside dialog boxes, while in COMMAND+ OPTION+PLUS SIGN mode, moving the mouse causes the cursor to change back to an arrow pointer. Also, the menu does not flash to indicate that a command was just added to that specific menu. Both of these problems are fixed in 6.0.1.
Word 5.1 print merge documents that have a conditional with a value containing a number cause an error when converted and used in Word 6.0. Word now handles this case.
The keypad directional keys and SHIFT+RETURN (Insert Linebreak) keystrokes were not mapped correctly when merging the Word 5.1 setting files into Word 6.0.
A class of Word 5.1 documents that have bad page numbers will not print in Word 6.0. Some of these files seem to have been created in another application with a file converter. They print correctly in 6.0.1.
When a Word 5.x document containing one or more range index entries that span two or more pages is opened into Word 6.0 and updated, only the first page of the original index entry range appears in the updated index. This is fixed in 6.0.1.
6.0.1 now works around this and opens the files despite the corruption.
The right field bracket is placed inside the closing parenthesis of the expression, rather than outside the closing parenthesis, so Word 6.0 gives an error for the expression.
This problem is caused by corrupt font information in the file. Word 6.0.1 works around this.
When using a Mail Merge document from Word 5.x, a separate header file will be ignored and the field entries from the first data record in the data document are substituted as field names. This is fixed in 6.0.1.
The "start at" page number is lost when opening Word 5.x documents. This is now converted correctly.
When an ".i." code and a ".c." appear next to each other, the one that precedes the other makes the following entry disappear. Word now converts 5.1 index entries correctly.
Word now displays more shortcut keys on the menus.
This macro remaps shortcut keys to Word 5.1 shortcuts. The macro is available in the 5.1 Upgrade Template found in the Macros folder.
When you copy text from Word 6.0 and try to paste it in Word 5.1, you may not be able to select the paste option or use COMMAND+V, or the text may paste without formatting. This is now fixed in 6.0.1.
Saving a file as a Word 5.1 document left the file with a W6BN file type, which is used by Word 6.0 documents. The file now gets a WDBN file type, which is used by Word 4.0 and 5.x, so other applications can recognize the file type.
Num Lock is now on by default, as it was in Word 5.1.
If a range entry ends right after a page break, the range entry is lost. In Word 6.0.1, the range entry is retained.
The problem happened with files that were created by another application with a converter. We now work around the bad information in the file.
No Message Displayed If File Already in Use by Macintosh User over a Network
The OLE libraries were updated to fix this problem.
A bookmark in the Wizard is missing. This causes problems for users who choose the "Does your paper have a pre-printed border on it?" option. This problem is fixed in 6.0.1.
Section start formatting is now applied to the correct section.
In low memory conditions, values for a list box were lost. We now handle this case using the last values if the current ones aren't available.
Word now repaginates even if a font in a document is no longer on the machine it was opened on.
Word crashes if you type a space after the name of the AutoText entry before pressing COMMAND+OPTION+V in the Envelope tab. Word 6.0.1 now inserts the entry if there is no space, or displays an error message.
Word 6.0.1 has an added "lttr" file type that Word understands.
Word 6.0 generates an error and is unable to open AOCE mail attachments that have been sent through Apple's PowerTalk and the Star*Nine QuickMail gateway. This problem is fixed in 6.0.1.
If you choose "About Microsoft Word" from the Apple menu, the text now tells whether Word for the Macintosh or Word the Power Macintosh is running.
The Word splash screen now tells users whether they are running the version of Word for the Macintosh or the Power Macintosh.
The routing problem was corrected in 6.0.1 by no longer storing the resolved user name.
This problem was corrected in 6.0.1.
When you press the HELP key while your insertion point is in certain fields, the Help Contents screen is displayed instead of context-specific Help.
Word 6.0.1 keeps information about paragraph heights and page layout in memory longer. This speeds up Word in some scenarios.
Get Info now shows the new version number.
An AutoText entry is missing in the Award Wizard. This was corrected in 6.0.1.
"Command+." has replaced "Escape" in the Word's message strings. Both "Command+." and "Escape" work to cancel the action.
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Version : MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1
Platform : MACINTOSHLast Reviewed: June 27, 1998