Microsoft Office for Mac a good installation?

Have given a grand daughter a 15 inch RetMBKPro running OS 10.9.4 for college.
Is Microsoft Office for Mac a recommended piece of software to install?
Is it supported by Microsoft?
Are there any known problems with its use in a MAc?

Depending on how deeply she'll be getting into the vast range of features MS Office has and/or how complete file compatibility has to be with anyone else, you might also consider LibreOffice. It's a pretty full-featured alternative to MS Office, with the advantage that it's free.

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TS1388 I'm trying to install Microsoft Office for Mac 2011. Halfway through the installation process, the MacBook Air tells me that I must quit Safari before the installation can continue. As far as I can tell, Safari is closed but I still get the same me

I'm trying to install Microsoft Office for Mac 2011. Halfway through the installation, the MacBook Air tells me that I must close Safari for the installation to continue. As far as I can tell, Safari IS closed. I can't discover any process that will close it any more than it is now. Installer won't let me shut down or re-start the computer because it (Installer) is still running.
What am I missing?

The MS installer seems to think Safari is active so try the following...
Right-click on the Safari icon in the Dock and if applicable, select Quit.
or
Try Utilities > Activity Monitor and look for Safari in the Process Name column. If present, highlight Safari and then click the Quit Process icon.

Installing microsoft office for mac and getting prompt for installer password. i have put in apple id password and admin password and not working, i have also reset my admin password 3 times and it is still not working? how do i get past this?

installing microsoft office for mac and getting prompt for installer password. i have put in apple id password and admin password and not working, i have also reset my admin password 3 times and it is still not working? how do i get past this?

You don't use your Apple ID or its password to install anything on your Mac. You use the admin account's name and password.
Use the name and password you last entered when resetting them. The "name" you use is not the short name of the admin account folder.
For example. If you create an admin account of John Smith, the short name given to that account's folder will be johnsmith. So when an app requests an admin name and password to install something, the admin name you enter is John Smith, not johnsmith.

Microsoft Office for Mac open recent File menu option causing AFP to crash

Hi all,
We have an Xserve running Mac OS X Server Leopard 10.5.8. The Xserve hosts three file shares for about 60 users. Our network is 99% Mac based running mostly 10.5.8 with a few 10.6.x. We have historically over the past several years had the AFP service become unreliable and crash frequently. Late last week the AFP service crashes constantly. The quick solution to getting it up and running is to delete the AFP.conf file in /etc.
We have troubleshot one cause of AFP crashing to the Open Recent... File menu option in Microsoft Office for Mac applications. That is, through some amount (haven't been able to narrow it down to how much) of opening documents on the share via the Open Recent menu the AFP service will crash.
Here's what's happening in the AppleFileServer .crash file:
Process: AppleFileServer [26065]
Path: /usr/sbin/AppleFileServer
Identifier: AppleFileServer
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
Date/Time: 2010-04-12 13:25:54.666 -0700
OS Version: Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 (9L34)
Report Version: 6
Anonymous UUID: 273147DD-D725-4DAB-B403-95391FF85FE1
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE at 0x0000000000000015
Crashed Thread: XX
******** blah *********
Thread XX Crashed:
0 AppleFileServer 0x0004bc15 operator+(OSException&) + 103513
1 AppleFileServer 0x00064988 operator+(OSException&) + 205260
2 AppleFileServer 0x0006da4e operator+(OSException&) + 242322
3 AppleFileServer 0x000711f3 operator+(OSException&) + 256567
4 AppleFileServer 0x00071446 operator+(OSException&) + 257162
5 AppleFileServer 0x00076686 operator+(OSException&) + 278218
6 AppleFileServer 0x000790d7 operator+(OSException&) + 289051
7 AppleFileServer 0x0004560c operator+(OSException&) + 77392
8 AppleFileServer 0x00044269 operator+(OSException&) + 72365
9 AppleFileServer 0x00044343 operator+(OSException&) + 72583
10 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9587c155 pthreadstart + 321
11 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9587c012 thread_start + 34
This is followed by a lot of these entries in AppleFileService.log file:
IP xx.xx.xx.xx - - [12/Apr/2010:13:25:54 -0800] "Login username" 0 0 0
IP xx.xx.xx.xx - - [12/Apr/2010:13:25:54 -0800] "No matching key: username" 1271103954 1271103943 1
** - - [12/Apr/2010:13:26:15 -0800] "Mounted Volume VOLUME1" 0 0 0
** - - [12/Apr/2010:13:26:15 -0800] "Mounted Volume VOLUME2" 1 0 0
** - - [12/Apr/2010:13:26:15 -0800] "DiskArbStart -" 0 0 0
Our solution is to have all our users turn off the open recent option in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Not an ideal solution but it may get the AFP service running "good enough."
Has anyone had an experience like this before or can anyone duplicate the AFP service crashing when trying to open documents on a share via the open recent menu? Any other ideas?
Thanks

