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Updates to Office 2008 Microsoft Office for Mac

Updates to Office 2008

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 10:47 PM PDT


com wrote:
 

MacBU doesn't provide end-user assistance here. You will be receiving
answers here from your peers.

However, Microsoft does offer free installation assistance via phone:
(866) 474-4882.

Hours for Phone (Pacific Time)
Monday - Friday 5:00 A.M. - 9:00 P.M.
Saturday - Sunday 6:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

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Identity will be updated

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 02:46 AM PDT

 

Yes, it's a problem for everyone in my company. The fixes from your link dont help. We have no Firewall restrictions or 80 defective Databases.

Any other idea?

Thanks,
Dennis

Maximum number of usable fields with mail merge manager

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 01:14 PM PDT


Hi Bob,

According to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294688 "The maximum number of data fields in an Excel worksheet is 256."
The OP is using an Excel worksheet (2007/8) as the datasource.

It seems that getting beyond 255/256 fields will require exporting the data to a tab-delimited text file or a comma-delimited text
file and using that as the data source. Even then, "There is a limitation of 255 fields in the Mail Merge Recipients dialog box".

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Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]


"Bob Greenblatt" <com> wrote in message news:C664DE53.BAD2B%com... 

After having downloaded the trial version ofOffice 2008 mac - it won't let me register, and therefore i cannot use it!

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 05:00 AM PDT

On 6/21/09 5:00 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Any support for the download versions need to be addressed to Microsoft. Did
you receive any type of confirmation email when you purchased. It should
have given you the info to get help.

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Diane

office 2008 home edition won't open

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 10:06 AM PDT

I set up a new user and Word opened no problem!

I use Font Agent Pro - in both areas.

So what is wrong in my usual user account?
 

Office 2008 update ver 12.1.9, can't find office on volume?

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 08:27 AM PDT

Please see my comment under a similar issue at
<http://www.officeformac.com/ms/ProductForums/Office/3772/2>
I'm wondering if these missing receipts could be a generic problem.

Office apps will not run after upgrading to Office 12.1.9

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 07:35 PM PDT


Questions from the developer. Please give all the info he asks for.

1) Does the Installer is ³fails because the OS is being misread as pre
10.4.²? ( screen shot would be great) You'll have to go back to the
installer to do this.

2) Press CMD+L (that will bring up the installer log). Then change the drop
down to show everything. Copy that text out, and then mail it to me.

dianeross at mvps dot org

Or

entouragehelp at gmail dot com

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Diane

On 6/19/09 6:38 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

There is a problem with the Office database

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 10:30 AM PDT

On 6/20/09 3:57 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

I've seen installs continue after ignoring or canceling out an error and the
install was bad. You did the right thing by doing it over.

A while back a window would popup but be hidden telling users to quit all
Microsoft applications. This one cause all sorts of problems when the users
continued the update.(this was a result of an Apple security update changed
the way an installer could run scripts)

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Diane

New MacBook Pro, trying to install upgrade version

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 10:47 PM PDT

I just realized that the copy of Word 5 would have been on floppies. My current equipment can't read 'em even if I can find them.

How to capture powerpoint events in applescript

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 08:13 PM PDT

On Jun 18, 3:45*pm, CyberTaz <cast.net> wrote: 


Sorry again :-( have just learnt how to do cross posting, will use it
from now onwards.

To rephrase the question, Is there a way to capture the events from
office applications on MAC (just like we can do it on windows as
explained by the microsoft knowledge base article "How to catch Word
application events by using Visual C++")

Regards
Rahul

Can't insert Page Break (Continuous)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 06:09 PM PDT

OK, you're going to have to be more exact about what you're attempting to do
as well as more specific about the structure of your document content as
well as what "settings" you want to change.

There's no such critter as a "CONTINUOUS page break" -- there's a Page Break
& there's a Continuous Section Break. Please understand that mixing the
terms confuses the issue. There's also a Next Page Section Break, so the
first suggestion is to make absolutely certain that you're selecting the
right one for the intended purpose. Also, be sure you have the non-printing
characters (¶) displayed in order to better determine what's inserted.

If you're absolutely certain that you're using the correct feature & still
having the same problem be certain to give the details requested above as
well as state your exact update level of Office.

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


On 6/17/09 9:09 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com>
wrote:
 

Word crashes when opening some files and when changing new files

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 08:58 AM PDT

On 6/17/09 2:12 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

The problem is in your User's folder. The following link includes tips for
Entourage. You can ignore these (1,5,6,7).

Troubleshooting Your User Account for a Problem

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/troubleshoot/test_user.html>

From the description of your problems, I'm guessing fonts are the issue. I
don't believe the problem would be with the fonts themselves since they work
in the new User. I would look to deleting font caches

Troubleshoot Fonts

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/troubleshoot/bad_font.html>

Keep in mind the tip to test in a new User for future problems. Once you
know where a problem is located you can find a solution.

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Diane

Activating Office for Mac 2008

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 02:29 AM PDT

On 6/18/09 9:02 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

I had never even heard of DR selling a downloadable copy of Office. It's
just a bit risky to me to get an application like Office that wasn't on a
DVD/CD. 

Let us know. It might help someone in the future. BTW, how much did you have
to pay and which version did you get? Home & Student or Standard?

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Diane

Word crashes on opening after changing to Intel

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 01:23 AM PDT

A suggestion:
Could the reason for crash be a stile name with the letter æ.
In my work on recovering old styles I tried to make a style with the name Optælling, and on creating it Word crashed. Then I did the same but now with the name Optal and that worked.

Maybe Word on Intel is more sensitive to „foreign" letters than Word on ppc?

