Microsoft Office.mdimporter 12.0.2 broken

[Pete2]

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

After the update to Office 2008 Spotlight didn't find content in most of my older .doc files. Rebuilding the Spotlight index didn't help.

I've replaced the Microsoft Office.mdimporter version 12.0.2 with version 12.0.1 from Office 2004, rebuild the Spotlight index and boom the .doc files were indexed again. Obviously .dotx files now don't get indexed, but that's less of an issue, at least so far.

I think Microsoft Office.mdimporter version 12.0.2 needs an update urgently.

Peter

 

[aRKay]

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

After the update to Office 2008 Spotlight didn't find content in most of my
older .doc files. Rebuilding the Spotlight index didn't help.

I've replaced the Microsoft Office.mdimporter version 12.0.2 with version
12.0.1 from Office 2004, rebuild the Spotlight index and boom the .doc files
were indexed again. Obviously .dotx files now don't get indexed, but that's
less of an issue, at least so far.

I think Microsoft Office.mdimporter version 12.0.2 needs an update urgently.

Peter

I wonder if there is an option to ditch the creation of the .dotx
format? The enemy of good (.doc) is better (.dotx) files I agree with
your that MS needs to address the issue you have outlined. Did you
report it?

 

[Matt Centurión [MSFT]]

Hi Peter,

Some of us here can't reproduce the issue so I wanted to ask if you could
send mail to ruchic AT microsoft.com with some of these files?

Ruchi is our converter contact and she can help you with this issue.

Thanks for your help

Matt
MacOffice Testing
Microsoft



Date: 3/18/08 10:56 AM / From: "(e-mail address removed)"

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

I wonder if there is an option to ditch the creation of the .dotx
format?

You can change the default format in Word | Preferences | Save to be
..doc, instead of .docx. Is that what you meant?