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From: holey@cs.umn.edu (J. Andrew Holey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: MS Word 4.0 freezing -- HELP!!
Message-ID: <1990Oct5.194930.16116@cs.umn.edu>
Date: 5 Oct 90 19:49:30 GMT
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Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
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nagel@wintermute.ics.uci.edu (Mark Nagel) writes:

>I am having a very strange problem with Microsoft Word 4.0 and after
>trying everything I know, I thought I'd turn to the collective
>wisdom of the net to hopefully find a solution.

I have had the same problem as described below.

>Background: I have a Mac 512Ke with a Dove 548S (2M) upgrade.  I run
>System 6.04 usually have a smattering of INITs.  MS Word is version
>4.0 (not a or b).

I have a Mac II with 5Mb, running system 6.0, MS Word version 4.0.

> ....  That behavior is, more precisely, that
>sometime soon after starting Word, usually after selecting a menu
>command, the screen locks up, but the mouse still moves normally.
>Nothing breaks out of this (apparently) tight loop, ....

I have noted the bahavior when I am changing style characteristics
using <command>-<alt>- key combinations.  Sometimes if I hit an
invalid key combination it freezes.  If I've neglected to save
recently, I become extremely frustrated.

I asked a local Mac guru who suggested it might be my screen saver
(Moire).  He told me to remove it, which I haven't, but I haven't had
the problem since either.

--Andy Holey
holey@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu
University of Minnesota
Computer Science Department