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Nothing in Office will open Microsoft Office for Mac

Nothing in Office will open Microsoft Office for Mac

Nothing in Office will open

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 11:57 AM PST

What you give no indication of is your current update level of Office 2008,
and you did not say what the OS X version is for the other MBP. If Office is
not fully updated on each Mac (12.2.1) it may well be the cause of the
problem. Confirming your update levels & repairing disk permissions would be
the first step before chasing symptoms.

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



On 11/1/09 4:35 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Should I keep OFfice 2004?

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 10:35 AM PST

Thanks, Diane. If you can help me out a bit more, are you saying the "Remove Office" would be in the Office 04 set, and would it remove only 04? Or it's in the 08 set and I should make sure it only finds 04 files? (Not that it'd be the end of the world if it removed the wrong one, but just so I don't waste time and effort.)

using 2004 on two comps. simultaneously

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 07:45 PM PDT

Hi Chuck;

Just to clarify a bit, nobody "buys Office", they buy a license to *use*
Office & each retail license applies to a single user. That user is entitled
to install on one stationary & one portable system, but is not allowed to
run any of the software on both at the same time. If the computers are on
the same network there are safeguards built in that prevent doing so. That
applies to any installations on separate Macs if the same Product Key is
used for those installations.

The only *legitimate* "workaround" is for each user to install using their
own respective Product Key (license). IOW, either you or your wife need an
additional license, which can only be had (for the retail package) by
purchasing another copy of Office.

As Diane points out, the Office 2008 Home & Student Edition (referred to as
Student/Teacher in 2004 & prior) includes 3 Product Keys (licenses), so up
to 3 users can install the software as indicated above. Each of the other
editions include only one license. You also have to consider, however, that
the Home & Student licenses do not permit commercial/business use of the
software -- they're for personal (not-for-profit) use only.

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


On 10/31/09 9:45 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Font selection list mix up

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 09:37 AM PDT

I haven't used Suitcase since prior to the intro of OS X, so I can't comment
on its current reliability, but I did notice that you mention having updated
OS X... Have you also updated Office 2008 *&* Suitcase as well?

It's also possible that the Office Font Cache (12) file is damaged or
corrupt. You might try removing it while no Office apps are running to see
if the problem continues. Also, there could be a corrupt font cache,
especially if you don't restart your Mac at least every other day.

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



On 10/29/09 12:37 PM, in article
googlegroups.com,
"bphillips" <com> wrote:
 

Update 12.2.0 Failure

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 11:40 AM PDT

You need to start your own thread and give _your_ info. You don't mention
what version of Office or what OS you are using. You say you tried all the
options, but how do you know you tried everything? We need details to help
you.

--
Diane

buy office... how?

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 03:46 AM PDT

Probably one of these Amazon sites will take your order:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html/ref=gw_br_intl?ie=UTF8&docId=596896&pf_rd_p=466881 133&pf_rd_s=left-nav-3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=468294&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OL E&pf_rd_r=0RD8ZAW0BT6HT00MR4QA

Or check out Apple's home page www.apple.com which there is a link to
the international locator page:
http://www.apple.com/choose-your-country/


--rms

www.rmschneider.com





com wrote: 

Won't read or see install disc?

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 11:57 PM PDT

Justin wrote: 

Since the disc reads OK in some players, use a computer that can read
the disc to create a copy.

-Jim

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
Co-author of Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies

will office 2004 and/or v.X run under Snow Leopard w/ Rosetta?

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 02:20 PM PDT

On 10/23/09 3:56 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Glad I could help. 

Yes, I work with clients doing instruction and database recovery and
upgrades. I'll contact you off list with my info.

--
Diane

Removing "link to previous" in section footnote

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 09:44 AM PDT

I've read through your series of messages several times but I really can't
understand what you're describing. The Link to Previous & Different First
Page attributes pertain to Headers & Footers -- those settings have nothing
at all to do with Footnotes aside from enabling their formatting to be
different in each Section. Also, Footnotes aren't "linked to previous
sections". They are placed either at the bottom of the same page as the
noted text or are at the end of the Section in which that text is located.

I'm not sure how you were attempting to access Help, but this is a
reasonably good summary of Sections. There is a good deal more as well:
__________________________________________________ ____
About sections and section breaks

Sections are a part of a document where you can set specific page layout and
formatting options. You create a new section when you want to change
properties (such as line numbering, number of columns, or headers and
footers) for a portion of your document. For example, format a section as a
single column for the introduction of a report, and then format the
following section as two columns for the body text of the report. Word
treats a document as a single section until you insert a section break.

[Graphics Excluded]

Each section break controls the layout and formatting of the section
preceding the break. For example, if you delete a section break, the
preceding text becomes part of the following section and uses its section
formatting. The last paragraph mark (¶) in the document controls the section
layout and formatting of the last section in the document. If the document
does not contain sections, the last paragraph mark controls the layout and
formatting of the entire document. You can change the following layout and
format options for a section:
Margins
Paper size or orientation
Paper source for a printer
Page borders
Vertical alignment
Headers and footers
Columns
Page numbering
Line numbering
Footnotes and endnotes

The following table shows examples of the types of section breaks that you
can insert. In each illustration, the double-dotted line represents a
section break.
[Tables won't display properly in newsgroup messages.]
Section break type
Description
Next page
Inserts a section break and starts the new section on the next page.

Continuous
Inserts a section break and starts the new section on the same page.

Odd page
Inserts a section break and starts the new section on the next odd-numbered
page.

