Office 2004 issue with documents NOT BEING ABLE TO OPEN APPLICATION, but application can open documents.

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John - 30 Dec 2007 11:05 GMT

BACKGROUND:
Just migrated all my files and apps from a G4-400 to a new Mac Mini
1.87ghz Intel running pre-installed OSX10.4.10.

Used CD to install 'normal' version of Office 2004 Mac on the new Mac
Mini. In fact its the same disk that I used originally to install Office
on the G4-400.

PROBLEM:
Neither old .xls and .doc documents (made on old Mac, nor new .xls and
.doc documents (made on new Mac)will not open their respective
applications, EXCEL or WORD, when clicked upon.

ADDITIONAL INFO:
However, when I use either of the the application's "Open" feature,
theres is no problem and all .xls and .doc open and work normally.

There was an error code dialog box generated each a document cannot open
its application "-60160" , I believe, but I failed to write it down,
before I left place where the new Mac is located.

Is there an upgrade version to office 2004 Mac that will fix this, or is
it something else?

Am betting there is a simple fix for this but I can't figure it out.

Thanks,

John

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Michel Bintener - 30 Dec 2007 12:08 GMT

See my reply in the Office newsgroup. Please refrain from posting the
same message in several different newsgroups: it makes following the
answers harder for you, and it makes answering your questions more
tedious for us as we may not know if the question has already been
answered by someone else in a different newsgroup.

Cross-posting is acceptable (i.e. sending the same message to several
newsgroups at once, so that answers get cross-posted as well), but only
if the problem really requires the expertise from different newsgroups.
In your case, since the problem affects not just Word but also Excel
documents, your initial choice, posting in the Office newsgroup, was the
appropriate one.

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> BACKGROUND:
> Just migrated all my files and apps from a G4-400 to a new Mac Mini
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> John

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