MAC OS X upgrading Microsoft Office Suite

[Lynne]

I am running MAC OS 10.2.7 and am having trouble upgrading my
Microsoft Office from System 9 to system 10.
When I try to install upgraded Office I get error message saying,
The default location required for this install could not be found.
I do not know what that means. Someone advised to repair
permissions on the boot volume through DiskUtility.

I have no idea what to do. I am unable to find anything that refers
either to the boot volume or permissions.
Can anyone help please?
Much appreciated,
Lynne G
Lgathany(remove this)@bellsouth.net

 

[Bernard Rey]

I am running MAC OS 10.2.7 and am having trouble

upgrading my Microsoft Office from System 9 to
system 10.

Could you describe what you exactly try? There is no
"upgrading" from Office:2001 to Office v.X. Office v.X has
to be purchased (but you'll have an "upgrade" rebate") see:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/officex/howtobuy/howt
obuy.aspx?pid=standard

Once Office v.X is installed there are 3 updates to be
installed (10.1.2, 10.1.4 and 10.1.5, in that order) to be
found here: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx

When I try to install upgraded Office I get error
message saying, The default location required for this
install could not be found. I do not know what that
means.

This message usually shows up when trying to apply an un
appropriate update: i.e. if you try applying 10.1.5 but
have not applied 10.1.4

Someone advised to repair permissions on the boot volume
through DiskUtility.

That's always a good thing to do: it should be done after
each install/update. And it is the first thing to try
whenever you encounter a problem in Mac OS X.

You'll find the Disk Utility in the Applications/Utilities
folder. Launch it, select your boot volume on the left and
run the "Repair permissions". It'll take some 15 minutes,
don't worry.