Insert Object doesn't show installed types

[Joe]

I reinstalled Office X and then installed the updates:
- Office X 10.1.2 Update
- Office X 10.1.4 Update
- Office X 10.1.5 Update
in sequence checking after each update (using Word) to see
if I could insert an equation from "Equation Editor" after
the initial install and each update (except 10.1.4) I
couldn't insert an equation. While Equaiton Editor no
longer crashes (my last message "Equation Editor 10.0.0
crashes upon launch") I still can't use Equation Editor the
way it is supposed to work.
I can:
- launch Equation Editor by finding it in the folder
Applications:Microsoft Office X:Office: and double-clicking
on it
- copy an equation from Equation Editor and paste the
equation in either Word or PowerPoint
- double-click on the equation and have it appear in
Equation Editor ready to be changed

I just can't use "Insert -> Object..." to create an
equation. The only Object I can insert in a "Microsoft
Excel Chart"

What's broken now?

 

[Jim Gordon]

Hi Joe,

Try using Disk Utility First Aid to repair permissions.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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[Joe]

Did the repair permissions...made no difference.

Word & PowerPoint still don't recognize the existence of
Equation Editor or any object other than an Excel Chart.

So I tried this...

I deleted "~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Carbon
Registration Database" (because it has cleared up other
problems in the past). For the next launch of Word or
Powerpoint, the Insert -> Object shows all the possible
objects but quit Word or Powerpoint and relaunch either and
the object list is completely empty! Opening an existing
document containg an equation and double-clicking on the
equation results in the dialog box:

Word cannot edit the Equation 3.

Delete the C.R.D. and the object list reappears. As does
the ability to edit an equation.

Do I have to resort to deleting the C.R.D. each time I
launch any of the Office X products just so they'll work
the way they are supposed to?

 

[Jim Gordon]

Hi

I usually go ballistic and delete all of the Microsoft plist files and the
entire Microsoft folder when I want to make sure I got rid of the
preferences. All office applications have to be closed when you do this, and
you have to empty the trash before you open any office application.

I also go to the Login panel and remove any Microsoft daemons there, and
when I am in stubborn mood then I reboot before trying to start any office
apps.

Of course doing these things gets rid of my customizations.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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[Joe]

I deleted all the Mictosoft "settings files".
It made no difference!!

There are no Microsoft products in the Login panel.

What now?

 

[J.E. McGimpsey]

Of course doing these things gets rid of my customizations.

That's why I do *all* my customizations via VBA in add-ins called by
the Personal Macro Workbook. They set all my preferences, toolbars,
menus, VBA windows, etc. They also provide event handlers for
removing automatic hyperlinks, and setting window size and zoom when
a workbook opens.

Makes deleting the prefs files painless.

 

[J.E. McGimpsey]

That's why I do *all* my customizations via VBA in add-ins called by
the Personal Macro Workbook. They set all my preferences, toolbars,
menus, VBA windows, etc. They also provide event handlers for
removing automatic hyperlinks, and setting window size and zoom when
a workbook opens.

Makes deleting the prefs files painless.

Should have mentioned that I do the same thing for Word with global
templates.