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Microsoft has released an update for Mac users of its Office 2008 suite of applications, fixing an issue that prevented them from opening some Office documents. The update is aimed at Office 2008, Office 2008 Home and Student Edition, Office 2008 Special Media Edition, Word 2008, Excel 2008, PowerPoint 2008, Entourage 2008, and is available for free download on Softpedia.

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According to Mactopia, Microsoft’s dedicated web page for Mac software, improvements that are included in the Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.1 Update span all Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac applications. Besides compatibility enhancements, the update fixes an issue that caused Office 2008 for Mac to display an error message saying “Microsoft Excel cannot open the file. You may have to download the latest updates for Office for Mac. Do you want to visit the Microsoft Web site for more information?” This issue occurs when users try to open .docx, .xlsx, .pptx, .ppsx, .dotx, .docm, .ppsm documents and other formats, Microsoft says (more details are available here).

Supporting operating system versions including Mac OS X 10.4.9 (Tiger) and higher, the latest Office 2008 for Mac update requires Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 2 (12.2.0). Users can download this update for free from Microsoft’s web site. To verify that you have installed this update, you can check the version number by opening any Microsoft Office 2008 application.

To install the Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.1, it is advised that you quit any running programs, including all Office applications, Microsoft Messenger, and Office Notifications, because, Microsoft says, “they might interfere with the installation.” Additionally, users must ensure that their computer meets the minimum system requirements. At this point, simply download the software, double click the downloaded “Office2008-1221UpdateEN.dmg” file and then the resulted application installer (pictured above). Follow the instructions on the screen to save the file to your hard disk.

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Summary

This article discusses known issues that may occur with Office for Mac applications on MacOS 10.7 (Lion).

Note

  • Microsoft has been working with Apple from the early days of MacOS 10.7 (Lion). Through this partnership, many issues were addressed leading up to the Lion release. Microsoft will continue to work closely with Apple to address problems that may occur with Office for Mac 2008 and 2011 and Lion OS.
  • Sync services are not available with OSX versions 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or higher.

More information

There are two major Office for Mac issues Microsoft is aware of running on Lion:

  1. Communicator for Mac crashes when you send an IM or start an audio/visual call.

    Note

    Microsoft will resolve this issue in an upcoming update to Communicator for Mac.

  2. Office for Mac 2004 will not run on Lion.

    Note

    Previous MacOS versions supported Rosetta, an Apple Mac OSX bridge technology that enabled applications such as Office for Mac 2004 to run on the latest chip architecture for Mac. Because Lion no longer supports Rosetta, applications that relied on it will no longer function under the new MacOS.

Here is a list of other known issues that Microsoft is currently investigating. These issues will likely only be encountered in specific situations or configurations:

Excel 2008 or 2011

  • Excel may crash when you move a sheet from one workbook to another workbook.
  • Excel 2011: MSQuery for English will work on Lion. However, it will not work on other language versions of Excel 2011 on Lion.
  • Excel 2008: MSQuery will not work on any version of Excel 2008 on Lion.
  • The date format may display the year as 2 digits instead of 4 digits.

Word 2008 or 2011

  • The date format may display the year as 2 digits insead of 4 digits.

PowerPoint 2008 or 2011

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  • Pressing the Command and Tab keys to open another application while in Presenter View may crash PowerPoint.
  • Switching out of or quitting Slide Show in full-screen mode may result in inconsistent window behavior.
  • You may be prompted to save your presentations when switching windows.
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Entourage 2008 or Outlook 2011

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  • You may be unable to import messages from Lion Mail.

Office 2008 or 2011

  • Reference tools may have redraw problems and links may not work.
  • Chart data labels may not be visible.
  • Equation editor may not function correctly.

Web Applications

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  • May not correctly open the file in the rich client application. The following workaround will work with Safari or Firefox:
    1. Quit Safari or Firefox.
    2. On the Go menu, click Applications.
    3. Select Safari or Firefox.
    4. On the File menu, click Get Info.
    5. Select the check box for Open in 32-bit mode.
    6. Quit and open Safari or Firefox.