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Difficulties upgrading 2004 to 2008 - who can I talk to? Microsoft Office for Mac

Difficulties upgrading 2004 to 2008 - who can I talk to?

Posted: 14 Dec 2007 04:47 PM PST

Mr. Strat wrote: 

No, he doesn't have it yet. He's talking about the rebate offer--you
process the paperwork and they send you Office 2008 when it's out.

What's left?

Posted: 14 Dec 2007 06:09 AM PST

<snip> 

If that were true, what makes you think that MS wouldn't harvest that
killing? MS rarely leaves money on the table.
<snip>

Where exactly would this "killing" come from?...

New users who woud go Mac rather than Windows or Windows users who would
switch to Mac?

Either way MS gets the proverbial egg roll so why should they compete with
themselves?

But your premise is flawed in the first place - kinda the old 'chicken &
egg' routine - there isn't sufficient "Mac market' in which to make the
imagined "killing" - If there were, MS would be there... Bill Gates didn't
accumulate $59 Billion in *personal* wealth by making [many] bad business
decisions:-)
--
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Entourage Address Book(s)

Posted: 13 Dec 2007 09:52 AM PST

> That shouldn't be the case. I have contacts in both address books and they 

No duplicates. The categories are simply not applied if they're in the
"On My Computer" address book.
 

All messages are in my Exchange account (where else would they be?).
 

Yes, but that's awkward to have to do every single time I add a new
contact.


Thanks,

Chris

Change Serial Number Office 2004?

Posted: 12 Dec 2007 09:57 AM PST

In article <microsoft.com>,
JE McGimpsey <org> wrote: 

Thanks much.

Promotion: Upgrade Mac 2008?!

Posted: 12 Dec 2007 05:32 AM PST

You can't change the deal you get, but the original promotion is still
in effect.
Here's the link:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/go/promotions/

Be sure to Download Coupon to read the small print and ensure you have
the necessary materials.

com wrote: 

Entourage Notifications not appearing

Posted: 08 Dec 2007 09:33 PM PST

Previously>>>
 


Good tips - - Thanks!

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/ D.K.Gorrell /

Window position on the monitor

Posted: 08 Dec 2007 11:54 AM PST

Hi,

Using visual basic macros (and probably with AppleScript) in Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint you can set the window position.

In Entourage you may be able to use AppleScript. Here's a snippet from the
Entourage AppleScript dictionary:

window n : every window
elements
contained by application.
properties
class (type, r/o) : the type of window
bounds (rectangle) : the boundary rectangle for the window

The "bounds" property is the first one I would check out, or look for a
"border" property.

-Jim

Quoting from "com" <com>, in
article googlegroups.com,
on [DATE:
 

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Mac MVP

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Arabic text in Word

Posted: 08 Dec 2007 10:32 AM PST

CyberTaz <cast.net> wrote:
 


And the same question has also been posted both in
microsoft.public.fr.mac and in microsoft.public.fr.word and answered
there both times.....
(with the same answer) :-\

Corentin

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newbie magazine

Posted: 07 Dec 2007 06:39 AM PST

On Dec 7, 12:41 pm, "CyberTaz" <typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet> wrote: 

thanks

Inputting address on entourage

Posted: 06 Dec 2007 01:58 PM PST

..>> I'm wanting to input my contacts onto the address book in entourage. My 

This is an issue that has caused me some degree of consternation, as well.
There is real value in maintaining separate contacts (both in Entourage and
Address Book, if you sync them) for people that you likely email to
regularly. That makes the auto-fill much more useful. When you need to print
addresses you either have to manually edit one of the contacts or maintain a
separate "coupled" entry

Licenses and serial numbers

Posted: 05 Dec 2007 02:13 PM PST

in article phx.gbl, CyberTaz at
gtz1@comcastdotnet wrote on 5/12/07 22:46:
 


Thanks for that. I did the Russian roulette thing and I've been lucky! I've
just had to reinstall Office, following upgrade to Leopard (I know I could
have just migrated the apps across from my old Mac, but my old Mac's still
going to be using Office (for my son), so I reckoned I'd have to re-install
to get the product keys sorted.)

