words locked together

If you are experiencing issues with words running together in Excel on your MacBook Air, it could be related to your Excel preferences or settings. Here are some steps you can try to resolve the issue:

1. Quit All Programs: Make sure to quit all applications before proceeding. You can do this by selecting the application on the toolbar and choosing Quit. If an application doesn't respond, use Force Quit by holding down the Command and Option keys and pressing Esc.
2. Remove Excel Preferences:
   • Quit all Microsoft Office applications.
   • Open the Library folder by holding down the OPTION key while selecting the Go menu.
   • Navigate to Preferences and look for files named com.microsoft.Excel.plist and com.microsoft.Excel.prefs.plist. Move these files to your desktop to reset your preferences.
   • Restart Excel and check if the problem persists. If it does, restore the files to their original location and proceed to the next step.
3. Repair Disk Permissions:
   • Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
   • Select your primary hard disk and choose Repair Disk Permissions. This can help resolve any permissions issues that might be affecting Excel.
4. Reinstall Office: If the issue continues, consider removing and then reinstalling Office to ensure that all components are functioning correctly.

After trying these steps, check if the issue with words running together is resolved. If the problem persists, you may want to create a new user account on your Mac to see if the issue is user-specific.

References:

• Excel for Mac error: "The application Microsoft Excel quit unexpectedly"
• "Microsoft Excel has encountered a problem and needs to close" when starting Excel for Mac