TS3938 Microsoft Office 2004 docs: How to access in Lion OS?

Is there a work-around to access Word or Excel 2004 documents for example in Lion? Or do I have to buy a new version of of MS Office? If so, will the documents open on my Lion OS laptop (they were presumably transferred when I installed Lion)? (The icons are now blanked out.) If I purchase Works from Apple, will I be able to open these documents?

Office 2004 Applications Won't Work in Lion
You must have Office 2004 which is a PPC-only suite and will not work in Lion. You need to upgrade to Office 2011 - Mactopia - or you can try the freeware suite, Libre Office, that is functionally similar to Office 2007 for Windows except it works on Lion.
You may want to consider as well:
These two suites are similar to Libre Office but not as current or as well-supported:
NeoOffice
Open Office
And, then there is Apple's iWork suite:
Pages - word processing and layout
Keynote - presentation
Numbers - spreadsheet
Each can open and save Office compatible files. They may be purchased separately via the Mac App Store for $19.99 each.
(Access to the Mac App Store requires Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or higher and an Apple ID.)

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Microsoft Office 2004 Not Functional After OS X Lion Install

I have installed OS X Lion and MIcrososft Office 2004 for MAC no longer works.
I am aware that this was one of the errors with the software.
Might anyone have any idea when this might be resolved or if anyone knows how it might be fixable, feel free to comment as you would like.
Thanks for your time.

It's not an error with Lion. They said it would NOT support software for power PC from the get go. You'll have to update your MS Office software.

TS3938 how do i uninstall microsoft office 2004 from my new macbook pro intel 5.....

When it won't allow me. I get the same popup window message. "You can't open the app...beacause PowerPC apps are no longer supported."
Can anyone help or offer advice please.
kind regards
vickynsimon

vickynsimon wrote:
When it won't allow me. I get the same popup window message. "You can't open the app...beacause PowerPC apps are no longer supported."
Can anyone help or offer advice please.
kind regards
vickynsimon
Vicky: The initial question is why do you want to uninstall Microsoft Office 2004?
If your answer is that you are upgrading to Office 2011, my recollection is that the installation process of Office 2011 will do all of the proper "uninstalling" that is necessary as it installs all of the necessary new files.
If your answer is that you do not intend to ever use Office again, including any of the data files that were created from it: then at this point, I would suggest that you just leave it alone. Manually uninstalling raises more risks than it cures.
Even if you do upgrade to Office 2011, if you have continuous need to have access to your Office 2004 data files, you may find that Office 2011 does not properly translate some of your old files correctly. I have this problem with an Excel 2004 chart that I access on a weekly basis and it gets trashed by Office 2011.
I have solved this problem by installing Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) into Parallels 7 in Lion (and reinstalling Office 2004 inside the Snow Leopard environment):
[click on image to enlarge]
In this way I can access my Excel 2004 chart, modify it as needed and save the changes.
Full Snow Leopard installation instructions:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439

My Microsoft Office 2004 stopped working after upgrading to MT. How can I get it to work, or, how can I uninstall MT?

My Microsoft Office 2004 stopped working after upgrading to Mountain Lion. How can I get it to work again, or, how can I uninstall MT?

Office 2004 Applications Won't Work in Lion
You must have Office 2004 which is a PPC-only suite and will not work in Lion. You need to upgrade to Office 2011 - Mactopia - or you can try the freeware suite, Libre Office, that is functionally similar to Office 2007 for Windows except it works on Lion.
You may want to consider as well:
These two suites are similar to Libre Office but not as current or as well-supported:
NeoOffice
Open Office
And, then there is Apple's iWork suite:
Pages - word processing and layout
Keynote - presentation
Numbers - spreadsheet
Each can open and save Office compatible files. They may be purchased separately via the Mac App Store for $19.99 each.
(Access to the Mac App Store requires Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or higher and an Apple ID.)

