A. I have just checked, and the process is exactly the same in Excel 2004.
B. Also checked the Help issue - in 2004, the help windows have a working red close button in the usual location at the top left of the window. I'm using Snow Leopard 2.6.1
C. My usual way of solving issues of odd behaviour of this sort is to:
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D. The location of the preference file for Excel 2004 is:
~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/com.microsoft.Excel.prefs.plist
A. Yes, it is. (regarding protection) Thanks for going the extra mile.
B. Mine does not have buttons. Strangely, in Word, same thing, but... Unlike Excel, when I hit Cmd-W it closes the Help window. (ASA, in Excel, it closes the spreadsheet)
C. Same thing I tried, but...
D. I have 8 com.microsoft.____.plist files in the Preferences folder. I did not even notice the Microsoft folder farther down in that window. There are 17 items in it, including duplicates of the Excel and Word plist files. (That's all I use from Office.) I wonder if I can Trash those 8 files without hurting anything. I suppose I could copy them to the jump drive first, just in case. I'll try again on the ones in the Microsoft folder, but not for awhile.
Thanks for your insights.
