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Office Updater 2008 Stops working Microsoft Office for Mac

Office Updater 2008 Stops working Microsoft Office for Mac

Office Updater 2008 Stops working

Posted: 10 Aug 2008 08:04 AM PDT

wegierski wrote:
 

Have you recently updated your Mac OS X 10.5 system with the latest
security update from Apple (released on July 31)?

If so, this security update breaks all Microsoft Office 2008 updaters
from notifying you that you need to quit all Office applications.

To work around this, download the updater from Microsoft's web site
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx>, log out of your Mac OS X
account and log in again with the Shift key held down. This will prevent
all startup items and Office daemons from running.

Run the updater and then restart your computer.

Diane is working on a blog post to explain more about this. Be sure to
check the blog link below and keep an eye for her post.

Hope this helps!

--

bill

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BASIC PIE CHART IN SMARTART GRAPHICS

Posted: 10 Aug 2008 06:37 AM PDT

It sounds like you are selecting only the labels without selecting the data
to be plotted. The size of pie slices, columns, etc. is determined by the
values being plotted, not by manual adjustment.

See the Help of whatever program you're using on the topic: Create a Chart

For future reference: Whenever you post it's a good idea to indicate not
only what program the problem pertains to but also what specific version of
that program. Charting, for example, can be done in Word & PowerPoint as
well as Excel. Also, in either of the three Charts can be created using the
Insert> Chart command or by way of Insert> Object> Microsoft Graph Chart
which results in a different process. Your message includes none of that
information.

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



On 8/10/08 9:37 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Icon Size

Posted: 09 Aug 2008 11:07 AM PDT

"com" wrote:
 

Using keyboard shortcuts is one of the biggest time savers, but many users
just never use them. I'm not sure what the block is on this feature.

Tip: Start with a few shortcuts at a time to learn. Make a cheat sheet so
the shortcuts are easily seen. After a while, these will be second nature
and you can add a new set.

A third party product that helps is Keycue. The neat thing is it lets you
see your Entourage script shortcuts YOU ADDED in addition to the ones added
by the Entourage application. Works in all Mac applications. ($19.95)

KeyCue - find, remember, and learn menu shortcuts
<http://www.ergonis.com/products/keycue/>

--
Diane

Project Gallery setting save recent files option

Posted: 09 Aug 2008 09:04 AM PDT

Thanks for the wisdom. I appreciate it.
Ironically what I'm trying to hide is a list of my myriad passwords.

ricrose

Email alert

Posted: 08 Aug 2008 01:05 PM PDT

"com" wrote:
 

Did you upgrade? This was fixed in the first update. You should be at
12.1.1.

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Diane

Problem wth removing/reinstalling Office 2004

Posted: 07 Aug 2008 07:31 PM PDT

Check this page for the updates to Office 2004. The 11.3.5 updater contains
the fix for the Identity upgrade issue. You can try just upgrading to this.

The AUOffice2004111EN sounds like an early upgrade that is probably no
longer available. It could also be for the AutoUpdate application and not
Office.

BTW, why did your use "Remove Office" in the first place? I'm suspecting
that you have underlying system problems that could have resulted in Office
problems. The Combo will often fix these, but if the problems are wide
spread it takes an "Archive & Install." A lot of people are scared of doing
an "Archive & Install" but it really is not hard and the last time I did it
I only had to re-install my Microsoft keyboard software.

"Archive and Install" moves existing system files to a folder named Previous
System and then installs Mac OS X again.

Just be sure to check Preserve Users and Network Settings when you select
Archive & Install.

Archive and Install

1) Insert the Mac OS X Install Disc and double-click the Install Mac OS X
icon.

2) Follow the onscreen instructions. In the pane where you select the
destination disk, select your current Mac OS X disk (in most cases, it will
be the only one available).

3) Click Options. If you want to save your existing files, users, and
network settings, select ³Archive and Install,² and then select ³Preserve
Users and Network Settings.² If you want to erase everything on your
computer and reinstall Mac OS X, select ³Erase and Install.² You can¹t
recover erased data.

4) Click Continue.

5) Click Customize to select which parts of Mac OS X you¹d like to install,
or click Install to perform a basic installation (recommended).


Once the install has finished, your system will be at whatever level the
disk you have is. So if your Install DVD/CD disk is 10.5.0, that's what
version of OS will be on your Mac. You will need to download the appropriate
Combo Updater from Apple's site to restore the system to a higher version.
After you run the combo, allow Software Update to download and install any
additional updates.

--
Diane

"rockmom5" wrote:
 

help searches

Posted: 06 Aug 2008 05:58 PM PDT

I believe most of the issues you're encountering are because you're using
Publishing Layout View. It's more oriented toward Desktop Publishing / Page
Layout work, not for the typical document construction you're accustomed to.
If you work in Print Layout or Draft View I think you'll be far more at
home.

There's not much about adding a page because adding pages isn't something
you do in Word's conventional views. Publishing Layout is a new, radically
different feature of the program in the 2008 version. If you're in
Publishing Layout, New Page is the first command in the Insert menu, but
you're working in a totally different type of document structure.

As for the Help, there's no doubt it needs improvement. They are working to
do so, but it's a monumental task. If you're interested in learning more
about using Publishing Layout search Help for: publishing.

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



On 8/7/08 11:50 AM, in article caR9absDaxw, "" <>
wrote:
 

Office 2008 Files: Read Only, POSIX, ACLs Frustration!

Posted: 06 Aug 2008 04:17 PM PDT

Unfortunately, we haven't made any progress on this problem. The RTFD files
open and save without a problem. I am pretty confident at this point that it
is not a permissions problem with the server, as the permissions behave
correctly in every other application with every other type of file. As stated
earlier, they even behave if I open these supposedly "read only" files with
Open Office or Text Editor. Basically, every program that I try can open the
files correctly, except for Office 2008 programs.

We are now looking to get away from Leopard server and instead use our
Windows 2003 file server. For whatever the reason, Leopard Server is just not
playing nice with Office 2008. We do not run a complicated network and yet
have had nothing but problems with Leopard Server since we've installed it a
month ago. It's my opinion that the product, while it may work for some,
simply isn't ready for prime time (yet).

I'm going to also setup a linux based test server, enable SMB, and see if I
have similar problems with these Office 2008 files. That should give me a
hint if it's the SMB protocol itself, or if it's something that Apple has
done to the SMB implementation that doesn't play well with Office 2008.

Thanks again for your ideas!

Transfer contacts

Posted: 06 Aug 2008 03:43 PM PDT

"Michael Radie" wrote:
 

There are several options:

Entourage can import a .csv file. Just select the option in Outlook to
export as .csv or text file. In Entourage select the Import --> Contacts
from a text file --> tab delimited file and navigate to the .csv file.

Outlook2Mac...$10 <http://www.littlemachines.com/>

Use Paul Berkowitz's Export-Import Scripts (shareware). These are useful
even after you import your data. Download here

<http://www.scriptbuilders.net/search.php?search_str=Export-Import+Entourage 

--
Diane

MAJOR PROBLEM: Entourage 2008 Reminders DOES NOT REFRESH every dayunless I log out and log in again!

Posted: 05 Aug 2008 11:10 PM PDT

Subnorry wrote:
 

I usually log out daily anyway so I would never see this problem myself.

You mention that you must log out and log in to get the Office Reminders
working. Have you verified that you don't simply need to restart
Entourage? I'm not saying that's an acceptable solution but it's a step
worth testing while troubleshooting.

Also, in Entourage try turning Office Reminders off and on again under
the Entourage menu. Does that have any effect?

--

bill

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Left justifying numbers.

Posted: 05 Aug 2008 10:00 AM PDT

On 8/6/08 3:03 PM, in article C4BF6DD1.40533%cast.net,
"CyberTaz" <cast.net> wrote:
 
Sure. To convert the numbers back to text, in a new column, type the formula
=A1&" ". Fill this down for as long as you need. Then copy the data from
the new column, and paste-special-values back into the original cells. Now
all the numbers will be text. You could alternatively use the formula:
="'"&a1 to prefix all the numbers with an apostrophe, forcing the value to
be text. The apostrophe will not show in the cell.

--
Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh
bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom

Translate Word Perfect Files

Posted: 04 Aug 2008 08:18 PM PDT

Thank you both. I had never heard of AbiWord before. It did the trick. I will use the other PC filters on my work computer.

Word & Entourage crashing when Print is selected

Posted: 30 Jul 2008 01:07 PM PDT

To be helpful I found the solution (other people have solved similar problems
in other ways) -- but go to folder:
/Library/Printers/PPD Plugins
and trash the HP plugins in this folder and restart Word and printing to HP
printers should be fine.
/J

"eyeless" wrote:

[speculations] 

Saving to NFS shares reverts permissions to umask

Posted: 30 Jul 2008 06:19 AM PDT

Hi Bill, thanks for your reply.
 

I can confirm that this does not necessarily occur with other applications. For example, I tested with a .rtf file created and saved in TextEdit. I had another user create the file and save it to an NFS share (and set full read-write for everyone 777 permissions). I opened the file in TextEdit, made a change, and saved it. Checked permissions afterward: although *ownership* of the file changed from the other user to me, the mode of 777 was preserved, which would be the desired behavior for Office.
 

Those are the lines along which I was thinking: Office apps are not changing permissions per se on existing files (which, as you say, I don't think they would know anything about or be able to affect), but rather are creating new files and replacing existing files with these new files. I'd also love it if someone with knowledge of the Save process had any input to provide.

Thanks again,

Chris