How can I revert to previous Entourage prior to Microsoft office 2004 update

I have a 2002 eMac OS X 10.4.11 bought second hand 5 years ago.
I have been successfully using Entourage for all my email.
On Friday the system updates required(?) me to update Adobe Reader.
Immediately afterwards there appeared an update for Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac. I let it run the update.
A new and different Entourage appeared, without all my emails, addresses etc.
Just one email in it welcoming me to 'Microsoft office 2004 for Mac 11.6.3 update'.
I don't have OS X 11.6.3
I have tried everything to get rid of this and get my old Entourage back.
I tried to Edit the Accounts in Entourage - tools - Mail (tab) but it won't highlight the Edit, so I couldn't configure it manually, and delete the existing Entourage Account.
I tried putting Microsoft Office into the Trash but that didn't seem to work either.
Nothing seems to work.

margaretfromsouthampton wrote:
I have a 2002 eMac OS X 10.4.11 bought second hand 5 years ago.
I have been successfully using Entourage for all my email.
On Friday the system updates required(?) me to update Adobe Reader.
Immediately afterwards there appeared an update for Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac. I let it run the update.
A new and different Entourage appeared, without all my emails, addresses etc.
Just one email in it welcoming me to 'Microsoft office 2004 for Mac 11.6.3 update'.
I don't have OS X 11.6.3
I have tried everything to get rid of this and get my old Entourage back.
I tried to Edit the Accounts in Entourage - tools - Mail (tab) but it won't highlight the Edit, so I couldn't configure it manually, and delete the existing Entourage Account.
I tried putting Microsoft Office into the Trash but that didn't seem to work either.
Nothing seems to work.
Restore your backup

Reinstalling fonts in microsoft office 2004

Hi there -
I recently bought an iBook G4, OS X 10.4.3. I installed Microsoft Office 2004 (which I had on my iMac G3, OS X 10.3.9)
Following the installation, the first time I opened the Office applications, an error message appeared stating that several fonts were corrupt and should be deleted (this had not happened on the iMac.)
I deleted these fonts in Applications/Office/Fonts.
Since then have been able to use Office 2004 without issue, albeit it without the said fonts. As the fonts were only deleted from Office fonts, they are available in other Applications such as Mail.
I would like to reinstall these fonts in Office. Is that possible? If so, how?
Apologies if there have been similar posts, but my search of topics did not turn up specific enough answers...
Thanks for your help, caroline

I've had a similar problem -- dozens of fonts that I had installed in my font library (luckily I had isolated them in their own folders) were recognized as "corrupt" by my Microsoft Office 2004 software. I pulled them from my font library and dragged them onto my desktop, then restarted. That solves the problem for my Office apps, but I need these fonts when I work in my Adobe CS2 files. Right now, to access those fonts, I have to close my Office apps, drag the fonts back into my font library, then restart my computer. To use Office, I have to reverse the procedure. Any suggestions on how to keep the fonts in my main font library, but make them inaccessible to Office?
imac Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Problems with microsoft office 2004

I have microsoft office 2004 installed on my macbook and excel and powerpoint no longer open. Word still works but when I try to open excel or powerpoint from the dock, a question mark appears and if from applications it doesnt exist. What could have happened and how can I fix it? Please help!

This message occurs whenever your installed fonts change. I work for a publisher so was getting it all the time as I turned fonts on and off for different projects.
In Office 2004, do this:
1. Go to */Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/Support Files/*
2. Rename or move FontCacheTool. (Requires administrator access)
In Office 2011, do this:
1. Go to *~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2011/*
2. Delete *Office Font Cache*
3. From Terminal, type touch" then drag in the Office 2011 folder
4. Back in the Finder, do Get Info on the new, empty *Office Font Cache* file. Make it read only and lock it.
Notes:
1. WYSIWYG menus will now just show the font name in standard font.
2. You may be able to disable the 'optimising' message more easily by going to Word's preferences and turning off the 'WYSIWYG font and style menus' tick box in the General section. This takes affect in all Office applications but doesn't seem as reliable at preventing the caching problem.
4. Newly added fonts should still appear when you next start an Office application.
3. However you have Office set up, it can't see certain fonts. They are the ones logged to Console, e.g.:
12/04/2011 09:58:14 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Support/fontd[21782] ATS Font family could not be created for Abaton ITC Std - Legacy Applications may not see this font

My Macbook Pro and Microsoft Office 2004?

