Microsoft word not responding mac el capitan

Causing it to crash and burn on first attempt at opening. Some people have reported that if you try again that it will open second time around.

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Or possibly Apple's Pages. I'd Try LibreOffice.

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You can Export as. Information given above is given as possible substitutes while Corrections are made in El Capitan and Office and In no way are they intended as possible permanent replacements.

Although, people might decide to. At the moment Neo Office is my escape, but I hope it will be fixed soon.

Did anyone downgrade to Yosemite to solve this? Or is it expected that there will be a fix soon? Here are the instructions:.

Update Mac OS X. Open the App store and click on the Updates button. Install the updates. Let AutoUpdate install updates.

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If you still have crashes after updating, start a new question specific to your application's crash. Include the update levels of Mac OS and Office that you have and the steps you took that led up to the crash. Also describe any troubleshooting steps you have already taken so that people don't tell you to do what you have already done. Skip to main content.

Site Feedback. Tell us about your experience with our site. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question MaureenSerafini Replied on October 3, Thanks for marking this as the answer. I'm a teacher so everything I do is though words. For years my computer has been fine until the El Capitan upgrade.

Now I can't open or save anything to words. I keep getting a message that says this. What do I do to fix it? All my lesson plans are in Word. I also have this disk just sitting on my screen and I dont know what its for? It appeared after the update. Posted on May 1, 8: Page content loaded. May 1, 8: That disk is your hard drive.

If you don't want it to appear on your desktop, open Finder Preferences and uncheck "Hard disks" in the General tab. As for your issues opening files in Word, did you make sure that your version of Word was compatible with El Capitan before you upgraded? That should always be the first thing you do, after backing up your system, before upgrading. Also, is the file name of what you're trying to open acceptable? Meaning, does it fit Word's rules for what file names are supposed to contain?

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Thanks for your help Pinkstones. I took care of the hard drive. So what can I do to fix this? Can I undo the update or do I have to purchase a newer version of words or something?

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Oh, I guess I should mention I have Microsoft Thanks again for your help. May 1, 9: This is what appears to be the newest update for Office I would run it if you haven't already done so. I'm guessing I need to get right? I think that works with OS X You don't need to buy I use Office still with no issues.