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Word2008 does not launch Microsoft Office for Mac

Word2008 does not launch

Posted: 29 Jan 2008 11:52 AM PST

It works after removing Word Setting (X) from preferences. Thank you very much.

Permanently turning off Adobe PDF toolbar in Office programs

Posted: 29 Jan 2008 09:52 AM PST

And, suddenly it's working again. All the links are showing up properly,
right back to Corentin's original. That was quick.

Are the Office 2008 fonts required

Posted: 29 Jan 2008 09:09 AM PST

Yeah, you can :-)

Personally, I WOULD/DID install the Office fonts, because they are much
updated and a lot nicer than many other fonts around. Microsoft actually
put some work into these, the typography is much improved.

They also provide a much wider range of characters than the ones they
replace.

And when you get into Themes, they won't work "properly" unless the Office
fonts are available.

The issues we are seeing with fonts tend to be with fonts from other
manufacturers, and they usually turn out to be issues with people using a
very large number of fonts, several font managers, and dynamically
enabling/disabling fonts that are scattered across multiple font folders.

Office 2008 works best if all of your fonts are in the System font folder.

But if you really do not like the new fonts, you don't have to have them.
They are nice, but not essential.

I would caution you not to disable the Chinese/Japanese fonts. These are
required to produce certain special characters (and I can't remember which
ones).

Hope this helps


On 30/01/08 4:18 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
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Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
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since 2008 install safari downloads append .dot .pot .xla

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 04:13 PM PST

Just asked to be sure - you can't imagine how many users don't do so:-) It
sounds like you've done about all you can do so you're among the many who
are looking for the fix more sooner than later. I'm certain that the issue
is being looked at.
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Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

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Upgrade 10.1.9

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 03:22 PM PST

On 1/28/08 3:22 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Version 10.1.9 is for Office X. It's end of life software and no further
updates will be issued. How to find version info:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/version/index.html>


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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/>

Problem registering Office:mac 2008

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 12:43 PM PST

Same answer: Don't bother. Registration is broken. It will be fixed
eventually.

But its ONLY purpose is to sign you up for a newsletter, so you may decide
not to bother :-)


On 29/01/08 2:09 PM, in article caR9absDaxw, "Justin"
<Justin> wrote:
 

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McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
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Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

In Test Account login, how get 2008 to see current identity? TestAcct vs. Safe Boot?

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 12:09 PM PST

On 1/28/08 10:43 PM, in article
C3C40AF9.1F78%fullerton.edu, "Norman R. Nager, Ph.D."
<fullerton.edu> wrote:
 

Thanks for the kind words. 

Yes with the exception if Leopard preferences are munged due to the way it
was installed and data migrated over.


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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/>

Frequent Crashes for All Office 2008 Apps

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 11:38 AM PST

Hi Clare:

Just scanning your crash dump, that's either a bad font or a bad document.

My pick is a bad document. You see all those calls to the Style List, then
a call to ATSUI?

Word is attempting to enumerate the styles in the document, then falling
over.

I would:

1) Quite all Microsoft applications

2) Find and remove to the desktop ALL instances of the Normal template that
you can find.

The Word 2004/X Normal template is named simply "Normal" (no extension) and
it should be in your Microsoft User Data folder (unless you moved it).

The Word 2008 version is named "Normal.dotm" and the easy way to find it is
to go to Word>Preferences>File Locations. Select "User Templates" and then
click Modify. Word will show you where it is (drop down the arrow...)

3) Restart Word, and quit it. It should create a new, clean Normal.

4) Start Word and open one of your bad files.

5) Create a new, blank document and save it as a "Word Document (.dotx)
file.

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

7) Paste into the new document and Save.

Try that, and see if it cures the problem. If it does, you need to do 5 to
7 on each of your troublesome documents.

Hope this helps

On 29/01/08 5:08 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

edit registeration details

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 07:16 AM PST

On Jan 29, 8:55 pm, lowsphere <com> wrote: 

okay,
i solved the problem.
very easy.
go to applications/microsoft office 2008/Office/
then locate OfficePID.plist
double click it.
it should open in Text format
make the changes
save
exit.
viola. :)

Microsoft promises fix for Office 2008 installation issues

Posted: 28 Jan 2008 07:01 AM PST

Would be nice, wouldn't it :-)

They are working furiously on this one :-) The constraint is that Office
2008/Entourage now uses Synch Services.

If Synch Services every plays nicely with Palm, the Office synching should
"just work" ...

Cheers


On 29/01/08 7:00 PM, in article
area5.spcsdns.net, "Jolly
Roger" <com> wrote:
 

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Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
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ARCHIVE OR Zip Files

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 07:29 PM PST

Well, I am glad they sent you here where you can talk to people who know the
right answer!

The Mac "Archive" format IS a Zip file.

There is an issue with some Windows computer mailing systems not allowing
the newest Mac file formats (created by Microsoft!!!) through their email.
Particularly not if they try to open them within the mail program.

You need to advise the Windows users to save the file to their hard disk
before trying to open them. They should be doing this anyway: they're a
sitting duck for viruses and malware on Windows if they don't...

Or: Save the file to a shared folder on the Network file server, then tell
them where it is... Saves clagging up the email system with it :-)

But generally, there is no "compatibility" issue with the file format in
terms of Windows being able to read it ‹ it's a universal standard format.

