themes causing word to crash

[brandonlp]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC

Office 2008 12.1.1 is having major issues with the 'Document Theme' functionality on my computer. Basically, if I open Word to a new blank document, expand the 'Document Theme' area of the Formatting Palette, and attempt to select a different item from the 'Colors' pull-down menu, Word crashes. Consistently. Over and over again.

I tried trashing the Office-related prefs files from both ~/Library/Preferences and /Library/Preferences (including the 'Microsoft' folder), as well as trashing the ~/Library/Application\ Data/Microsoft folder with no resolution.

The machine I am trying this on is as follows:

OS: 10.5.3
Architecture: PPC
Model: PowerBook G4 15" 1.67

I also tried replicating this on a different machine.. one with an Intel processor.. and the problem did not exist.

Any ideas?

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Brandon -

I've not experienced this nor have I seen any reports of such a problem. Try
quitting any programs, repair disk permissions & restart your Mac. If that
makes no difference come back for more exploration.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac