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08 Mac Office activation problems Microsoft Office for Mac

08 Mac Office activation problems

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 07:12 AM PDT

hey Tough, how did you get the problem sorted?

Product Key is not Valid

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 12:47 AM PDT

On 7/28/09 12:47 AM, in article
googlegroups.com,
"lowsphere" <com> wrote:
 


Some keys were disabled in sp2 because they were black listed. See this
thread that gives how to check and what to do if you have a legitimate key
that no longer works.

<http://www.officeformac.com/ms/ProductForums/Office/3920/15>

If you send me your email or post it here on the newsgroup, a developer will
contact you off list.

Send an email to dianeross at mvps dot org.

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Is the product key validation language dependent ?

Posted: 27 Jul 2009 11:42 PM PDT

Thank you Michel, your response is perfectly clear.

As I only have keys from a downloaded version of US Office, I guess I'll have to wait for a downloadable version of Office in French when Microsoft will produce it, or buy a retail product in French as of today.

Italian SP2?

Posted: 27 Jul 2009 11:37 PM PDT

Someone should have advised about this problem.
Italian users paid for Office...

Product Key and Purchased New Office

Posted: 27 Jul 2009 12:42 PM PDT

On 7/27/09 1:57 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/install/remove_office.html>

Note you'll see on the page the files that are not removed. You'll have to
remove those manually.

Nothing in the Microsoft User Data folder is supposed to be touched with the
install, BUT somethings things go wrong and files can disappear. I suggest
that you zip (compress) your Main Identity folder or make a backup just in
case.

~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2008 Identities

Install Office for Mac 2008 including updates

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/install/install_update_2008.html>

Dos and Don'ts for a good install
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/troubleshoot/install_08.html#basics>

In case the above link does not work:

<http://tinyurl.com/6cmyyc>

Check List to troubleshoot your install

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/troubleshoot/install_08.html#checklist>



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Diane

Running OFFICE 2007 for the PC under Parallels

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 07:22 AM PDT

I believe the release date is 22 Oct, but pre-orders are being accepted now.

I'm not certain re its support in Parallels as I use Fusion, but have seen
reference to others using it with no problem - apparently Beta or other
sources of Win 7. Should have qualified that in the reply :-)

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



On 7/27/09 7:50 AM, in article C6930CE3.BC0E5%com, "Bob
Greenblatt" <com> wrote:
 

The Office 2008 for Mac Product Registration takes forever

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 11:34 PM PDT

On 26/07/09 9:43, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Hi Christopher,

download the SP2 updater from Mactopia and see if you can apply it. If it
works, see if the problem has disappeared. If that doesn't work, I'm afraid
the best solution would be to remove Office and install it again. Once
you've done that, be sure to apply all the latest updates.

Missing support files are usually indicative of either a faulty installation
process or an incomplete update process.

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP - Macintosh

*** Please always reply to the newsgroup. ***

If I buy and reinstall the download of office2008 Stu.Teach from this website will i lose all mypapers and documents and ppts?

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 04:07 PM PDT

Sorry nobody got back to you sooner, but newsgroups are *never* the venue
for immediate response - it may take as much as 24 hrs. for your message to
even appear, let alone be read & responded to. That's during "normal
business hrs.", Saturday evenings are even less likely to be when most of us
are spending our time in the newsgroups :-)

Anyway, if it's still of any use I'll try to give some general advice but
your situation isn't clear - you've given no indication why you think you
need to reinstall Office 2008 in the first place. Obviously I can't say for
certain, but if you're experiencing some sort of problem with your current
installation it most likely isn't a *re*installation that will correct it.

Reinstalling complex apps such as Office is *never* the first step to
correcting a problem & rarely is it a part of the corrective
process. In fact, it can make matters worse & even cause other issues. In
those cases where it is necessary it is only effective if a proper Remove
Office is done first & then all pertinent updates need to be applied
afterward. Applications seldom go bad & the files that do go bad aren't
changed/fixed/removed by reinstalling, so at best it's a waste of time.

Short answer to your specific concern: No, any reinstallation will not cause
you to lose any user-created documents regardless of which app you created
them with. However, it's best to do a removal of the currently installed
software first using the Remove Office utility supplied with Office 2008.
You'll find guidelines here:

http://word.mvps.org/Mac/RemoveReinstall.html

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



On 7/25/09 7:07 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Where does Office2008-1220UpdateEN.dmg download to/get stored

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 10:18 AM PDT

Diane

Have not run monolingual and all plugins/proj contents are present in the appropriate folders.

No Office files modified.

But thanks for the help anyway :-)

Equation editor accents

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 02:32 PM PDT

I'm not sure. I'm betting the latter; there have been some weird
goings on with regard to the Symbol font on the Mac. If you want to
send me a sample document at the email address in my signature, I'll
see what it looks like for me.

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On 27-Jul-2009, com wrote:
 

Office Crashes When Opened

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 11:36 AM PDT

> I tried the steps listed above, including the Combo Update. It did not fix the issue. 

I think you just answered my question. I am not about to install SP2 until Microsoft gets its "stuff" (not the word I had in mind) together.

Word 04 can't update.08 crashes

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 03:07 PM PDT

On 7/23/09 3:07 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Are you going to do an "Archive & Install" or an "Erase & Install"?

I wouldn't do a "Remove Office" and would try the "Archive & Install" first.
If you have to do the "Erase & Install" it will erase them for you. :-)

--
Diane

What is the point of Document Connection?

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 07:45 PM PDT

Jim Gordon MVP wrote:
 

Hi Jim!

I've posted a correction. I typed *files* when I meant *folders*.

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2008 update

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 02:40 PM PDT


On 7/22/09 7:14 PM, in article phx.gbl,
"William Smith" <comcast.net.INVALID> wrote:
 

Details on checking your key can be found in this thread:

"product key validation problem after sp2 update"

<http://www.officeformac.com/ms/ProductForums/Office/3920/15>

Look for my posts for details.

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Product key needed for Microsoft Office v.X

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 02:23 PM PDT

On 7/24/09 12:10 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Yes.

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Diane

License Auditing

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 09:41 AM PDT

com wrote:
 

Did you know that Microsoft offers volume licenses for five users or
more? You're a prime candidate for a volume license (where you don't
even have to put in a key or keep track of keys).

Start here: <http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/Default.aspx>.

Hope this helps!

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Office for Mac Activation

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 06:13 AM PDT

You are talking to your peers here. We have no connection to the online
downloads. I suggest never buying a download install like Office again. Get
the DVD.

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Diane


On 7/27/09 7:06 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Microsoft Office 2008 SP2 Install

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 02:11 AM PDT

On 7/22/09 2:11 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

This doesn't sound like a Microsoft error message. Check the amount of free
space on your drive along with the tips Bill mentioned.

Use Activity Monitor in Applications/Utilities to check free space. Look
under the Disk Usage tab.

--
Diane

Getting Rid of Blank Page

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 08:43 PM PDT

Make sure you display the non-printing characters (¶). They will better
enable you to determine what the cause is. Once you know what is causing it
you can more readily deal with it.

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HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
Office:Mac MVP

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Microsoft Office Mac 2008 Not Responding

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:03 PM PDT

On 7/21/09 5:03 PM, in article
googlegroups.com, "Jeff"
<com> wrote:
 

See this link for solutions for Office 2008 slow to open:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/troubleshoot/crashes.html#crash46>

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Diane

How do you open .docx files in Powerpoint?

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 04:07 PM PDT

Insert> Slides From> Outline File... assuming the Word file is properly
formatted using Styles that incorporate Levels.

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HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
Office:Mac MVP

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New/old problem with Powerpoint in Update 2

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 07:04 AM PDT

> This is the kind of attack message that does more damage than good. The people monitoring this forum are volunteers, not MS employees. If you want to scream at MS, do it at them and not the people who are trying to help us. 

I would hardly characterize robor's message as an attack. And, it was not directed to the volunteers here, but rather directly to Mr. Montenegro, whose signature says "Macintosh Business Unit, Microsoft Corporation." Is he a volunteer, too?

The statement to the right of where I am typing this says, "The MVPs and other volunteers here welcome not only questions but comments, feedback, and criticism." If disgruntled users don't "scream" here, where should we.

While I have received a message from Mr. Montenegro that Microsoft has identified what they think is the problem with my un-openable file--that it is missing some bit of code that causes SP2 to reject it (deficiency I had nothing to do with)--I have yet to see a public statement from Microsoft that they acknowledge the problem, are working on it and will have a fix by a specific time.

This whole philosophical argument about whose responsibility it is to ensure that a product works as advertised is ridiculous. The current problem is not a minor bug; it is a crippler that Microsoft does not offer a clear, simple path by which to recover. That is irresponsible.