Set default Microsoft office 2008 word indent level

Do you know how to set the default Microsoft office 2008 word indent level? Every time I make a new list, it indents it at 1/4 inch, but I want it to not be indented, like in Pages. Anyone know how to do it?

Since Word is not an Apple product, you should be posting your question on Microsoft's own forums for their Mac products, as Apple discussions only provide support for Apple products:
http://www.officeformac.com/productforums

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Microsoft Office 2008 Word indenting whole paragraphs with autoformat

I have to say, I'm still really disappointed with the autoformat feature with Microsoft Office. I'm not saying it's doing a bad job, but for some reason it keeps jumping in-between settings for no reason. I don't even change anything on it.
My latest problem right now is indenting. I'm trying to create a bibliography for a paper I have written and need to indent a few lines. However when I try to do so it instead indents the whole thing. I don't need all of it indented, just the line I am at. Is there any way to stop this? There are no options under autoformat that specifically address this it seems.

Please post questions regarding Office on Microsofts own forums for their Mac software as Apple Discussions only provide support for Apple products: http://www.officeformac.com/productforums

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word error on Windows Server 2008 R2

Hi,
I have Microsoft Office 2003 installed on Windows Server 2008 R2. I get a "There is insufficient memory. Save the document now." error while adding a document to the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document class as in the code below. I can see the Memory
consumption shoots up as soon as the following lines of code is executed. Surprisingly, this same piece of code works fine on Windows Server 2008.
Object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
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Hi,
I suggest discussing this issue in Word or IIS forum.
Word forum:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/word/threads
IIS forum:
http://forums.iis.net/
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I have a mac g 5 and i uploaded Microsoft Office 2008 for my 90 year old mother. Now when she tries to open earlier word docs, they won't open at all :-( what happened?

HELP!!! i have a mac g 5 and i uploaded Microsoft Office 2008 for my 90 year old mother. Now when she tries to open earlier word docs, they won't open at all :-( what happened? I SEE THE WORD IN THE NAVIGATION BAR BELOW, but when she tries to open a word doc, the navigation bar opens and closes around the Word symbol and nothing happens :-( i'm going crazy :-( PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP AND LET ME KNOW WHAT TO DO?

If you have not already done so, repair permissions and restart your computer. Or boot up from your install DVD and run "Repair Disk" from the Utility menu. When done, restart back to your desktop, repair permissions and restart your computer. Suggest that you post in the Microsoft Office for Mac Forums if the above does not work.

I have Microsoft Office 2008 and only use Word and Excel. It takes 980 mb. I am considering replacing it with Apple iWorks 2013. If I do, can I delete Office, and still access and modify my Word and Excel documents?

I have Microsoft Office 2008 and only use Word and Excel. It takes 980 mb. I am considering replacing it with Apple iWorks 2013. If I do, can I delete Office, and still access and modify my Word and Excel documents?
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Ron
Just adding to what CSound has said.
Pages and Numbers will change Word and Excel documents when they open and close them.
Sometimes the change is subtle and sometimes not. With the latest versions of Pages and Numbers, more likely not.
So don't think you are going to work with MsOffice files without problems. You will always have something not right and in some cases really annoyingly not right. Like having all the text from Pages appear bold in MsWord, or page breaks in the wrong place or some objects and graphics not appearing in one or the other.
If working between different Operating Systems and MsOffice files, I also recommend LibreOffice. It opens and saves nearly all file formats. Unfortunately not .pages or numbers. Yet. The folks at LibreOffice are busy adding to it all the time, and making sure it works in all Operating systems, Mac, Windows and Linux and they are promising iOS as well soon.
Peter

Is Microsoft Office 2008 compatible with OS X Yosemite?

Is Microsoft Office 2008 compatible with OS X Yosemite? My Word, Excel and PowerPoint files won't open since updating my OS.