Update.
I have been able to consistently reproduce a problem where the AFP service will crash if a file that a user has an alias to is moved to a folder and the user is denied access to .
1. On your Mac create an alias to a file or folder, that you have access to, that is stored on a share served via AFP. The alias can be in the Places section of a Finder window, on the Desktop, or anywhere an alias can be created. Lets call what the alias points to the target.
2. Move the target to a folder on the AFP share and deny the user or group Read & Write access to that folder.
3. Try accessing the target via the alias created in step 1.
The AFP service should crash.
Can anyone reproduce this crash scenario too?

I purchased Microsoft Office for Mac through the Apple website.. I have downloaded all from the disk into my Mac, no problem with all the other Word etc, but Outlook is asking for the key number: I have put it in but its obviously not the right one...????

I purchased Microsoft Office for Mac through the Apple website.. I have downloaded all from the disk into my Mac, no problem with all the other Word etc, but Outlook is asking for the key number: I have put it in but its obviously not the right one...???? In the box with the disk came the product key, have put it in and it doesnt work. Please help..x

unfortunately - you can not. you can't even buy outlook by itself at microsoft's own website.
does it have to be outlook? maybe you can get away with using something else that's outlook compatible.
how about trying Thunderbird for Mac OS?
or maybe you can call apple and let them know you purchase the wrong version - they might give you a break and just pay the difference for the home and business version.
good luck

Microsoft Office for Mac Air

I have microsoft office for mac for a previous mac pro but now since I have the air I cannot insert the CD. Do I have to purchase the Office program again? If not how can I install the program onto my new Air without having to purchase the new program online or the CD accesory for the Air.

schebly wrote:
I have microsoft office for mac for a previous mac pro but now since I have the air I cannot insert the CD. Do I have to purchase the Office program again? If not how can I install the program onto my new Air without having to purchase the new program online or the CD accesory for the Air.
This works just as good and much less expensive. Apple uses LG in some of their recent iMacs:
http://www.amazon.com/LG-Super-Multi-Portable-DVD-Rewriter-GP08NU6W/dp/B003DLZNF K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315369078&sr=8-1

Will Microsoft Office For Mac V.X run on Lion?

Need to determine if I have to buy the latest version of Microsoft Office For Mac. Would prefer to use my V.X. I am upgrading to Lion for iCloud.

However, Office 2008, which does run in Lion, MUST BE INSTALLED BEFORE you upgrade to Lion, because its installation program has Rosetta-required PPC code.
Another issue is that many people with legacy MS Office data files are experiencing severe problems with translation of the legacy files by MS Office 2008 or 2011.
For example, I must access a file once a week that I created in MS Excel 2004 and its graphs are scrambled by Excel 2011. I continue to access it with Excel 2004 in Snow Leopards installed in Parallels 7 in Lion:
If you decide to continue to use your Office v.X, full installation instructions for Snow Leopard (and Rosetta) in Parallels 7 in Lion are here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=14799174#post14799174

Downloading Microsoft Office for Mac

Im trying to download Microsoft Office for Mac...When I got to Installation screen a pop up box stated I must close Safari before continuing, but Safari is not open, I tried to hit continue but the box wouldn't go away and the installation will not continue with installation?

I figured it out by checking out another question! It is possible to have safari open without any pages showing up...Check to see if there is a dot under Safari, if so right click (click and hold down) then a box pops up and hit Quit...this took care of the problem!

I just bought a macbook pro and am ready to order Microsoft Office for Mac. I use Windows 2007 at work and want to be sure I am able to work with files from that system. Do I need to buy 2 different editions of Microsoft Office to be able to do this?

Do I need to buy 2 different Microsoft Office products if I want to be able to use my new Mac with Microsoft Office for Mac and also use files saved on my work computer which uses Microsoft Window 2007?

