About To Install Office 2008 On Leopard 10.5.2; Any Issues Or Tips?

Hello-I'm getting ready to install Office 2008 on my 24" Intel iMac, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 1 500 GB drive, and FW800 external backup drive. (Not using Time Machine)
Just wondering if others have done this with no problems; anything I should watch out for?
I am getting the standard upgrade version; my previous version is Office X (about 7 years old); I currently have the Word only portion of that installed on this iMac.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

You can find a list of the known issues with Office 2008 here:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/help.mspx?qu2=known+issues
And by browsing the Office 2008 forums here:
http://www.officeformac.com/productforums/

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I recently installed Office for Mac 2008 on a new MacBook Pro. Once it was installed, when I launched the program (like Excel or Word) on the application launching screen (where it comes up showing which program you opened and the product key and the name of the registered user) it showed my full administrator password for the MacBook. Then when I went to look at the document properties for the application, under 'company name' is showed my adminstrator password. Not necessarily good when you send files to clients, friends, etc.
I uninstalled Office 2008, changed my admin password, then reinstalled Office. Same thing happened, except it was still my old original MacBook admin password. Obviously, it did not uninstall the entire program.
Does anyone know how I can correct this so it will not show my MacBook admin password everytime I launch one of the Office applications?

deesea wrote:
I recently installed Office for Mac 2008 on a new MacBook Pro. Once it was installed, when I launched the program (like Excel or Word) on the application launching screen (where it comes up showing which program you opened and the product key and the name of the registered user) it showed my full administrator password for the MacBook. Then when I went to look at the document properties for the application, under 'company name' is showed my adminstrator password.
Welcome to Apple Discussions!!
I recently installed Office 2008 on a Leopard Macbook, and don't have these issues. The launch screen shows my name and the registration code only, and the document properties show only my name.
All I can suggest is you go to MicroSoft's Mactopia pages, and access their forums from there.

HELP?! Safari quits unexpectedly once I install Office 2008

Thanks in advance for any assistance... I spent the afternoon with Apple support trying to figure out how to get this to work. Once I install Office 2008 to the point where it checks for a software update, I can no longer access Safari. The page begins to load and I get the unexpectedly quits notice. When I try to report to apple, I am unable to do so since my internet is down. I cannot do a software update without getting the unexpectedly quits message. I tried checking dashboard for some activity on the weather -- unexpectedly quits. I uninstalled Office, Archived Leopard and Safari was working properly -- so was the software update, dashboard, etc... Tried a second time installing Office and Safari was once again inoperable??? Was advised by Apple Support to contact MicroSoft for further assistance...
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well mine hasn't been crashing, but ever since I installed office yesterday my words on any page on Safari randomly start to jumble up... don't know if this is coz of the new office install, but the timing is definitely suspicious...? anyhow, i quit safari and restarted and it worked fine for a while but it keeps happening randomly and its jus annoying.. any help?

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From Office 2008 for Macs, I really only need to use Word & Excel, so I would like to uninstall Entourage, Messenger and probably PowerPoint as well. However, at this point I'm, afraid to do anything else. (Also, i thought it was strange I didn't have a chance to pick w/ Office products to install.)
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Follow Up: A few days later, there was a Apple software update. After it was installed, the keychain error message went away.
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try copying that install files in a usb thumb drive and install from there - the installer might be looking at your other macbook that has office already installed when you run the installer via disk sharing...

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Basically it will be a problem you may be able to overcome. Get Pacifist and try using it to access the packages within the installer so it can install them. See the following for some partial help:
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Click on “Open Package ....” and navigate to package desired and click “Open” in the open/save window.....proceed to step 7.
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Installing Office 2008 for MAC

I don't see a specific place in the forums to post this, so I thought I'd start here.
Does anyone have any tips for a new mac user before installing office 2008 for mac?
Thanks,
Paul

My recommendation is go ahead and install Office for Mac 2008 with confidence. Once installed then choose Help from the top menu of any office application and the choose *Check for Updates* and update the installation to the latest version right away.
After that it works well.
FYI - MS Excel 2008 for Mac does not have the functionality to run Macros. Just thought that you should know.
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I have a license key and a cd to install from, but no slot in my MacBook to insert the CD into. I heard I can download Office 2008 from the Microsoft website, can anyone supply me with a link to the download? Not the30-day trial, the full version. Can anyone tell me if Office 2008 will work on the Retina display because I've read reviews about how it didn't in the past and should now (thanks to updates).

Office 2008 will work with Mountain Lion, but it isn't retina compatible and would probably be too much strain on the eyes to work with. Purchase Office 2011 or Pages. LibreOffice is free and may be retina compatible, but I personally have never used it.
If you are willing to install 2008 and give it a try then just download the trial and then you can upgrade the trial to the full version using the license key you have.