There is, however, a raft of compatibility issues between Office 2007 and
Office 2008. Sadly, Office 2008 just can't cope with many of the things
Office 2007 can create, and it down-converts others to a simpler format,
which breaks it when it gets back to Office 2007.

If you stick to text content (text, tables, text boxes, formatting...) you
will be OK. Once either end starts trying to use the high-end features, the
wheels fall off.

Sadly, you will just have to try it: you will soon find out what is
compatible and what isn't. Any kind of graphics content is likely to be a
problem...

Hope this helps

On 28/01/08 12:59 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

Office 2008 - Drop Shadows?

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 02:54 PM PST

You need to make sure the picture style is set to anything but ³inline with
text² in the ³Wrapping² section of the Formatting palette. Then you¹ll have
a ³Shadow² section in the Formatting Palette.

Matt
MacOffice Testing
Microsoft

Date: 1/27/08 2:54 PM / From: "com"
<com>
 


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Publisher program

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 02:44 PM PST

Hi,
if it is just flyers posters etc you need to create try Pages - part
of iwork, it does all that very well, and in very inexpensive (less
than windows+vm/parallels+publisher!).

Also, there are many fine free DTP apps for mac. Have a look at the
apple website (downloads), or somewhere like www.pure-mac.com or
http://www.freemacware.com or http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Apps/cats.php
for free software. Some of this software is extremely good, so dont
ignore it just because its free!

Best of luck.
PtB

What is Office 2008??

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 01:39 PM PST

Office 2008 does not contain a VBA interpreter. So "no" nothing that looks
like, smells like, or even sounds like VBA will work.

But why would you delete Office 2008, now that you have paid for it? Unless
you can get your money back :-)

It may be useful for reading the new file formats you will start to get from
others.

Cheers


On 28/01/08 7:09 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

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Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

Internet connectivity error in word

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 09:18 AM PST

Same problem here.
I can access any web services with word and entourage (dictionary, web
search, ecc.) but the translation service: it tells me that I am not
connected to the Internet. Strange.

What happened to the "Versions" feature in Word?

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 09:11 AM PST

Dear John,

Thanks so much for this reply. Guess I'll have to just save versions in different files from now on. I appreciate your help.

extra items on install Office 2008

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 03:18 AM PST

Well, I think you might have :-)

Yours is the only report of this issue I have seen so far, and I am afraid I
do not have an answer for it.

Sorry...


On 29/01/08 10:47 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

Make Word 2008 open with Formatting toolbar showing

Posted: 26 Jan 2008 10:46 AM PST

Know what? Word was crashing every time I quit. That¹s got to be why. I
would expect just what you describe. If you hear no more, you will know I am
at peace. :)

Thanks very much for this and all the other support you provide.


Best,

Bill
Imac 2.8Ghz -10.5.1
Office 2008/2003
Windows XP Pro SP2

On 1/26/08 11:00 AM, in article
microsoft.com, "JE McGimpsey"
<org> wrote:
 

Various 2008 Microsoft and Template Folders... Help Me Understand??

Posted: 26 Jan 2008 10:44 AM PST

Same here, except for the toolbar that I foolishly customized without
renaming Formatting.


On 1/28/08 6:29 AM, in article phx.gbl, "Daiya
Mitchell" <org.INVALID> wrote:
 

Best,

Bill
Imac 2.8Ghz -10.5.1
Office 2008/2003 - Windows XP Pro SP2

2004 with 2008?

Posted: 26 Jan 2008 09:07 AM PST

John,

Many thanks. The others have done a great job in scaring me off deleting anything and I'll leave it like that! For now Word and Excel 2008 seem to be co-operating very nicely with Entourage 2004, and as the disk overhead is minimal I'll leave 2004 well alone.

Thanks again.

David

Cannot Open any Applics after 2004 Install

Posted: 26 Jan 2008 04:36 AM PST

Hi Duncan:

Best not to do that. The deafening silence in here is because you have run
us all out of ideas ‹ including Curt, who is one of the Microsoft Engineers
who developed Office 2008.

However, Curt is slaving over a hot Macintosh as we speak, and he will get
back to you quite soon.

In the meantime, if you can keep everything to do with your matter in the
same thread, that will help make sure we do not miss anything.

Sorry for your bad experience...

On 29/01/08 8:50 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com>
wrote:
 

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John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:name

Microsoft Framework error

Posted: 25 Jan 2008 01:07 PM PST

Hello Michel,

Thanks for the reply. Yeah - I forgot all about loading the updates. That fixed the problem.

Mike

Lost fonts in Office 2008

Posted: 25 Jan 2008 10:32 AM PST

I suggest that you should put it only in ONE folder :-) You are making the
job difficult for the system by putting the same font in multiple folders.

I assume that you have made sure that the font is REMOVED from the "Fonts
Disabled" folders? If it's in two places, the "Fonts Disabled" lists
override the "Fonts" lists.

And Diane is correct: you need to reboot to rebuild the font caches.

Cheers

On 26/01/08 5:32 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

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Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
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Excel in Office for Mac 2008 features

Posted: 25 Jan 2008 06:33 AM PST

In article <caR9absDaxw>, com
wrote:
 

Because it has to go somewhere?

Regardless, AutoRecover is not the same as the old AutoSave feature.
 

And that's exactly what *should* happen with XL08's AutoRecover, and
it's exactly what *does* happen on my computers when I force XL08 to
crash.
 

That's why I asked the questions that you didn't answer - to try to
diagnose why this isn't happening on *your* system...