osx - Noticeable delay when quitting Microsoft Word on OS X

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2014-07
  • Drux

    Whenever I quit Microsoft Word (mac 2008 version) on OS X (version 10.9.3) there is a quite noticeable delay of up to a few seconds. During this time Word shows only the Apple and Script icons in its Menu bar.

    I am wondering whether this is a "feature" or indicates corruptive behavior. For instance, I would not want some kind of "Word virus" (if that is the right term) to send out my edits to who-knows-where ...

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    osx - How to run Windows-native MS Word on OS X?
  • Nerd

    There is a Mac version of MS Office. But Word is much worse than the Windows version.

    Is there any emulator and howto to run Windows-native versions of Word on OS X?


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  • Mark

    Yes there are 2 ways

    1) Run Word under Wine wither the free version or Codeweavers' packaged up version - Crossover

    2) Run Windows (you need a licensed copy) under a virtual machine e.g Virtual box (which is free), Paralells or VMWare Fusion

    You caould also use Bootcamp to run Windows instead of OSX

  • slhck

    There is CrossOver:

    CrossOver allows you to install many popular Windows applications on your Mac or Linux computer. You can think of it as an emulator, but it's different, because there's no Windows OS license required. Your applications integrate seamlessly in OS X or Linux; just click and run. No rebooting, no switching to a virtual machine, and no Windows Operating System license required!

    I've tried it once, looks okay and does the job. It does cost a bit though.

    As Randolf Richardson has mentioned, WINE is also possible on OS X, although a bit harder to configure if I recall correctly. But it's free and of course the same functionality.

  • Randolf Richardson

    WINE, which you smartly included as a tag, should do it for you:

      MacOSX - The Official Wine Wiki
      http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX

      WineHQ - Running Microsoft Word (various versions, lots of information)
      http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=10

    In Google Image Search, I just came across this image which appears to be of a very recent version of MS-Office, most likely running under WINE (at least the page it came from was explaining something about WINE), with support for another language (or a very different looking font):

    enter image description here

    Of course, there are alternatives such as OpenOffice.org (OOo) that can read/write MS-Office files directly, and since it's free it's definitely worth a try as well. There are MacOS versions available for download for OOo:

      OpenOffice.org (free and open source)
      http://www.openoffice.org/