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You could also check for corrupt fonts as per this article: &nbsp;<a href="http://www.lifespy.com/2007/mac-tips-find-and-eliminate-corrupt-fonts-in-osx/" rel="ugc">http://www.lifespy.com/2007/mac-tips-find-and-eliminate-corrupt-fonts-in-osx/</a><br />

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You could also check for corrupt fonts as per this article:  http://www.lifespy.com/2007/mac-tips-find-and-eliminate-corrupt-fonts-in-osx/ [http://www.lifespy.com/2007/mac-tips-find-and-eliminate-corrupt-fonts-in-osx/]


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we installed a new hard drive on a mac g4 which has tiger 10.5, &nbsp;then we installed office for mac 2004. <br />
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when you open office it stays on the screen optimizing font performance which is the first screen that comes up before word open. &nbsp;the wheel spins and &nbsp;never opens up office.<br />
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we installed a new hard drive on a mac g4 which has tiger 10.5,  then we installed office for mac 2004. 

when you open office it stays on the screen optimizing font performance which is the first screen that comes up before word open.  the wheel spins and  never opens up office.




office for mac wont open on 10.5 tiger

Apple's early computers ran on a variety of operating systems, including a Pascal version and one based on CP/M, before releasing its ProDOS with the advent of its 16-bit computer. With the release of the Lisa, which had its own OS, Apple and computing entered the graphical age; it was followed by the Macintosh, which offered a series of "System" operating systems. Other Mac operating systems included PowerPC until Apple acquired NeXT and folded it into the Mac OS. Current operating systems for Apple devices are Mac OS-X and iOS.