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Stacy@officeformac.com - 27 May 2008 23:33 GMT

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

I'm a new Mac user. I transfered all of my excel and word files from my old PC to my new Mac. Now when I open a file and make changes, sometimes it won't let me replace the old file. The error message says it can't access the file. The only thing I seem to be able to do is save the revised file to my desktop. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Bob Greenblatt - 28 May 2008 12:30 GMT

On 5/27/08 6:33 PM, in article ee9cc0c.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,

> Version: 2008
> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
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> only thing I seem to be able to do is save the revised file to my desktop. Any
> suggestions would be appreciated.

Have you repaired permissions after you installed Office? Have you installed
the SP1 update?

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Stacy@officeformac.com - 28 May 2008 18:24 GMT

> On 5/27/08 6:33 PM, in article ee9cc0c.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
> "Stacy@officeformac.com" wrote:
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> I have installed the SP1 update, but I don't know how to repair permissions.

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Bob Greenblatt - 28 May 2008 19:22 GMT

On 5/28/08 1:24 PM, in article ee9cc0c.1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,

>> On 5/27/08 6:33 PM, in article ee9cc0c.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
>> "Stacy@officeformac.com" wrote:
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>> I have installed the SP1 update, but I don't know how to repair permissions.

Go to Disk Utility in the Utilities folder in Applications. Repair
permissions is an option there.

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