Everytime I try to attach a document to an email go to attachments it takes me to the finder, I select documents but instead of opening documents it downloads the whole document folder.  It gives me no option to select any file.  What is going on?  Please help.
English version of the questions:

Hi, I hope somebody can help me here: 

I am using Word 2011 for Mac to work on documents that I load from a Microsoft Sharepoint Server. I am loading the documents via Microsoft Document Connection. Every time I load a document into Word, it takes a few seconds and cpu load of may Mac is up to 100% and more. Soon after, Word starts to become very slow and dies in the end. The same happens when I am using PowerPoint or Excel 2011. I am using OS X 10.6.8 on a Mac Book Pro.

Using Word on Windows, I can load the same documents and edit them without any problems. 

Thanks in advance for helping me.


German version (sorry, I did not know the forum is English only):

Hallo, ich hoffe, dass mir hier jemand weiterhelfen kann:

Wenn ich Dokumente von einem Sharepoint-Server per Microsoft Document Connection in Word 2011 for Mac öffne, nimmt Word nach kurzer Zeit 100% und mehr von meiner CPU-Zeit ein. Später steigert sich dieser Wert, Word wird nicht mehr nutzbar (reagiert nur noch sehr langsam) und stürzt schließlich ab. Das gleiche passiert mit Powerpoint oder Excel. 

Unter Windows kann ich die gleichen Dokumente problemlos mit Word 2010 aus dem Sharepoint-Server öffnen und bearbeiten. Ich nutze OS X 10.6.8.

Vielen Dank im Voraus für jeden Tipp.


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