Your Office installation sounds corrupted. I would reinstall Office, but you must first do a complete removal of it. I did not write this note, but it should apply to Office 2008. You will just need to locate the version equivalents at the MS site. You might also check inside the Office 2008 folder for an uninstaller.
Your MS Office 2011 may have become corrupted. Reinstalling Office 2011 can address problems that you may be experiencing.
First - find your Office 2011 install disc with the product key # - and only then remove Office according to MS instructions
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2398768.
Or go here to DianefromOregon's site for help removing Office 2011: http://www.officeformachelp.com/2012/12/office-for-mac-2011-remove-office/.
Then Reinstall from DVD
Then enter your Product #
After successfully reinstalling Office 2011, update your Office product using the Software update within Office called Microsoft Update or going to the Help menu within Word or Excel or PowerPoint and select Update.
It may take a few times before you get to final upgrade to current Office version.
It should be 14.4.8 as of current date.
How to locate product keys: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2279109 or here on locating product keys http://office.about.com/od/MicrosoftOfficeMac/a/Best-3-Ways-To-Find-Microsoft-Of fice-For-Mac-Key-Codes.htm.
Note is updated as of February 25, 2015
Or you can do all of this manually:
Uninstalling Software: The Basics
Most OS X applications are completely self-contained "packages" that can be uninstalled by simply dragging the application to the Trash. Applications may create preference files that are stored in the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder. Although they do nothing once you delete the associated application, they do take up some disk space. If you want you can look for them in the above location and delete them, too.
Some applications may install an uninstaller program that can be used to remove the application. In some cases the uninstaller may be part of the application's installer, and is invoked by clicking on a Customize button that will appear during the install process.
Some applications may install components in the /Home/Library/Applications Support/ folder. You can also check there to see if the application has created a folder. You can also delete the folder that's in the Applications Support folder. Again, they don't do anything but take up disk space once the application is trashed.
Some applications may install a startupitem or a Log In item. Startupitems are usually installed in the /Library/StartupItems/ folder and less often in the /Home/Library/StartupItems/ folder. Log In Items are set in the Accounts preferences. Open System Preferences, click on the Accounts icon, then click on the LogIn Items tab. Locate the item in the list for the application you want to remove and click on the "-" button to delete it from the list.
Some software use startup daemons or agents that are a new feature of the OS. Look for them in /Library/LaunchAgents/ and /Library/LaunchDaemons/ or in /Home/Library/LaunchAgents/.
If an application installs any other files the best way to track them down is to do a Finder search using the application name or the developer name as the search term. Unfortunately Spotlight will not look in certain folders by default. You can modify Spotlight's behavior or use a third-party search utility, EasyFind, instead.
Some applications install a receipt in the /Library/Receipts/ folder. Usually with the same name as the program or the developer. The item generally has a ".pkg" extension. Be sure you also delete this item as some programs use it to determine if it's already installed.
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Microsoft Office 2008 crashes when printing since upgrading to Yosemite

Ever since upgrading my Macbook Pro (late 2009) to OS X Yosemite I'm having trouble with Microsoft Office 2008. Whenever I try to print from any of the Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), the program will crash and the file will not print. I am still able to print from other programs (Safari, Preview, etc...). And aside from this I'm having no other issues with the Office programs. So at the moment I'm reducing to having to save files as a PDF and then printing from Preview. Can anyone help me troubleshoot?

I'm not sure if the printer driver is updated, it usually does that automatically...
That sounds magical but I have never had printer drivers automatically update themselves. After your upgrade to Yosemite, did you setup your printer using Print & Scan in System Preferences?
...office programs are the only ones crashing when I try to print, so wouldnt that indicate an Office issue rather than a printer driver issue?
No, not necessarily. See thread "microsoft office crashes when trying to print."
If you believe the your problem is an "Office issue" then you might try the Microsoft forum.

Is it worth it spending $200 dlls in the new Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac?

I am trying to decide whether to upgrade my Mac to the new Microsoft Office 2008. Is it worth it? What are the differences between the new version and the old one?

