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Posted: 11 Feb 2008 05:35 PM PST

On Feb 11, 7:15*pm, Diane Ross <entourage.mvps.org>
wrote: 

Diane,
Thanks for the help. I don't use visual basic, so I will go and get
the 2008 version and then I will start further educating myself using
the links you have provided.

Leopard 10.5.2 combo updater released!

Posted: 11 Feb 2008 04:01 PM PST

Any guesses how long it will be before Leopard media shipping with new Macs
will be 10.5.2 slipstreamed?

"Barry Wainwright" <org.INVALID> wrote in message
news:C3D6960A.41423%org.INVALID... 

I was told at apple store when I boughtStudent Teacher office 2004 I could upgrade tostudent teacher office 2008.

Posted: 11 Feb 2008 01:11 PM PST

On 2/11/08 1:37 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Go back to the Apple store to get help. They are the ones that made the
mistake. You can't expect Microsoft to fix problems they didn't create.

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Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

Keyboard Input Type not recognized by Office 2008

Posted: 11 Feb 2008 04:55 AM PST

<com> wrote:
 

Interesting. I wonder if it could be due to font corruption...
That seems to be a different issue than the other Input Method bug.
 

You should launch Font Book from your applciation folder, select all
fonts (or just Arial) and use the commant to validate the fonts. It
might flag a corruption or two.
You might also want to resolve duplicate font issues (they are marked
with a black dot next to their name in the list of fonts). You
right-click (Ctrl-click) the font and reveal the fonts themselves int eh
Finder. Pretty convenient IMVHO.
 

It really looks like a font issue more than anything else.
If everything fails, you might even want to disable the different copies
of the Arial font you have and reinstall the fonts from your Office 2008
CD (though I suspect that the Arial font from the CD is OK, and it migth
be a conflict with another copy located on your drive).

Corentin
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Office apps close

Posted: 10 Feb 2008 09:54 PM PST

OK, we have one of the most difficult combinations there is :-)

I am going to assume that you have a corrupt document. Let's pick one of
them and try to de-corrupt it.

There are two main kinds of corruption: Internal Table, or embedded object.

Internal Table corruptions are the easiest to fix, so let's do that first.

1) Open a bad document.

2) Create a new blank document and save it in .docx format.

3) Carefully copy everything EXCEPT the very last paragraph mark in the bad
document.

4) Paste into the new document.

5) Save and quit.

Re-open the new document, and try some editing: tell me how you get on.

I can't tell from your description which kind of corruption you have (I am
not even sure that the cause IS corruption). But this operation will give
me some answers.

If Word stops crashing, then the problem was internal table corruption, and
it is now fixed.

If Word keeps crashing on the new document, we have to keep looking.

Hope this helps


On 11/02/08 7:55 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"timiemilio" <timiemilio> wrote:
 

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Product Key Problems

Posted: 10 Feb 2008 04:47 PM PST

How do you display email addresses as "undisclosed list".

Posted: 10 Feb 2008 05:41 AM PST

Actually, I believe that doesn't comply with the RFC :-)

I believe there must always be at least ONE address in the "To:" field, or
the email is not compliant, and some mail servers will refuse to accept it.

Many people use their OWN email address in the "To" field, which avoids
disclosing ANY of the emails in the BCC field.

Cheers


On 11/02/08 8:49 AM, in article C3D4B17A.52524%net, "Bill
Weylock" <net> wrote:
 

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
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Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
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Weird CD key Problem

Posted: 09 Feb 2008 10:34 PM PST

Not 100% sure, but honestly, it could be. I really didn't ask. I will try to get a real version and I will post what happens.

Make the Scrapbook work with the "Clipping Service" in OS X

Posted: 09 Feb 2008 01:45 PM PST

Already sent the same thing as feedback. I just wanted to see if anyone else would find this useful. There are many Mac users unaware of the power of the Services menu, let alone new switchers.

Thanks for the heads up!

And additions to this idea, or would anyone else find this useful?

