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>From: "Kathy Marshall Pederson" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum"    <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re:      #5350 JLK and MS Word '98 woes
>Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 13:13:38 -0600

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At Wheaton College we've been experiencing the same problem.  We get no help
from microsoft (so what else is new?).  Has anyone successfully loaded
proofing tools AND got them to work without reverting back to English tools.

Hope to hear some good news soon!


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Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 3:55 PM
Subject: #5350 JLK and MS Word '98 woes
A> >Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:56:05 -0400
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> >From: Samantha Earp <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: JLK and MS Word '98 woes
>
> Dear listeros:
>
> We're having a problem with JLK that's driving us nuts.  I've looked on
the
> Apple Tech Info site and in the LLTI archives but have only one puny lead.
> Any ideas?
>
> We're running OS 8.1 (higher versions don't support PC compatibility
cards,
> which we need to keep) and recently put on JLK 1.2.
>
> Since the installation, we have started having strange crashes in Word
'98.
> Most of the time, these are related to use of the proofing tools and take
> one of several forms (in order of frequency):
>
> (1) When we open a document, set the language and try to spell-check, Word
> shuts down with a type 2 system error.
>
> (2) We open a document, set the language, and then try to spell-check, but
> nothing happens, even though there are spelling errors in the document.
> When we go back to check the language settings, our previous language
> setting has been lost and the document is set for the default language.
>
> (3) We launch Word, and start to type in the new document window, and word
> shuts down with a type 2 system error.
>
> The only possible lead I have at this point is that there may be a
conflict
> between the JLK extensions and certain LaserWriter printer extensions.
But
> we don't have the LW extensions of the version mentioned, and the problem
> is specific to Word, rather than being system-wide.
>
> Help!
>
> Samantha
>
>
> Samantha Earp
> Languages & Culture Studies
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