File>Print enables you to select a printer.
The "Print" icon on the toolbar sends a single copy of the document to "The
last printer used".
The last printer used is stored in EACH document.
If you use File>Print... In a document, and then SAVE the document, the
print icon should work in that document next time.
If it doesn't then you have corrupt preferences that are not saving
correctly. Are you on a network? If your network login script is
replacing, or preventing writing to, your preferences, you cannot cure this
problem.
If you think you have corrupt preferences, do the full Scorched Earth fix.
Note: You have to carry out all of these steps in sequence: don't assume
that because you have already done a step you don't need to do it this time:
if the problem is corrupt templates, they will re-corrupt each time Word
starts until you fix the root cause. Although, the old files should no
longer be present this time
This is the "Scorched Earth" fix. Whatever it is, if it's caused by Office,
this should fix it.
You need to do a full "Remove and Replace". Installing has no effect at all
unless you first remove.
1) Track down all instances of pre-2008 Normal template on your computer,
and drag them to your desktop. The file is called simply "Normal" and has
no extension.
2) Run the Remove Office tool from
</Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Additional Tools/Remove Office>
3) Find and delete the file Normal.dotm. Unless you have moved it, it
should be in
~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/
4) If the following files exist, Remove or rename them:
~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Word Settings (10)
~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Word Settings (11)
~/Library/Preferences/com.Microsoft.Word.plist
~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008 (the whole folder!)
5) Ensure that your copy of OS X is right up-to-date with the latest patches
issued by Apple. Run Software Update until it finds nothing!
6) Now insert the CD and install Office 2008.
7) Then Repair Permissions with Disk Utility.
8) Now start Font Book and "Resolve Duplicates". Office installs some later
versions of fonts already in place: you must get the duplicates out, or Word
will crash.
9) Then re-install or reapply the 12.2.0 and 12.2.3 and 12.2.4 updates, in
that order.
10) Repair permissions again.
11) Now shut down, wait for the power to go off, then re-start. This fires
the Unix clean-up scripts.
Now, if this doesn't fix it, I need a lot more information about your
printer. I am wondering whether the printer is "moving around" somehow:
maybe as a result of a dynamic IP address?
Cheers
Hi John,
File, print: prints.
Printer icon: "cant find printer" in all of Office applications.
I have erased, downloaded from scratch and reinstalled the printer driver.
Worked for a day, then stopped working.
Repaired disk permissions. Did not work.
Erased, reinstalled Office, downloaded most recent updates: Worked for a day,
then stopped working,
Manually erased Office, as instructed by Microsoft Support, reinstalled Office
and downloaded updates: Worked for a day, then stopped working.
Deleted the files you indicated such as:
~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Word Settings (10)
~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Word Settings (11)
and repaired disk permissions. Did not work.
Logged in as a new user: Did not work.
The problems occurs with all Office applications and with all files, old and
new.
I have tried a new template in Word. Did not work.
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