I'll file your tips away for future reference, as I'm still not sure which
product keys are on which of my other two Macs!


Cheers!

Attachments Corrupted?

Posted: 05 Dec 2007 11:27 AM PST

Although I'm not sure about the current situation I am sure that reinstaling
Office isn't the way to handle it... rarely is that the appropriate approach
for correcting issues on a Mac.

It would help if you supplied the exact wording of the message you receive,
but for starters it doesn't necessarily mean that a virus is involved.
Secondly, Entourage - AFAIK - doesn't scan for viruses in the documents you
attach, so I suspect that message is being triggered by something else... do
you have Norton or some other virus software installed?

One thing you might try is to remove the Normal template from your MUD (if
you need reference to finding it see this link:
http://word.mvps.org/mac/MacWordNormal.html

Make sure no Office apps are running at the time, then launch Word - it will
create a new Normal when you do. Then make a new file & see if it attaches
without incident. If so, it indicates that your original Normal was corrupt
in some way & you can then dispose of it.

If you ahven't been in the habit of doing so when updating OS X & most
other software it might also be a good idea to run Disk Utility - Repair
Disk Permissions. Should that not correct the problem - or if it recurs -
post back with the details requested above.

--
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
Office:Mac MVP


"Hennapanda" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

Office 2004 file ownership

Posted: 05 Dec 2007 09:17 AM PST

Glad it's straightened out, but as "odd" as the behavior may seem I'd stay
with Parallels - depending on how you need to work. If your Win activity is
exclusively Win, your Mac activity is strictly Mac & never the twain shall
meet, Boot Camp may be a viable solution for you.

However, I need to be able to swap back & forth between Mac Word & PC Word
to Mac XL, To Mac InDesign to PC Photoshop, etc. so having to restart every
time I need to swap OS is just not practical or acceptable - I'd rather have
a Mac & a PC sitting side-by-side:-)

On a related note, have you looked at VMWare Fusion? It may be worth
considering, but either of the 3 will have pros & cons.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 12/8/07 2:20 PM, in article
houston.sbcglobal.net, "aRKay"
<net> wrote:
 

Entourage question re "deleted items" folder

Posted: 04 Dec 2007 06:15 PM PST

On Dec 4, 10:12 pm, Diane Ross <entourage.mvps.org>
wrote: 

Diane, that fixed it! Thanks so much for your help!!

:)
Diame

Transfer Office files on a PC to a new Mac

Posted: 04 Dec 2007 03:34 PM PST

Side Note for the archives:

Many people think that MacOffice comes with Publisher or Access or
whatever programs came with WinOffice the last time they bought it. It
sounds like you know this, but MacOffice consists only of Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Entourage (similar to Outlook). And Messenger.

Publisher, Access, Visio, OneNote, FrontPage and probably other programs
I can't recall right now, do not exist for the Mac, although there are
programs that will let you do the same things, and in some cases, can
import the MS files. Or the MS programs could be run in
Parallels/Windows on the Mac.


Bob Y wrote: 

Excel 2004 Pallet's?

Posted: 04 Dec 2007 02:31 PM PST

Hi Brian,

Windows versions of Office don't have an equivalent to the formatting
palette.

However, you can create your own dockable toolbars (which you can also do in
Windows Office).

To create a dockable toolbar that has any combination of commands you desire
use View > Toolbars > Customize Toolbars/Menus...

In the dialog box click the NEW button to create a new, empty toolbar. It
will be very small and you might not even notice it on the screen, but it's
there if you look around. Turn it on and off by checking and unchecking its
name in the toolbar list and you might find it easier that way.

Next, click on the COMMANDS tab of the dialog box. Drag any commands you
like to your new toolbar (or any other toolbar or menu for that matter).

You can lots of your own toolbars so that if you want various sets of
commands together you can have that.

Click the OK button when you are done and you now have your own set of
toolbars.

You can even attach customized toolbars to individual workbooks. Just go
back into that dialog box and click the Attach button to attach a copy of
any of your customized toolbars to any given workbook. When you give that
workbook to someone else they will see your customized toolbar when they
open the workbook.

