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In article <stephen-0711981304080001@adalia.demon.co.uk>,
stephen@adalia.dimwit.demon.co.uk (Steve Bamber) wrote:

>In article <1di365z.1jx1urx1zuqeqN@p37.nas1.is4.u-net.net>,
>real-address-in-sig@flur.bltigibbet (Rebecca and Rowland) wrote:
>
>> Terry Bishop <terry@edgy.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> > Having taken the plunge and done a clean install of OS 8.5, plus a clean
>> > install of MS Office (not 98), MSWord 6.1 hangs on opening at the splash
>> > screen. Happens with/without extensions. OK when I revert to OS 8.0. All
>> > other Office components and about 15 other apps OK.
>> 
>> If it helps, I have several versions of MS Word, none of which work on
>> my 475 running 7.6.1; the only application I used that failed to make
>> the transition from 7.1 to 7.6 was compiled by a Microsoft compiler.
>> 
>> I do have MacWrite and MacPaint on my 475, both of which get gawped at
>> every now and then - there's no reason for old applications to break
>> with a new OS if they've been written properly.
>> 
>> Rowland.
>
>My weekly e-mail from the Download.com site mentions a Microsoft Office
>update for 8.5. I don't use Word myself, but you might check out either
>download.com or the microsoft site.

I think the MS update is for Office/Word 98, not v6.0.1 which I have.
However, having waded though tons of stuff at http://www.macfixit.com/ I
spotted two reports. The first blamed OS 8.5 for installing an older
version of the Microsoft Component Library file (v2.22 rather than v2.24).
This appears to be true, but didn't help.

The second report suggested that a corrupted font might be the problem and,
sure enough, selective removal and replacement seems to have done the
trick.

I must say, I'm impressed by speed improvements across the board, and
Sherlock is truly remarkable for searching local volumes and the
Internet....