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Microsoft Office 2004 11.5.5 (Mac OS X)

Option key for accent problem  

My problem is not limited to version 11.5.5, but goes back over a year and to earlier versions of Office Word 2004. I have found a few others with the same problem, notably gmartin on this site. I type in French. To create an accented character I hit the option key and the letter to be accented. 99% of the time no problem, but once in a long while (and then pretty consistently over a period of days or weeks) Word freezes when I do this. Can't save. If I go to the Finder, can't get back into Word. Must Force Quit and lose recent changes. All other applications fine. This is unspeakably annoying, and clearly others DO have the problem, is there no solution? Gmartin, have you found one? I should add that I have changed computers and keyboards during this time and have clean reinstalled Office 2004. MacBook Pro, OSX 10.5.7. Many thanks for any suggestions! [alert admin]

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Monday, June 15 2009 @ 07:43 AM PDT

11.5.2 ... installed but keyboard problem (option key)  

Hi gmartin5! I replied to you last December to say I have the same problem, and posted a new comment today saying I still have the problem with version 11.5.5. Have you found a solution? I've tried everything, emptying caches, deleting preference files, nothing works, and it's a royal pain. What's curious is that I will go months with no problem using the option key/letter combo to make accented characters, and then there'll be a…

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Monday, June 15 2009 @ 07:54 AM PDT

11.5.2 ... installed but keyboard problem (option key)  

I have OS X version 10.5.4 with Office 2004 11.5.3, and have exactly the same problem. Same problem with version 11.5.2, that I was using this summer: I type in French, so am hitting option-e-e constantly. 99% of the time no problem; then I hit what I call "the Bermuda Triangle": I type the key combination, Word freezes, can't Save, can't Quit, can't get back into Word if I click on the Finder or another…

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Tuesday, December 23 2008 @ 08:11 AM PST