-Jim




Quoting from "com" <com>, in article
googlegroups.com, on [DATE:
 

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

MVPs are not Microsoft Employees
MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

"Automator Actions"?

Posted: 04 Dec 2007 06:54 AM PST

For what it's worth, in Office X & 2004, the license agreement for the
one-license version has allowed users to install the software on up to one
laptop computer _and_ one desktop computer. It simply does not allow the
software to be used on both machines at the same time. I am not familiar
with the Office 2008 license agreement, so I don't know if this practice
will continue; perhaps someone else can comment.

With the Home & Student Edition, because you get additional licenses, you
can use the software on both machines at the same time.

On 12/4/07 8:54 AM, in article
googlegroups.com,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

--
Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac)
Office & Mac Resources: <http://home.earthlink.net/~mickey.stevens/>

Leopard Upgrade -> File Format Not Valid -> every file iscorrupted??? = I am up the creek

Posted: 03 Dec 2007 03:55 PM PST

Did you try to FORCE it to open? That is, dragging the file ( + option) onto
Excel in the dock?

Word and Excell Do Not Show Print Preview

Posted: 03 Dec 2007 12:11 PM PST

In article
<googlegroups.com>,
joec <com> wrote:
 

Try changing the printer resolution. There have been reports on the
Apple Discussion boards and on the Gutenprint forums regarding issues
similar to this. Most often, lowering the printer resolution will solve
the issue.

Most of the cases I have seen involve Brother printers and Epson
printers using the Gutenprint drivers. The Gutenprint site has an FAQ
on this <http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/p_FAQ_OS_X.php3#EconomyMode>

Matt

--
Matt Broughton
Only relatives are absolute.

Problem after updating Microsoft Office on my Mac

Posted: 02 Dec 2007 07:40 PM PST

Sorry, no. That's the Product ID, and although it is generated from the
CD Key, there is no way to extract the CD key from the program, that I
know of. But some people store their license numbers in their computer.

I also have no idea where to find pirated software.

If you will be back in reach of your Office CD within a month, I guess
you could use the Test Drive until then, although it's a tool of the
devil that you will need to remove before reinstalling Office.
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/download/office2004/office2004.xml&secid=4&ssid=1&flgnosysreq=True

Alternatively, the free NeoOffice might get you through until you get
back to your CD.
http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php

You should also be able to contact MS and replace your CD.

net.au wrote: 

Office 2004/2008 for Mac - plans to include in MSDN subscriptionlist?

Posted: 01 Dec 2007 08:05 AM PST

In article <C378BECC.C3CC%name>,
John McGhie <name> wrote:
 

With one, teensy tiny exception: Office!

The licensing page summarizes (with much more verbiage in the actual
EULA):
 

So an MSDN Premium subscriber CAN use Office 2007 for anything,
including production, in perpetuity!

It would be nice if Office 2008 were offered under the same terms...
 

Hmmm... that doesn't appear anywhere in the MSDN EULA...


Ref: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/aa948867.aspx

Cannot close help window in Office apps

Posted: 30 Nov 2007 10:54 AM PST

In article <#phx.gbl>,
Daiya Mitchell <org.INVALID> wrote:
 

Possibly, though it's still better, IMO, to reset its position.

The really ugly part is that the only way to activate the Help window is
to click somewhere in it - when it opens, the workbook window remains
active. So one HAS to pick up the mouse to dismiss the Help window, no
matter what.

License-issue

Posted: 30 Nov 2007 04:01 AM PST

You don't have to "do" anything. The licence you have can be used an
unlimited number of times on the same machine.

Cheers

On 30/11/07 9:31 PM, in article
googlegroups.com,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

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Entourage Errors

Posted: 29 Nov 2007 10:36 AM PST

On 11/30/07 8:43 AM, in article
googlegroups.com,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

In the Office 2004 folder --> Office folder --> Check the version for
Microsoft Component Plugin

Does it say 11.3.9? If not what version?
--
Diane, Microsoft Mac MVP (MVPs are not Microsoft Employees)
Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>