There are more differences than would be practical to list here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicrosoftOffice_2008_forMac
might be a good place to start, as well as Microsoft's website for a full description of new features. ArsTechnica also has a review of it on their website somewhere too.
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Microsoft Office 2008 not opening after installation...

Hi there,
Let me run through the steps leading to this error. A couple of months ago I downloaded a trial of Microsoft Office 2008. It eventually expired and I left it on my computer. A few days ago I bought a license from Microsoft for Office 2008 in the attempt to get a free upgrade to Office 2011 before Nov. 30, 2010. After I bought the license, I was emailed a download link for 2008. I uninstalled the version I had already (Not knowing I could just enter the product key). I ran through the installation, though saw a weird "Product Key" window inside the installer before I finished installing. This product key wasn't even close to the one I got when I purchased my license. I finished the installment, and a update to Office 2008 12.2.7 appeared. I accepted and it downloaded. After that I opened Microsoft Word from my dock, and I was asked for my product key. I entered it and I everything seemed fine until Word officially opened. A window appeared telling me Microsoft Word wasn't installed correctly, and I could follow a link explaining on how to reinstall or uninstall office. I opened the link, and it told me about a known issue with Service Pack 2 (SP2) that didn't allow some xml to launch with all office applications. To note, this error happened with all Office applications except for messenger, project templates, and my day. Everything else showed the error message. Back to the xml issue page. I was told to download an update to 12.2.1. Which is very redundant, because I had updated to 12.2.7! I downloaded the update, opened it, it found the disk... an error appeared telling me it couldn't find the proper value or files. Basically it meant, 12.2.1 was pointless to install because I had updated to 12.2.7. I decided to uninstall this version and re-download. I did this many times after, and the same stuff happened. After the 3rd time I re-download Office 2008, I uninstalled and nothing seemed to be uninstalling. The uninstaller found no indication that Office 2008 was on the machine. I opened AppZapper and dealt with the installation that way. So, if anyone with the knowledge of fixing this, please comment and help me. New trimester in school next week, and need a Office badly.
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Just because Office Mac is written by Microsoft, doesn't mean an issue with it falls under the category of "Windows Compatibility" as there's nothing "Windows" about it.
Regardless, Microsoft's forums are the best place to get your answer, as it's their product and they have Microsoft appointed "MVPs" there to assist.

Microsoft Office 2008 issues. Help. Excel not opening and other issues!

I converted to Lion on day one. I was able to use Microsoft Office 2008 without problem for days, then, just today, every time I go to open an excel file it opens, closes, then gives me the option of sending error reports to Microsoft. Word opens fine. The program is totally up to date (just did the 12.3 update). I repaired disk permissions, restarted the computer twice. Still, the same things happen. Here is the message I get for the Microsoft Excell Error Report:
Error Signature:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS
Date/Time: 2011-07-25 00:43:45 +0000
Application Name: Microsoft Excel
Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Excel
Application Signature: XCEL
Application Version: 12.3.0.110427
Crashed Module Name: unknown
Crashed Module Version: unknown
Crashed Module Offset: unknown
Blame Module Name: unknown
Blame Module Version: unknown
Blame Module Offset: unknown
Application LCID: 1033
Extra app info: Reg=en Loc=0x0409
Crashed thread: 0
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Any suggestions. I am freakingout here, really need to get into these documents.

Hi there.
This sound awfull like an issue with the resume function in OSX Lion.
This can be adjusted in system settings under general.
See:
http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/18/disable-mac-os-x-lion-resume-window-restore/
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About to update to Snow Leopard from Leopard, however, I was told that I will lose access to Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, etc.).

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If you install Snow Leopard, make sure during the install to open the Optional install items. You must turn Rosetta on, which is not installed by default (necessary to run older PowerPC apps such as Office 2004). If you miss the installation of Rosetta, it can still be installed after the fact a couple of ways.

