Updates to Office 2008 Microsoft Office for Mac |
- Updates to Office 2008
- Identity will be updated
- Maximum number of usable fields with mail merge manager
- After having downloaded the trial version ofOffice 2008 mac - it won't let me register, and therefore i cannot use it!
- office 2008 home edition won't open
- Office 2008 update ver 12.1.9, can't find office on volume?
- Office apps will not run after upgrading to Office 12.1.9
- There is a problem with the Office database
- New MacBook Pro, trying to install upgrade version
- How to capture powerpoint events in applescript
- Can't insert Page Break (Continuous)
- Word crashes when opening some files and when changing new files
- Activating Office for Mac 2008
- Word crashes on opening after changing to Intel
- Need details if you are crashing after installing 12.1.9 updater
- Excel crashes when I try to access on Help.
- Can't install - doesn't recognize operating system
- Equivalant of OLE automation on mac
- Data wont sort
- What is the difference between Office for Machome and student edition and Office 2008 for Mac?
- Excel and powerpoint don't work
- Apps take a very long time to open
- Updated: Excel, PowerPoint Disappeared, Only Word remains
| 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. -- bill Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/> Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/> YouTalk <http://nine.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/youtalk> Twitter: follow <http://twitter.com/meck> |
| 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". -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "Bob Greenblatt" <com> wrote in message news:C664DE53.BAD2B%com... |
| 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. -- 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 -- 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) -- 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. -- 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? -- 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. -- 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 -- 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. -- Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom |
| 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. -- 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> -- 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. -- Diane |
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