Cannot install office 2008 on new Macbook pro.

I have just received my new macbook pro 17 inch. I"ve installed the bundled apps cd, but when I try to install Mac Office 2008, I receive the following error:
Microsoft office for Mac can't be installed on this disk. newer-version-installed message.
I'm running Snow leopard 10.6.4 and have only installed firefox and AIM besides the software that came with the mac.
I've searched the Mac and cannot find any reference to Microsoft or office 2008. I've also gone through the "Remove office 2008 manually" from the Microsoft website and again have not found any files or folders they referred to.
Does anyone know what else I can do to solve this issue?

Hi baltwo,
However, running Remove Office might do the trick.
I mentioned it anyway because I've seen posts in the past here where the same thing happened. The OP had manually deleted everything they could find, but still couldn't install without either running the Remove Office tool, or going the Draconian route and formatting the drive, reinstalling everything from scratch.
I think that happens if you've opened any Office trial app. It must put a hidden file on the drive somewhere that tracks your 30 day usage from there. If it does exist, then using the Remove Office tool is the only way to get it off the hard drive so you can install the full version.

Help with Archive & Install - Office 2008 gone?

I just performed an "Archive & Install" with "Preserve" checkmarked. When I rebooted, my dock had question marks where the Office 2008 icons were (Word, Entourage, etc). Office 2008 is not in the Applications folder anymore. I thought A&I only replaced the system files - and left others (Apps) intact? Could there be some other reason 2008 disappeared? Can I just Restore the Office Folder and Identities from Time Machine? Thanks in advance!

Archive and Install is usually the safe way to go with OS upgrades (and the way I have mostly gone on all my Macs over the years).
As Dimaxum suggests, fist looking for the Office applications on your hard drive.
Personally, I would use either Spotlight (first) or EasyFind (free from DevonTechnologies) to search for "Word", "Entourage", "Office 2008" names. And if you find the main Office 2008 folder, drag it to the new Applications folder.
As well, if you find the Preferences folder for Office and it is not yet in your (new) User/Library/Preferences, then drag that into there as well.
As V.K. suggests, it is always possible to reinstall from your source disk, assuming that you have it.
And the unspoken bit of knowledge here is that Microsoft allows people to initially install MS Office by EITHER drag and drop the folder from CD to your HD Applications folder, OR by running the MS Office installer from the CD. (And they do not tell you which or why to pick one method over the other!)
I have used both ways in the past in different circumstances and personally have not found any noticeable difference in the resulting application.
So if it turns out that you find the app folder and its preference folder, and put them into their new home of Applications and user/library/preferences and that does NOT give you a functioning Office suite, then just fall back to Plan B of either reinstall MS Office from the CD (which is usually fast, but then needs to have all the MS online update patches done) or give a try to your TimeMachine and see if it allows a full restore of JUST the Office apps into the new Leopard Mac.
(re your TimeMachine option, I cannot say for certain, as i have yet no experience with running a TimeMachine restore.)
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Missing MS documents after install Office 2008

Hello I am running MAC OX 10.6 and just re-intalled Office 2008. Prior to this I had to have my OS re-installed by Apple. I can see all my document folders in FINDER however all folders are empty

First, I do not believe that Office 2011 is any less stable than Office 2008. I've used both (although admittedly I'm not a power user as you appear to be) and haven't had any more problems with 2011 than I did with 2008. Furthermore, Microsoft is much more likely to fix things in 2011 than they are in 2008.
Second, I find it hard to imagine that Arial really isn't there. It's such a universally used font.
Third, the reason bar codes have been removed is because they are no longer USPS compliant. Check the Microsoft web site for this information.
Finally, if you have concerns you don't have to listen to what other people say. Microsoft offers a free trial download of the full Office 2011 suite - including Outlook should you decide you want to try that as well. Download it to your system, try it out, and decide for yourself if you like it enough to use it. If you do, all you have to do is buy a license key and you're all set. You don't even have to reinstall. You can choose to buy the Home and Student license that does not include Outlook, or the Home and Business license that does.
Disclaimer: I do not, nor have I ever, worked for Microsoft or Apple. I have no vested interest in what you do or do not buy.

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I am interested in buying Office 2008 and transferring Excel data from my Powerpc iMac which runs 10.4.11 and Office 2004 student version. I wish to constantly use and update the Excel files. Will I have a conflict?

You shouldn't have a problem, I am running 2008 and all my data from 2004 carried over. Office 2011 will also run on 10.7.

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