My Macbook Pro suddenly gives me an error that the application suddenly quits when I try to open Microsoft Office 2004. I tried to delete and reinstall the program, but I get the same error message. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Anne

Sorry, bad news. You've been infected by the Flashback Trojan Horse. For details and how to disable it, see
Threat Description: Trojan-Downloader:OSX/Flashback.I
<http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/trojan-downloader_osx_flashback_i.shtml>
as well as numerous recent threads in this forum.
Note that my opinion is that the best solution is to erase the disk, re-install the OS, and restore your stuff from a backup prior to the date of infection. Others think that this is too much; it's up to you to decide.
After you've dealt with it, remember to update your system software, and, for better security, turn off Java in all your browsers. And remember to change your passwords in all your on-line accounts or sites you've accessed, this forum included.

Microsoft Office 2004 (Word) unable to save files I have been running Office 2004 on my Intel iMac with Snow Leopard for some time and all of a sudden I cannot save a document. Word just stopped responding and I have to force quit. I can open Word and cr

Microsoft Office 2004 (Word) unable to save files
I have been running Office 2004 on my Intel iMac with Snow Leopard for some time and all of a sudden I cannot save a document. Word just stopped responding and I have to force quit. I can open Word and create a new document but I cannot save it. I reinstalled Word but that didn’t help. Then went to the Internet and found at least one other Mac user having the same problem which it suggests is caused by a recent Mac Security Update:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2004-macword/word-2004-wil l-not-open-or-save-documents/b04eb870-9b0d-4f3b-bb47-b122301e36f6
So I check for a new Mac Security Update and sure enough there was one. I downloaded it and now Word seems to be working, as it should. I can both open and save files. The only problem remaining is that when I open Word I get the following error message “An unexpected error occurred while trying to load the Microsoft Framework library”. I contacted Apple but they were unable to help.
How can I get rid of this error message?

Look, I realize you might have to get your machine working, so this is how you revert back.
Restore proceedure to pre-Security Update 2012-001 v 1.0 & v 1.1
#1 Backup your personal data off the machine.
Backup files off the computer (not to TimeMachine). If you don't have a external drive, get one and connect to the USB/Firewire port and simply drag and drop copy your User folder to the external drive, it will copy all your files. It's best to have two backups of your data off the machine when trying to restore.
Disconnect all drives now to prevent any mistakes from occuring.
#2 Reinstall OS X 10.6 from disk
Get out your 10.6 install disk and make sure it's clean and polished (very soft cloth and a bit of rubbing alcohol, no scratches) If your disk is borked, you'll have to order a new one from Apple with your serial number.
Hold c boot off the 10.6 disk (wired keyboard, internal optical drive), use Disk Utility First Aid to >Repair Disk of your internal drive (do not format or erase!!), Quit DU and simply re-install 10.6.
Note: Simply reinstalling 10.6 version from disk (without erasing the drive) only replaces 10.6.8 with 10.6.x and bundled Apple programs, won't touch your files (backup anyway) or most programs, unless they installed a kext file into OS X itself. (only a few on average do this)
#3 Update to 10.6.8 without Security Update 2012-001 v1.0 or v1.1
Reboot and log in, update to 10.6.8 via Software Update, but EXCLUDE THE Security Update 2012-001 by checkinig the details and unchecking the blue check box.
#4 Reinstall any non-working third party programs
When you reboot, make sure to reinstall any programs that require kext files installed into OS X, you'll know, they won't work when you launch them or hang for some reason as they are missing the part they installed into OS X.
If for some freakish reason you get gray screen at any time when booting (possible it might occur when you reinstall older programs), hold the shift key down while booting (Safe Mode, disables kext files) and update your installed third party software so it's compatible with 10.6.8.
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
That's it really.