Microsoft Office 2008 Invalid Product Key (PID)

Hey all, i have just updated my Office for Mac Software which said that the update was "critical".
After re-starting my Mac and clicking in MS Word the message reads: "Office for Mac has determined that your product key is invalid". My product key is Genuine as i am one of three registered users after purchasing the Student and Teacher version. I cannot open any Office files and am furious to be honest that this can happen!
I have followed the following help on Mactopia but still cannot find these lines for putting into Trash: Can you please help me on this issue?
If your copy of Office 2008 was installed with an invalid product key, or if you mistakenly used the same product key to install Office 2008 on more than one computer, you must remove the invalid product key and enter a valid product key to use Office 2008.
In the Finder, select *_/Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/OfficePID.plist_*, and then on the File menu, click Move to Trash.
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On the Apple menu, click Restart.
After your computer restarts, open any Office 2008 application.
The Office Setup Assistant opens.
Accept the software license agreement, and then enter your valid product key.
The product key is located on the back of the Office 2008 for Mac DVD sleeve or on the back of the Install Guide.
Thank you in advance for your help and time!!!!!
Dave
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This forum is for troubleshooting Apple Software Update for Windows, a software package for Windows designed to update Apple products that run on Windows, and not related to Microsoft Office. Please post Office related questions on Microsoft's own forums for their Mac products.
http://www.officeformac.com/productforums

Microsoft office 2008 crashes.

Hi,
I was thinking about getting a new macbook and wanted to buy Microsoft Office 2008, but I have heard from a few reviews that it crashes sometimes. Is this true and does it crash often?

My first programming professor had a sign on his office door:
program: noun - a house where bugs live.
In the last 30 years, nothing has changed. Yes, Office has bugs and it sometimes crashes. Office 2008 is still young in its development cycle. Any version X.0 product was certainly released to the public at least several weeks if not several months too early. When it becomes a version X.1 product the worst of the bugs have been removed with the exception of the really intractable ones that have bedeviled the programers from day one. At X.2 the product is stable except for a coterie of bugs that are annoying a vocal minority. At X.3 (if not X.2) the developer feels confident enough about the product that a few features that had to be scrapped to make the delivery date are added. This, of course, brings with it some new bugs. And so on....
In the initial release I found Word to be very crash prone on my otherwise rock solid system. The first update cleared up most of the problems and since the second update in August, I can't remember crashing Word. I haven't used Excel much since I need macros for the files I run - I'm still using Excel 2004 for the most part.

Microsoft Office 2008 - very frustrating

Well, I've recently attained my copy of Microsoft Office 2008. I have created a few custom styles for Microsoft Word, seeing as how I format all of my notes the same way, I figured it would be nice...seeing as how when I try to do it manually I can't do what I want.
i have gotten the right style, but I've tried literally for hours trying to delete the others, but they won't go away. I can delete them, and they'll be gone for that specific document, but I'll open a new one and there they are once again. They're in the palette and when I go to the Format tab in the menu, then down to styles they are there, no matter how many times I delete them from both locations.
I'm at a total loss. Something that should be so simple is made so ***** complicated. I've never been so lost, or so frustrated while using a computer.

This forum focuses on compatibility issues between Mac OS and Windows, and since Office is not an Apple product, you should probably post your question on MIcrosoft's own forums for their Office:Mac products, as they'd be geared more toward your issue and there's a chance a similar question has already been asked and answered:
http://www.officeformac.com/productforums/

Microsoft office 2008 on mountain lion?

I have the Microsoft office 2008 installed on my 2009 Macbook pro with osx snow leopard, if I install mountain lion on my mac what would happen to my microsoft office and will I still be able to use my 2008 office on Mountain lion?

I'm using Entourage just fine, which is good because Apple Mail is almost as bad as Outlook. However, with Entourage, I had to delete all the preferences files and rebuild the database, as it was very pokey after the upgrade.
I'm using Office 2011 apps, and those are fine. Sorry, but I abandoned the rest of the 2008 suite a while back.... but I just tested Word 2008 and it worked OK... although still much slower launching than 2011, which is almost instantaneous.
Make sure you have a full backup, such as with SuperDuper, on a bootable firewire drive before you attempt it. Better safe than sorry.

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