12-29-2008, 12:55 AM
> in this case, Office 2008 is clearly and solely at fault.
Yeah. That's why you're the only one with the problem.
> Each crash leaves detritus that shows up in a Recovered Files
> folder in the trash on the subsequent restart.
That's perfectly normal. The Mac OS does that if it finds temp files that haven't been cleaned up and they wouldn't be cleaned up if the app crashed.
...
Does the same thing happen when you right-click on a chart and choose "select data" ...?
Have you updated Office '08 since installing it? What version are you running now?
Does the crash occur when you change to a different chart-type?
Have you cleaned caches lately?
Have you cleaned font caches since encountering this problem?
Does the issue persist when you log in as a different user?
Does the issue persist when you're safe-booted?
Is ANY other program crashing on you regularly?
Yeah. That's why you're the only one with the problem.
> Each crash leaves detritus that shows up in a Recovered Files
> folder in the trash on the subsequent restart.
That's perfectly normal. The Mac OS does that if it finds temp files that haven't been cleaned up and they wouldn't be cleaned up if the app crashed.
...
Does the same thing happen when you right-click on a chart and choose "select data" ...?
Have you updated Office '08 since installing it? What version are you running now?
Does the crash occur when you change to a different chart-type?
Have you cleaned caches lately?
Have you cleaned font caches since encountering this problem?
Does the issue persist when you log in as a different user?
Does the issue persist when you're safe-booted?
Is ANY other program crashing on you regularly?