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Mac Forum / Applications / MS Office / June 2007Office program failure to open
Mac Office programs word,excel&powerpoint will not open by clicking program icon. Programs will open if a file is opened. Hello, You seem very desperate, so you forgot to tell us which Office and whis OS you use, I will give you few general hints, if this will not help, post back with more information. Have you ever had Test drive installed on your Mac? If so, did you remove it by remove office utility? If not, that's your problem, Navigate to Application >MS folder >additionla tools>remove office. Then install the proper Office version. If you haven't test drive installed or you remove it properly and still cannot run office follow these steps: 0. close all Office application 1. I would try to run Repair Disk Permissions Open up Disk Utility. > click the First Aid tab > ³Repair Disk Permissions.² 2. Update office + run Repair Disk Permissions 3. apply apple combo updater to your OS (you forgot to mention which one do you use so I cannot give you the direct link) From Diane Ross post: Mac OS X 10.4.9 Combo Update (Intel) <http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=13207&cat=60&pl atform=osx&method=sa/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.9Intel.dmg> More info on why applying the combo updater helps: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/troubleshoot/combo.html> 4. run verify and repairt disk permitions (this is recommended to run any time you install/remove SW on your Mac) 5. Now try to run the office If this will not help post back and let us know what you have done so far. Good luck On 22.6.2007 6:22, in article 1182486141.861100.80770@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com, > Mac Office programs word,excel&powerpoint will not open by clicking > program icon. Programs will open if a file is opened. When you say "program icon": Do you mean the actual application icons in the Applications folder accessed via a Finder window, or are you referring to the icons in the Dock?  SignatureRegards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac > Mac Office programs word,excel&powerpoint will not open by clicking > program icon. Programs will open if a file is opened. Oh CyberTaz, TX for spotting, I was reading Programs will NOT open if a file is opened. Now this means he just doesn't have the right alias of office application in the dock, the installation of office should be Ok, which means I was answering something else :) In that case just locate your office application in application folder and drag the icon into DOCk, that should do the trick. I'm hotheaded and absendminded alltogether, gosh, that's killing combination. Pierre Richards films are nothing comparing to me :) It's going worst and worst, if had known what I did last weekend... I wanted to buy a present which I found on net in Big Shopping center, I did not realize it will be big, SO BIG - it was just as finding needele in the haystack - I wished if I just had make a note of the shop which they sell the present. On 22.6.2007 16:28, in article #d$1V#MtHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl, > When you say "program icon": Do you mean the actual application icons in the > Applications folder accessed via a Finder window, or are you referring to > the icons in the Dock? >> Mac Office programs word,excel&powerpoint will not open by clicking >> program icon. Programs will open if a file is opened. I don't think you missed or misinterpretted anything:) I just saw another possibility hiding in the message ;-) if it *is* the actual app icons that won't launch the software my "insight" is meaningless... Just seemed odd that the programs would launch one way but not another. SignatureRegards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac > Oh CyberTaz, TX for spotting, I was reading Programs will NOT open if a > file [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >>> Mac Office programs word,excel&powerpoint will not open by clicking >>> program icon. Programs will open if a file is opened. Hi Little Creature: Don't worry, it will all be better when you are my age. When you get to the shop, you will have forgotten what you wanted to buy, so it doesn't matter which shop it is in :-) You can spend the rest of the day trying to remember whee you parked the car :-) Hope this helps! On 23/6/07 12:10 AM, in article C2A1ABF4.E45D%littlecreature@discussions.microsoft.com, "little_creature" <littlecreature@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Oh CyberTaz, TX for spotting, I was reading Programs will NOT open if a file > is opened. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >>> Mac Office programs word,excel&powerpoint will not open by clicking >>> program icon. Programs will open if a file is opened. SignatureDon't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/ Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/ Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50 +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:john@mcghie.name > Hi Little Creature: > [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] > Sydney, Australia. S33?53'34.20 E151?14'54.50 > +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:j...@mcghie.name I don't have a car, nor my parents do and therefore I don't even have the driving license, so fortunately I cannot forget where I parked the car, I just can confuse the train/bus which to go home or forgot to get off and end up somewhere else :) Which happens to me about once in month. Not too bad. On Jun 21, 9:22 pm, "burt.corm...@gmail.com" <burt.corm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mac Office programs word,excel&powerpoint will not open by clicking > program icon. Programs will open if a file is opened. Programs will not open from icons in dock or in applications folder. On 6/25/07 1:03 PM, in article 1182801793.581386.164540@e16g2000pri.googlegroups.com, > On Jun 21, 9:22 pm, "burt.corm...@gmail.com" <burt.corm...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Mac Office programs word,excel&powerpoint will not open by clicking >> program icon. Programs will open if a file is opened. > > Programs will not open from icons in dock or in applications folder. 1. Use "Remove Office" found in the Additional Tools folder inside Office 2004 (I'm assuming it's 2004 since you didn't mention what version). This will remove all files including invisible ones. It won't remove the Microsoft User Data folder where you email and some of your other Office data is located. 2. Next, run the Apple combo updater.Doing so overwrites potentially problem-causing files. Combo updaters will install on the same version as they¹re applyingno need to roll back or do a clean install. Mac OS X 10.4.10 Combo Update (PPC) <http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/macosx10410combo updateppc.html> Mac OS X 10.4.10 Combo Update (Intel) <http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/macosx10410combo updateintel.html> More info on why applying the combo updater helps: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/troubleshoot/combo.html> 3. Install Office from the CD. You'll need your CD key. Update using the 11.3.5 Office combo updater. If your Office applications don't launch now, test in a new User. Create a new User in System Preferences to test. If it fails there, do an Archive & Install of the OS. SignatureDiane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/> |
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