Reinstalling Office 2008 on MacBook Pro
I had to have the hard drive on my MacBook Pro replaced. When i got it back i tried to reinstall Office 2008. After the first time, when i tried to activate it nothing would happen - the icon/s (e.g., for Excel) would "bounce" up and down but no app would open. I tried to reinstall, but all that happened is another set of icons added to the menu bar at the bottom of the screen (which still won't work). also, when i did the second install, during the part of the process when it looks to see if there are other versions installed, it didn't find anything. Suggestions?
also, how do you remove those icons (from the menu at the bottom of the screen)?
Those are just icons in your Dock, I'm assuming? You can just click on them, holding down the mouse/trackpad for just a couple of seconds and you'll see "Options" and under that "Remove from Dock".
Are you trying to install Office 2008 from the original disc? You can download it from here and just enter your activation key.
Clinton
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(http://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/24/new-macbook-pro-does-not-support-8gb-ram-for -now/)
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