IMac G5 no longer able to use Microsoft Office 2004

I have had Microsoft Office 2004 installed on my G5 for several years but I am not able to access any of the Microsoft applications anymore. I get the following message when trying any of the Office applications: "Microsoft (Entourage, or whatever) has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." It provides an error report that can be sent to Microsoft which I have done several times.
I did a verify using the installed disk utility app and received the following message: "Volume bit map needs minor repair Macintosh HD" "Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit" "1 HFS volume checked" "Volume needs repair."
The installed Disk Utility doesn't allow me to click on REPAIR. I have 118 GB available. If I use the Disk Utility on the install disk will it allow me to do a REPAIR to the HD and can I mess up anything else?
Any help I can get will be appreciated. I have some important stuff on Word that I would hate to lose.
Thanks in advance for any help offered.

In order for Disk Utility to work, it has to be on a differnet disk than the internal drive:
Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk.
Then reboot from your internal drive and repair permissions.
It will not mess up any of your data.
Message was edited by: MGW

Design flaw in Microsoft Office 2004 - Anyone can get it for free!

Hello all.
This is going to sound a bit strange, but I've been in the pub today giving my new MacBook owning friend a lesson in the joys of Mac goodness. One of the best things was discovering that I could use Bluetooth to beam across some of my favourite freeware application from my PowerBook to his MacBook. All small stuff, usually in the 5 - 10 megabyte range. I sent him a solitaire game, some media viewers, all the usual non-Apple things that make a Mac even more useful to run. I know, nothing strange so far, but bear with me.
My friend volunteered the question of whether Bluetooth would time out during the transfer of large files. An experiment was needed. I was also curious to find out if larger applications would beam across and still work. After all, if a 5 megabyte freeware app works when copied from my applications folder to his, would a larger piece of commercialware work as well? I mean, it shouldn't right? As a recent Mac switcher myself (5 happy months) I thought it would be appropriate to try a Microsoft application. I bought my PowerBook second-hand and I inherited a copy of MS Office that I've never used (and never will).
So here is the curious thing. I used Stuffit to compress the entire Microsoft Office 2004 folder. Minus Entourage, which I had already deleted as being surplus to requirements, the SIT file weighed in at a whopping 250 megabytes. I was very impressed to find out that it transferred across in a little over half an hour. No timeout limitation for large file transfers, Macs rock. I was however, extremely disturbed to discover the that unzipped file played perfectly well on my friend's computer. To clarify, by just copying across the entire Microsoft Office 2004 folder he was now in possession of a free, activated, and 100% working copy of the program. Surely this can't be right? I know that piracy is a major issue, and for Microsoft to just allow people to copy across the entire application means that a single copy released on a fileshareing network would be usable by an unlimited number of people potentially.
I would like to stress that I absolutely do NOT endorse piracy in any way. This was just a drunken experiment to see what would happen, and I'm reporting it here so that Microsoft and Apple can close this loophole and make sure that future versions of the application can be protected. This application retails at £350 and a simple copy and paste of the entire folder means it is available free for the pirates out there. It is not fair that some people should get for free what others have to pay a premium rate for.
My friend has deleted the copied program from his computer as neither of us wish to indulge in illegal activity. This was just an accidental discovery made during a casual "what if?" experiment. We did a search on Google (we are still in the pub as I write) and I can't find any mention of this having been found before. I hope the forum admins can bring this to the attention of someone higher up as I'm sure that it will be of great interest. It is bad enough that some people crack open applications for use by the less scrupulous out there, but this application is able to be freely copied by all and sundry. It might as well have a big "steal me" sign posted on the boxes.
Um, I'm guessing that as it is a Microsoft application that it is their mistake right? Just another reason why I am no longer running a Windows computer if this is an example of their attention to detail. It is breathtaking that some people are paying a huge amount of money for a program that can just be copied and pasted between computers.

