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officeistheworst
May 27, 2021Copper Contributor
Word will not open on my Mac
Word has decided it doesn't want to open anymore, perhaps it is depressed. When I click it, or choose a file and right click "open with>>Microsoft word" the icon bounces for about 5 minutes, and then...
NikolinoDE
Jun 02, 2021Platinum Contributor
Is it always the same file? ... Which does not open.
Have all of the Office and operating system, updates been carried out?
Does Word start in a different / new user account?
I'm not a Mac specialist but it would be worth a try ...
Remove ~ / Library / Containers / com.microsoft.Word / Data / Library / Preferences / com.microsoft.Word.plist in the affected user account (with Word closed, of course).
Then try again.
Hope I could help you with this information.
Thank you for your patience and understanding,
Nikolino
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