Microsoft Word and Excel (all products) will NOT open or run.

[Novi]

Version: v.X When trying to open a new document or a saved document in any of the Microsoft products it will not open and an error message comes up saying:
"The application Word quit unexpectedly. Mac OS X and other applications are not affected."

When opening word it will open and then after a couple seconds close and not give a reason as to why.

 

[CyberTaz]

The most likely causes are lack of updates (both OS X & Office) and need of
repairing disk permissions. Tend to those matters & see if the problem
persists after a restart of your Mac.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Novi]

I did an update and nothing came up for Microsoft, how do I go about "repairing disk permissions". I have also tried restarting the Mac and it still does not fix the problem.

 

[CyberTaz]

It may no longer be available from AutoUpdate since that version of Office
has been deprecated for more than 2 years. Before anything else that update
needs to be confirmed. Go to the Word menu & select About Word. If the
version is not indicated as 10.1.9 you can retrieve the update from here:

<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FEA9FD8A-EA16-4B3C
-9381-18A389D5599A&displaylang=en>

As for repairing permissions: There is an Apple program in your
Applications/Utilities folder named Disk Utility. Launch it, select your HD
from the left panel then click the Repair Disk Permissions button on the
First Aid page.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[John McGhie]

You have not told us the version and update level of your Mac or your
Microsoft Office, so we can't answer.

I did an update and nothing came up for Microsoft, how do I go about
"repairing disk permissions". I have also tried restarting the Mac and it
still does not fix the problem.

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