Need details if you are crashing after installing 12.1.9 updater

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 05:42 PM PDT

crash log
 
 

Date/Time: 2009-06-16 21:22:08 -0400
OS Version: 10.5.7 (Build 9J61)
Architecture: i386
Report Version: 4

Command: Word
Path: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Word
Version: 12.1.9 (12.1.9)
Build Version: 0
Project Name: (null)
Source Version: 90516
Parent: launchd [63]

PID: 1886
Event: hang
Time: 5.02s
Steps: 28

Process: Microsoft Word [1886]
Path: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Word

ADDRESS BINARY
00001000 /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Word
0163a000 /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/MicrosoftComponentPlugin.framework/Versions/12/MicrosoftComponentPlugin
01914000 /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/Netlib.framework/Versions/12/Netlib
019b2000 /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/StdUrlMoniker.framework/Versions/12/StdUrlMoniker
019fc000 /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/MicrosoftOLE.framework/Versions/12/MicrosoftOLE
01ab6000 /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/MicrosoftOLEAutomation.framework/Versions/12/MicrosoftOLEAutomation
01b47000 /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/MSLS3.framework/Versions/12/MSLS3
01b7f000 /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/merp.framework/Versions/12/merp
01b8f000 /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/MSXML.framework/Versions/12/MSXML
01e2c000 /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/PowerPlantCore.framework/Versions/12/PowerPlantCore
01e73000 /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/MicrosoftOffice.framework/Versions/12/MicrosoftOffice
0269d000 /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/PowerPlant.framework/Versions/12/PowerPlant
028ac000 /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/OfficeArt.framework/Versions/12/OfficeArt
03b01000 /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/MicrosoftOleo.framework/Versions/12/MicrosoftOleo
03b15000 /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/SmartArt.framework/Versions/12/SmartArt
04045000 /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/MicrosoftChartPlugin.framework/Versions/12/MicrosoftChartPlugin
046cd000 <unknown>
15182000 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/OpenTransport.framework/OpenTransport
19dba000 /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/MacOS/RawCamera
1a457000 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ATSHI.dylib
1a56800

Excel crashes when I try to access on Help.

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 12:38 PM PDT

On 6/17/09 2:44 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

I received and sent you a reply. I hate to say it and it really isn't as bad
as you might think, but an "Archive & Install" would probably be what it's
going to take to fix this. The last time I had to do an "Archive & Install"
the only thing I had to re-install was my Microsoft keyboard software.

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.

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Diane

Can't install - doesn't recognize operating system

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 09:46 AM PDT

On 6/17/09 2:02 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Questions from the developer for you. Please give all the info he asks for.

1) Does the Installer is ³fails because the OS is being misread as pre
10.4.²? ( screen shot would be great) You'll have to go back to the
installer to do this.

2) Press CMD+L (that will bring up the installer log). Then change the drop
down to show everything. Copy that text out, and then mail it to me.

dianeross at mvps dot org

Or

entouragehelp at gmail dot com

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Diane

Equivalant of OLE automation on mac

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 05:06 AM PDT

On 6/17/09 12:13 AM, in article
googlegroups.com, "RAHUL"
<com> wrote:
 
Sorry, I can't help you here. I do not know whether the Excel or PP
interface is exposed to C++ code, or where (or even if) it is documented.
I'm just pretty sure that what ever works with Windows will not work on the
Mac. My suggestion was to use AppleScript exclusively to do all the slide
generation and manipulation. You could fire the script with your C++
program.

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Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh
bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom

Data wont sort

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 09:27 PM PDT

In article <caR9absDaxw>,
com wrote:
 

One way:

Select your cells. Choose Format/Cells. In the Alignment tab, the "Merge
cells" should have a horizontal line. Click it twice to clear the
checkbox. Click OK.

What is the difference between Office for Machome and student edition and Office 2008 for Mac?

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 08:25 AM PDT

On 6/15/09 10:06 AM, in article C65C4C28.10738%org,
"Michel Bintener" <org> wrote:
 

It should import 2001 but most likely nothing will be imported. Even
Entourage X users have problems getting their data into Entourage 2008.

Apple Mail does import from Entourage 2001. You could use it to import then
import Apple Mail into Entourage.

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Diane

Excel and powerpoint don't work

Posted: 13 Jun 2009 09:18 PM PDT


I did all of these things, and powerpoint still does not work. I even tried to make a presentation in powerpoint and save it, and that does not work. It spits out the same exact error message.

Excel behaves in a congruent manner.

This makes no sense. It's like the programs aren't connected to the computer's file system. There is literally no functionality at this point.

Apps take a very long time to open

Posted: 13 Jun 2009 10:52 AM PDT

On 6/13/09 10:52 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Under "About Entourage" or any Office 2008 application, you will find the
version info. What version do you have installed? Under the Apple in the
Menu bar "About this Mac" will tell you the version of the OS you have
installed.

Office 2008 slow to launch
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/troubleshoot/crashes.html#crash46>

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Diane

Updated: Excel, PowerPoint Disappeared, Only Word remains

Posted: 13 Jun 2009 08:45 AM PDT

On 6/16/09 12:24 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

In most cases, when installation of an update fails part-way through, with
the installer either quitting unexpectedly in the accompaniment of an error
message or exhibiting an indefinite hang necessitating a force-quit, the
result is all or some of the Microsoft Office applications are completely
missing.

The only remedy is to re-install Office from your CD and update. FWIW, this
is not a MS specific problem. It can happen with any update process.

Tip: I suggest zipping the Office folder prior to updating in case of
problems. Easy to revert to previous install.

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Diane