MS Word Updaters

[mpkmac]

I'm working on a PowerBook, OS 10.4.11

I had MS Office 2004 version 11.3.5. I downloaded the updaters from Microsoft website and in succession ran 11.3.7, 11.3.8, 11.3.9, 11.4.0. They all ran properly but when I restarted MS Word, it's information reads version 11.3.8 and I cannot rerun the updaters?

Any idea what's going on. Am I running 11.4.0 and the info is wrong, or did the last two installers 11.3.9, 11.4.0 fail to work.

By the way, I restarted and retried 11.3.9, 11.4.0 but to no avail.

Marc

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I'm working on a PowerBook, OS 10.4.11

I had MS Office 2004 version 11.3.5. I downloaded the updaters from Microsoft
website and in succession ran 11.3.7, 11.3.8, 11.3.9, 11.4.0. They all ran
properly but when I restarted MS Word, it's information reads version 11.3.8
and I cannot rerun the updaters?

Any idea what's going on. Am I running 11.4.0 and the info is wrong, or did
the last two installers 11.3.9, 11.4.0 fail to work.

By the way, I restarted and retried 11.3.9, 11.4.0 but to no avail.

You're doing nothing wrong.

Office consists of 4 applications and dozens of components. Not all
applications in Office are updated in any particular update. Updates
11.3.9 and 11.4.0 don't directly update Word, so they don't rewrite the
file just to change the update number.

You can look at the Read Me files in the updaters to tell which files
are updated in any particular update.

If you don't trust AutoUpdate, or the downloaded updaters, you can
always check the latest update to Office by looking at the version
number of the

Microsoft Component Plugin

file in your

HD:Applications:Microsoft Office 2004:Office:

folder. That is ALWAYS updated.

 

[mpkmac]

Thank you so much J.E.

That's makes perfect sense and my mind's at rest.

Marc