That is the way Microsoft Office 2004 works. It's a drag and drop install of the folder itself. (Although, it's usually done from the install CD, not someone else's computer.) Any missing support files (not entire applications like Entourage, though) will re-install themselves the first time an Office application is launched. This is how Microsoft designed it, so it would be simple to install and self-repairing. The registration information is saved, somewhere, inside that folder.
If you wanted to alert someone, you should probably tell someone at Microsoft.
-Doug

Microsoft office 2004 for mac installation problem

Hi there,
I initially download the microsoft office 2004 trial. I bought the student & teacher edition and install it in my macbook. There was a uninstall button on the trial software that I press and I don't know if that removed the trial version. The problem is "this product is license to office 2004 test drive user, my name and product ID number" are all showing initially when you press any of the office 2004 icon. Having the test drive user showing up makes me wonder if the trial version was totally deleted. If the trial version was not deleted, will it slow down the program and how can I remove it without re-installing the full version that I bought.
Any help is appreciated
thanks so much
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.7) 60 gb harddrive & 1 gb ram
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.7)

The uninstaller is located in the MS Office folder in the Additional Tools folder. There's also one on the Office 2004 X Installer CD.

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac - missing options

Hello!
I've got some trouble with Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac:
I realized that there are some options missing in the menu bars, such as "Insert > Cross-reference", etc.
Today I reinstalled the whole thing including all updates (11.3.7). No success.
However I noticed that on my admin account the options are existent but still not on my "everyday account".
Therefore my question:
How can I remove user specific preferences for Office? I guess this might solve my problem.
Thanks to anyone who has some hints for me!

Since Office is not an Apple product, you'll probably want to use a forum dedicated to Microsoft's Mac products such as <http://www.microsoft.com/mac/community/community.aspx?pid=newsgroups> rather than an Apple forum that focuses on compatibility issues between Macs and Windows.
Be sure to search the forum first in case someone has already had a similar question answered

Pages software in 10.8.3 does not support work done on microsoft office 2004. Pop us says "You can't open the application "Mircosoft Excel" because Power PC applications are no longer supported. What can I do now?

Pages software in 10.8.3 does not support previous work done on microsoft office 2004. Pop up says -- You can't open the application "Mircosoft Excel" because Power PC applications are no longer supported. What can I do now?

Use Numbers, OpenOffice, LibreOffice, Microsoft Office 2008 or newer, Google Docs, or similar tools to open the files.
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Buying Microsoft Office 2004 on Ebay?

I am looking into buying Microsoft Office 2004 for my MBP and I'm looking for the best deal. On my search, I have found a number of them on Ebay, selling for really cheap. Some of the MS Office software being sold is opened (and has apparently been used.) How does this work? Can you really buy MS Office on Ebay and install it on your computer? I thought once it was installed on someones computer, it would be registered and nobody else could use it. And, doesn't Microsoft know when a version has already been used? It does seem legal, I guess, because many people have it posted on Ebay. What is the deal?

The EULAs normally say, that it is fine to give a copy to a third person as long as no copy remains with the vendor. So it should be no problem to buy this as long as the guy you buy it from has uninstalled his version. You might want to send him an email about this so you got his reply as a "proof" that you were in good faith. I don't think that Office 2004 makes use of such extensive privacy intruding means like XP Activation.
Still: if it is just too good to be true: check twice. You don't know where this piece of software is coming from.
Still: there are new copies on the market for students that contain three licenses. So if you know some other people, why don't ask them to share it with you. The package costs about 180€ here in Germany, as far as I know.
Still: Office 2004 is not universal and MS is not planning on rereleasing this. They say, it's fine with rosetta. I have not used it much, yet, but I have seen people reporting crashes and problems (esp. with entourage) after the 10.4.6 OS X update. So before you invest a lot of money, think twice (I wouldn't want to pay more then 100 USD for a piece of software that only runs under rosetta and only WILL run under rosetta...)

TS3938 Microsoft Office 2004 docs: How to access in Lion OS?

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