Remove Office 2004 After Office 2008 Installed

Posted: 09 Feb 2008 09:55 AM PST

Hi Peter:

Whereas I *wouldn't* :-)

Apparently it doesn't work with OS 10.5....

Many of the reviews on VersionTracker are lukewarm to negative, and some are
downright alarming. I certainly do not want an uninstaller with "stability"
problems, that has a history of wiping a user's entire Preferences folder
:-)

The Microsoft Office Remover tool does a very complete job, and it is built
to precisely uninstall the product it belongs to. It was made by the people
who installed the files in the first place. It does leave a couple of files
in place: and there's a reason it does that :-)

The problem with "uninstallers" is that unless they were made by the same
company that made the application, their operation involves substantial
amounts of guesswork. When deleting things from my system, that's one place
I do NOT want any guesswork at all involved :-)

YMMV

On 11/02/08 12:13 PM, in article C3D50B5D.221%com, "Peter
Vitale" <com> wrote:
 

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
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http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
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Need Help with WORD 2008 spacing

Posted: 09 Feb 2008 08:13 AM PST

You're welcome. Glad to help. 90% of Word annoyances have simple fixes.

By the way, if you didn't already, do use the forum's ability to mark a
reply as an answer. It will help others searching find the answer (once
they get search fixed).

com wrote: 

Word in 2008 Office installed but won't open

Posted: 08 Feb 2008 01:20 PM PST

Thanks for the confirmation of what worked--I've updated the page to
give people the next steps if shift-launching works.

com wrote: 

Office 2004, 2007, 2003 Powerpoint Chart Hell

Posted: 08 Feb 2008 12:40 PM PST

Hi Bill,

Sorry that the OpenOffice suggestion didn¹t work out. Sometimes running a
file through various translators can purge it of idiosyncrasies. Not always,
though.

About the best I can suggest to you is to send feedback to Microsoft that
their current offerings are just not acceptable. Explain in specific detail
the problems you are experiencing.
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/suggestions.mspx?product=excel

It would seem a virtualization product such as Parallels is the only way to
go for your situation.

-Jim


Quoting from "Bill Weylock" <net>, in article
C3D4B146.52523%net, on [DATE:
 


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EXCEL 2008 CRASHES

Posted: 08 Feb 2008 12:17 PM PST

Hayden Whitfield <com> wrote:
 

That's not a long term solution I could ever use.
If you are conccerned about font cache corruption, that's something I
ruled out on my Mac.

Corentin

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Creating a Greeting Card in Office 2008

Posted: 07 Feb 2008 05:21 PM PST

Oops. I am sorry, perhaps I didn't explain. I want to make a greeting card
to print out and give to someone, either a half-page or quarter-page layout.
The Apple Mail is a good suggestion for e-mail, but not for printing. Any
suggestions please?

Thanks again!



On 07/02/08 10:42 PM, in article
C3D10F9F.12DF5%entourage.mvps.org, "Diane Ross"
<entourage.mvps.org> wrote:
 

excel chart view

Posted: 07 Feb 2008 03:27 PM PST

On Feb 8, 4:51*am, JE McGimpsey <org> wrote: 

It absolutely doesn't do anything when you choose the menu item.

Disappearing scroll bar

Posted: 07 Feb 2008 10:02 AM PST

Bob and Justin: thanks for your replies.

Justin: Thank you, that was it! It is indeed odd why this option would have been defaulted to off.

License/Install key- how to change....

Posted: 07 Feb 2008 08:32 AM PST

Perfect- thanks!

now, if only MS could fix all the bugs- very disappointing how long this release took to come out, and when it finally does, there are all kinds of issues.

typical MS I guess.

Expression Media part of Super Suite Deal?

Posted: 06 Feb 2008 11:10 AM PST

Hi all: We are working closely with the fulfillment house to find out what the issue is - we have received some other reports of this, and will resolve it as quickly as possible. What you should get is the H&amp;S edition and a DVD for Expression Media if that is what you chose. We will have an update on this newsgroup next week when we have more info. Best - sheridan jones, Microsoft