Pomme4us wrote:
Do I need to buy 2 different Microsoft Office products if I want to be able to use my new Mac with Microsoft Office for Mac and also use files saved on my work computer which uses Microsoft Window 2007?
Sorry, but your likely going to have to use Windows 7 and Office on your Mac at work using Bootcamp.
Although you can share files OfficeMac and Office on Windows, the formatting will be off because two platforms use different installed fonts and formatting. This will cause a productivity lost and require extra editing at work
If you could share just PDF's then your fine, but that will unlikely be the case.
So to share files seamlessly your going to have to install Windows 7 (another $300) full version, 64 bit, using Apple's Bootcamp.
https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
It's ok, though, you can boot into OS X to use that online and surfing etc at home. It's the internet and sharing of files from other Windows users that cause Windows to hoze up, so mimimalize both of those and you should be fine.
You can also run Windows 7 in a virtual machine software like Parallels or VMFusion. as long as you don't have any super demanding needs of the hardware, like running 3D games or super intense CPU actions like video processing. Office work is just fine and it's safer than Bootcamp, as in a virtual machine you can keep "snapshots" of previous states of the OS, and revert back to in case something goes wrong in mere seconds.
A real good piece of news though, Windows 8 is so radically changed from Windows 7, that your workplace will remain with Windows 7 as long as possible to put off all the retraining necessary with that new OS version.
So think of the $300 + $60 investment in Windows on your Mac as a longterm thing.

Will Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 work on my iMac with Mountain Lion OS?

Help! I have downloaded Mountain Lion (10.8.4) on my iMac. Now I can't open or use files that contained labels I made with Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 because Mountain Lion does not support Power PC and Microsoft Excel. If I purchase and download Office for Mac 2011, will it allow me to continue using these label files? If not, how can I get a database for my iMac that will enable me to create labels and catalogues?

Thanks, Niel. I'm glad to know purchasing the Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 will enable me to retrieve and use my "ancient" database label files. I did try to get OpenOffice, but my computer says "'OpenOffice' can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer" and my "security preferences allow installation of only apps from the Mac App Store and identified developers." How can I do this? I really don't know about the inner workings of my computer!

Installing Microsoft Office for Mac 2011

I have a Macbook Pro 5.3 Boot ROM Version MBP53.00AC.B03 with SMC Version 1.48f2. The computer will not read the software for installing Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 (Home and Student). An alert blocks installing of the Firmware 1.7 Update. Mac Support said the problem is the Microsoft software. Microsoft said the problem is the Macbook Pro. Does anyone know how to resolve the problem so the Office 2011 can be installed?
Message was edited by: dunndl

An alert blocks installing of the Firmware 1.7 Update
Firmware updates and Office 2011 are unrelated and have nothing to do with each other.
If the firmware won't install, then post your question in the OS X forums.
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=263
If this question is strictly related to the installation of Office, then please post your question on MS' own forums for their Mac software, as Apple Discussions only provide support for Apple products: http://www.officeformac.com/productforums

Is OSX lion compatible with microsoft office for mac 2008

Can anybody out there please give me a definitive answer to this question: Is OSX Lion compatible with Microsoft Office for Mac 2008? The technical support people of both Apple and Microsoft could not provide me wth a useful answer to a question that must interest hundreds of thousands of people, if not millions. I don't want to download the new OS and then encounter nasty problems.

Yes. The only problem you could face, is if you want to reinstall MS Office 2008 on Lion - this is not possible, because the installer runs on Rosetta, which is no longer supported in Lion. But if you already have Office installed, there should be absolutely no problems.

MAC Leopard english and french Microsoft Office for MAC

Hi to all of you !
Brand new to this discussion forum...
I have a new iMAC 3.06Ghz that I switched in english (was originally in french). I want to know if I installed Microsoft Office for MAC 2008 in french, will it display automatically in english since the OS is in english ?
I did the same with Adobe Lightroom (bought the french version...) and it displays in english with no problems or issues...
I don't want to open the package if it will diaplay in french because I can't have a refund on the suite...
Thanks in advance for your help !

First try iWork free for 30 days here.
http://www.apple.com/iwork/trial/
To get your files remove the hard drive from the dead computer and put it into an external enclosure, connect to either the firewire or usb port of your mac depending on which enclosure you buy and get your files. The dead motherboard should have no ill effect on your files as long as the hard drive still works.
A good source for enclosures is
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/External-Enclosures/
Also I like
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=92&name=External-Enclos ures

Reinstalling Microsoft Office for Mac 2011

I bought Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Home and Student Family Pack (3 users / 3 macs).
If I perform a complete Clean install of Mac OS X snow leopard, then install microsoft office for mac afterwards, will this waste one of my licences. (So then there will only be one more installation left)?

no, it will not waste a license. I have the same MS Office version on my mac.

Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Standard Issue

The first time a user loads Office for Mac it runs the first time launch which creates that users preference files so unless you run it for each user then they will receive those prompts. As for the DB issue I would probably run a permission repair on the startup disk as well as ensure that you run Office updates for each user (I have seen a few installs that require an update run for each user for whatever reason).

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