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Office 2008
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Hello, I just got done installing Office 2008 and all the updates, so I want to use word now, well I click on the icon and all that comes up is the setup, then the auto updater. I go through all of them, and then it say there is no updates, and I click the x to exit, then word will not open, I can not even start the program, excel the same way, all are. Help me here, I can not even use the programs.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Body in London, mind elsewhere
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Use or create a second user account and see if it has the same problem.
What OS are you running and what version of Word is listed when you do a Get Info on the application?
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: 888500128, C3, 2nd soft.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: London, UK
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MS are preventing you from feeling sad for them by stopping you from finding out just how utterly **** their software is. Count yourself lucky that you can't run Office 2008 - the most dismal bit of programming on the Mac since, oh, Office 2004. If you can, get a refund. Seriously.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: New Windsor, NY
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Pages all teh way, yes i said teh....
Pages FTW
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MPB 2.8GHz, 4GB Ram, 320GB HDD
2TB Raid 1 setup, Wacom 12x19, 24" ACD, Bose SS
FCS 2, Shake, Adobe CS4, Lightroom > Aperture
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Los Angeles
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I already have the Student version of Office 2008 installed, but just purchased Office 208 Expression Media. How do install the latter? Does it install over (thus eliminating the Student version), or do another entire installation? If it is the latter, can I erase the Student version w/o eliminating things like address files for Entourage? Thanks.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Illinois
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You've got a compromised serial number.
Give Microsoft a quick call to see if you can't get that cleared up.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Vancouver, BC
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My understanding is your can download updates directly from the MS site as some versions of Office 2008 are unable to detect an update is in fact available. That would be my first step.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Monterrey, Mexico
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I would uninstall , reinstall and do not update.. try running it. If it works install updates and run it.
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Moderator  Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Polwaristan
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There is a Remove Office application in Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Additional Tools/
Run it to uninstall Office 2008 then install the version you want (Express Media edition I assume). Before running Word or anything else, download all Office 2008 updates directly from MS's site (not by running the updater program). I see two Office 2008 updates on their update page: Service Pack 1 and 12.1.5.
I've seen Office 2008 apps fail to open on certain versions of OS X if Office 2008 is not fully updated before even attempting to open the application.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Back in the Good Ole US of A
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I've gotten stuck in the auto-update/no updates available loop before. It's maddening. I finally just uninstalled Office 2008 completely (as Cold Warrior has suggested) and reinstalled and everything was ok. Never figured what was wrong with the original installation.
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