Microsoft Office components, I think Word especially in older versions, would not release RAM even when the program was quit. I too used Word 5.1 with PM, and had many problems seemingly with PM. Word 6 doesn't seem to crash PM.
on 2/13/03 10:15 PM, Tom Baker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have both PageMaker 6.5, 7.0, and the latest version of InDesign (2.0.2). > For most things I find PageMaker to be a much a quicker, simpler, and more > intuitive program to use than InDesign. However for a long time PageMaker > (either version) would go crazy on me at unpredictable times, and then it > would do such things as show distorted pages or refuse to zoom in or out. > After much frustration I figured out the cause, on my Mac anyway: it was > Microsoft Word 5.1. If I ran Word 5.1 anytime during a computing session, > and then opened any version of PageMaker, then PageMaker went nuts. I could > fix it by restarting the Mac and avoiding Word until I was done with > PageMaker. In newsgroups, other people confirmed my finding, but no one was > ever able to offer an explanation for it. I ended up trashing Word 5.1 and > upgrading to Word 8 (if I must use Word to open some old Word document on > my hard drive), and the problem disappeared. > > If you don't have Word 5 on your computer, then maybe some other program is > affecting it the same way. Keep track of which programs you use (even if > you quit them) before you open PageMaker and you might begin to see a > pattern. > > Good luck, > > Tom -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
