Mac Forum / Applications / MS Office / January 2008

Does anyone no where to get this download? The link on this page does
not work.
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.aspx?pid=office2004sp2

Earlier versions of Word contained a window in the task bar at the
bottom of the screen that indicated not just which page you were on, but
also the line upon which the cursor was presently positioned.
Word 2008 seems to be lacking that - and I can't seem to find a way to

The problem is that incoming PPT documents are translated to text or
excel, not PPT!
I have a 2002 iBook with Panther v.10.4.11.  It is loaded with MS
Office X 2004 - v. 10.1.6.

Does anyone know when Mac Office 2008 will be available for those who
have software assurance? I've seen many posts claiming the date is Feb
1st. I have yet to receive any feedback from my retailer.
Thanks in advance for any help.

What a mess! Microsoft launched it's new updated web site for Office for Mac
today and the links to promotions are messed up. There is no way for users
that are purchasing Office for Mac to view the offers or coupons at this
time. When you log into Mactopia you get the new link

Time is running out to take advantage of Microsoft deals (The Entourage Help
Blog)
<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/01/time_is_running_out_to_take_advantag
e_of_microsoft_deals.html>

Help! I am trying to install Office V.x on my daughter's new Macbook
and even though it seems to install just fine, when she then clicks on
Word, she gets a message prompting her to enter the code, which we
did, CAREFULLY NUMEROUS TIMES :)  and we are getting a message saying

I have two users with MacBook Pro notebook and OS X 10.4.11 running
office 2004 11.3.9. Both of them are having trouble running powerpoint
slide shows. When they do, the app quits with an unexpected error.
I've taken the following steps

Using Repair Permissions comes up quite often on this list. I ran across
this on Apple Discussions today and thought I would pass this along.
You do not need to Repair Permissions on a regular basis.
There are only three occasions you need to do this:

What is the download page that I need to install to proxy rules, so that I
can use autoupdate with Microsoft office 2004 Mac?

still wondering if there's any way to salvage using this Office
V.x  ... (see "wrong code" below)... but another development. The
software was from my husband's office and according to the "rules" he
was authorized to install it once, at home, which we wanted to do on

With Leopard, What would be the downside, if any, of installing Office 2008
on a partition used only for non-OS applications?
(One partition is for Leopard and Apple-installed applications;  a 2nd
partition is for apps that do not require installation on the Leopard

After searching Microsoft's Mac web site I could not find any mention
of a combined updater for Office 2004.  Is there seriously none
available?  As an IT guy I really don't want to have to keep
installing the original program PLUS 6 freakin' updates on every

I purchased a MacBook Pro 15 Intel Core 2 Duo just about a year ago
and the very first thing I did was to remove Office Test Drive.
(Stupid I know)
Now, after a year, I want to reinstall the test drive (or install a

I'm waiting on a macbook for my 15 year old daughter who is going into high
school. Completely new to macs and looking forward to this - but need some
advice please...
1. I need to get her Office 2004 Student. Can I upgrade this to 2008 when it