microsoft database utility

[Katherine_McW]

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

I was installing Office 2008 for mac & I got a message that said I might need to rebuild my database utility b/c the folder might be damaged. Suggestions were to open office, go to Microsoft Database Utility, open database utility application, click help and go to database utility help.

This means very little to me since I can't find anything that says database utility anywhere on this computer. It said I might not be able to use the address book and scrapbook unless this was repaired. Can anyone help me? Sincerest thanks in advance to anyone who can give me the answer in laymen's terms. Katherine McW

 

[Diane Ross]

I was installing Office 2008 for mac & I got a message that said I might need
to rebuild my database utility b/c the folder might be damaged. Suggestions
were to open office, go to Microsoft Database Utility, open database utility
application, click help and go to database utility help.

This means very little to me since I can't find anything that says database
utility anywhere on this computer. It said I might not be able to use the
address book and scrapbook unless this was repaired. Can anyone help me?
Sincerest thanks in advance to anyone who can give me the answer in laymen's
terms. Katherine McW

Open Entourage with Option key held down. This will automatically start the
database utility. Always make a backup first. The rebuild makes a backup,
but if the rebuild goes bad which can happen for about 1%, you will loose
everything. Better safe than sorry.