Even page
Inserts a section break and starts the new section on the next even-numbered
page.

See also
Insert, delete, or change a section break
Insert or delete a manual page break
Print specific pages and sections
__________________________________________________ ____

If what you've managed so far doesn't work out as well as you expect it
might not be a bad idea to submit a new message in the Word Forum rather
than this general forum for Office. Try to be as explicit as you can with
your description of how the document is constructed and exactly how you want
it to be different. It's also good practice to specify your exact update
levels of both Office & OS X.

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


On 10/23/09 12:40 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Office 2004/Leopard - Programs Crashing

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 08:21 AM PDT

RickGreg <com> wrote:
 

:-\
Hum, I had hopes...
 

I really don't think so. I use SuperDuper! to create sandbox drives and
have multiple bootable drives mounted all the time without any issue.

Can you see anything that consistently pops-up in the crash logs?? Any
reference to spelling for instance?
I can't really "read" these things, but sometimes seeing something that
comes back all the time helps narrozw it down,

You can also create a dummy user account on the Mac and see if it still
crashes from there.

Corentin

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2008 Office Setup Assistant Problems

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 06:41 AM PDT

Prov1 wrote: 

Hi,

Additionally, there's a small printer icon next to the major topics. If
you click the printer icon a Word document containing the topic will be
downloaded to your computer.

-Jim

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
Co-author of Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies

How do you create themes for Office SW

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 05:20 AM PDT

com wrote: 

Hi Tomas,

This topic is covered in our Dummies book. To read the book on line:

1. Log into Amazon.com
2. Go to this URL
http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies
3. About 1/3 the way down the page, look for the Inside This Book Learn
More section, and in the Search Inside this Book field type:
Document theme
4. Click the Go button
5. When the book opens, click on page 24 in the left panel.
6. Read the heading Discovering new Office-Wide Themes

Themes are discussed throughout the book, so be sure to follow the
additional links in the left pane of the web site.

-Jim

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
Co-author of Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
Co-author of Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies

Upgrade from 12.0.0 to 12.1.0 not possible

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 08:16 AM PDT

On 10/23/09 2:16 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

See the solutions here:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/error/not_found.html>

--
Diane

Please Help Me Out Of Word Hell

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:55 PM PDT

Hi,

it's difficult for me to say as I don't have the document in front of me.
Some formatting won't work because the invisible formatting made by the
source (the webmail interface) was probably copied across before you started
editing the list. My suggestion: never paste rich text content if you can
avoid it. It is generally not a good idea to rely on webmail interfaces (see
Bob's comments for further details), so I would suggest starting all over
with the document, by pasting the plain text from the original source into a
new Word document.

If you often need to write documents, consider saving them on a USB flash
drive, or perhaps give Google Docs a try. These two solutions are more
reliable than the one you are using right now, and you do not have to waste
your time reformatting everything.


On 22/10/09 7:57, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP - Macintosh

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

Awful Ecommerce Experience/Customer Service

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:09 AM PDT

On 10/21/09 12:09 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Just so you know Marshall Nam is a representative for Microsoft. Hopefully
your opinion will improve now.

--
Diane

Mail

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 10:49 AM PDT


Justin wrote: 


From Wiki:
Entourage import/export limitations

Entourage cannot natively read Outlook Personal Folder files and cannot
read Outlook archived emails without first re-importing them back into
the main Windows Outlook database.[citation needed] As a result, this
makes it impossible to directly transfer email data from Outlook
(Windows) into Entourage (Mac).

Although Microsoft has released a PST Import Tool for Entourage 2004 for
Mac, this does not solve the problem of exporting data from Windows to
Mac, because this utility can only import PST files from Outlook 2001
for the Mac.[citation needed] It is incompatible with any PST files
created with Outlook for Windows.[citation needed] In other words, the
Import Tool only allows transfer from Mac to Mac, *not Windows to Mac.*

Figures, Microsoft hindering a Win to Mac migration.

Anyone else still waiting?

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 02:40 PM PDT


com wrote: 

For that I am truly sorry.

Office Macros

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 11:25 AM PDT

Howard Brazee wrote: 

The underpinnings (the VBA compiler for Mac Intel processors) is being
built from scratch. It's a complete redesign!

-Jim

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
Co-author of Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies

"Newer version is already installed" error

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 08:27 AM PDT

Who did you get the Mac from?

I have a feeling that Office 2008 may have been installed previously
[perhaps the free trial] and has not been properly removed. Unless you know
what you're looking for there may very well not be any visible signs of the
residue, but the installer will find those remnants.

Try having a look at the complete removal process described on Diane's
Entourage site & see if that will enable you to install. In particular see
topics 2d & 5d-#4 as well as a Spotlight search for "normal" plus any files
whose name contains com.microsoft so you can delete them. There may also be
a Microsoft folder in HD/Library/Application Support ‹ Trash it too:

http://www.entourage.mvps.org/install/index.html

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



On 10/19/09 11:08 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Product ID and invalid Product key message

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 08:16 AM PDT

com wrote: 

Here's what I did when I had this problem - right at the end of my
semester when I had projects due.
I turned off auto updater.
Before you do this, wait a few hours and see what others say - they may
be an easier way.


Delete these two files:

$HOME:Library:Preferences:Microsoft:Office 2008:Microsoft Office 2008
Settings.plist

where $HOME is your home folder, and

HD:Applications:Microsoft Office 2008:Office:OfficePID.plist



I don't know if you have to do this with every user on the machine however.

*Cough*NeoOffice*Cough* sorry, packing dust.