Student Select and Office for Mac 2008

[Bob Greenblatt]

how do you synch entourage 2008 w/ apple address book and calendar? thanks.

Go to the entourage prefs, Synch services and select what you want.

 

[E. Joseph]

Anybody have an idea how to import all my lep. mac address book contacts into Entourage 2008 without all the other stuff coming with them. I am trying to update my Entourage 2008 and the import doesn't have mac address book listed.

 

[Michel Bintener]

You can enable Sync Services for contacts only; just leave the other
checkboxes unchecked. Alternatively, launch Address Book, select all your
contacts and drag them to the desktop. Drag the resulting .vcf file into
Entourage's contact list.

Anybody have an idea how to import all my lep. mac address book contacts into
Entourage 2008 without all the other stuff coming with them. I am trying to
update my Entourage 2008 and the import doesn't have mac address book listed.

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

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[Guest]

Boy, is Office 2008 buggy. It'll crash repeatedly when I'm working on a doc. (Do a search for Word 2008 crash to see all the discussion). Wow, can't Microsoft make a decent product>

 

[John McGhie]

It doesn't crash for me. Hasn't crashed since I got it.

So if you would like us to help you solve the issues, please describe things
in a bit more detail.

It's not "perfect", no product is, but it is actually a lot more stable than
it appears to be for you.

Cheers

Boy, is Office 2008 buggy. It'll crash repeatedly when I'm working on a doc.
(Do a search for Word 2008 crash to see all the discussion). Wow, can't
Microsoft make a decent product>

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[GAB]

I notice that 2008 Office does not have scissors, for quick removal of text and re-insertion. How is this to be done on this new system?

GAB

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Three different options:

You can use Edit | Cut and Edit | Paste

You can use the keyboard shortcut command-X to cut and command-V to paste.

You can add the Cut command to your toolbar via View | Customize Toolbars.

By the way, it's better to post an entirely new question than to add
random posts to an existing thread. If this were an independent thread,
your Q&A would become part of the archives and perhaps help someone
searching later.

 

[Michel Bintener]

There are a couple of ways:

* click on Edit>Cut and Edit>Paste
* use the keyboard shortcuts Cmd+x for Cut and Cmd+v for paste
* ctrl-/right-click the toolbar in Word and choose Customise Toolbars and
Menus. In the new window, click on the Commands tab, select Edit from the
list and drag the icons for Cut, Copy and Paste back into the Standard
toolbar.

I notice that 2008 Office does not have scissors, for quick removal of text
and re-insertion. How is this to be done on this new system?

GAB

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Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

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[ladyvolcc]

Hello All:
I received my copy of Home & Student Edition today from the Super Suite Deal. Will the Microsoft Expression Media be shipped separately? I double-checked the order form, and it says under order fulfillment (if you choose Option Two) that it includes Office 2008 H&S edition + Microsoft Expression Media for Mac. I haven't been able to find any info about the Media package though.
Thanks!

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

You need to complain to the contact information on the order form or the
package--a few people are seeing that, and one posted here that they had
been told it was a mistake, as it is.

 

[Ivo Ettore Ceneda]

On Thursday, February 6th I receive Office mac 2008 Home and student edition, the installation is made without problem.
In first I want to register the product and there first surprise the N°ID which I register isn't recognized!
Second problem, I launch Word application and surprise a window of error appears which indicates "recover my work and restart Microsoft Word".
I try to launch Excel and the same problem, a window of error appears indicating " recover my work and restart Microsoft Excel".
 I reinstall Office, after having deleted completely the file Office with the application " Remove ". I always have the same problems!
I use a Macbook Pro with the system Leopard macOSX 10.5.1.

I look to somebody to help me,

Thanks,

Ivo Ettore Ceneda

 

[ED]

Pardon the redundancy, but I'm stumped. How do I know if I need the standard version w/ MS Exchange support? Can I get by w/ a Home & Student version? The sftware will be installed on one machine, and will be used in a small business.

Thanks, friends!

 

[Diane Ross]

On Thursday, February 6th I receive Office mac 2008 Home and student edition,
the installation is made without problem.
Great!

In first I want to register the product and there first surprise the N°ID
which I register isn't recognized!

Currently, the Mactopia site is broken for this function. "Registration" has
nothing to do with the operation of the software - unlike the Activation
required for MS Windows software. It's little more than a marketing tool.

Registration is not required (The Entourage Help Blog)

Second problem, I launch Word application and surprise a window of error
appears which indicates "recover my work and restart Microsoft Word".
I try to launch Excel and the same problem, a window of error appears
indicating " recover my work and restart Microsoft Excel".
I reinstall Office, after having deleted completely the file Office with the
application " Remove ". I always have the same problems!
I use a Macbook Pro with the system Leopard macOSX 10.5.1.

Until one of the Word or Excel experts chime in, I suggest testing Office in
a new User. This will help identify if the problem is in your User's folder
of it it's system wide.

Go to System Preferences --> Create a New User in Accounts. Switch to the
New User by logging out/in or use Fast User Switching. Test Office there.

If you had Office installed prior to Office 2008, you might try deleting
these files:

Word 2008 "crash on launch" issue - in your User's preferences folder -->
Microsoft folder:

Remove: Word Settings (10) file, but also by the Word Settings (9) and (8)
files.

 

[Ivo Ettore Ceneda]

Thank you Diane,
From "guest account "OfficeMac2008" applications (word, excel, ppt, …) run normally.
But does not still work from the "main user"!…
Thanks,

Ivo

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

The Home and Student license specifies non-commercial use.

 

[Ivo Ettore Ceneda]

Dear ED,
I speak about the version " OfficeMac2008 Home & student " version.
Effectively the use will be limited, but the problem is that I can use none of the applications, see my first email.
One of the solutions is to install Service OfficeMac2008 on another user account, it is not the ideal! but the applications run normally.

Thanks, Ivo

 

[Mollie]

Hi I am not really computer smart and I have a question??????At work we use an Excel program to do our employee work schedules and I want to be able to do them at home on my imac if I purchase the Home & Student will I be able to complete this at home from my imac?And will I also be able to send the completed work schedule to work to print it out?

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Hi I am not really computer smart and I have a question??????At work we use an
Excel program to do our employee work schedules and I want to be able to do
them at home on my imac if I purchase the Home & Student will I be able to
complete this at home from my imac?And will I also be able to send the
completed work schedule to work to print it out?

Probably. If the excel workbook contains macros, then no you will not be
able to do this. If there are no macros and the Windows version does not use
any features that the Mac version does not have, then yes, it will probably
be fine. There may be some slight formatting issues if there are font and
printer differences, but generally it should work fine.

 

[Richard]

I would highly recommend this blog to everyone using Entourage with Exchange, please do read:

 <http://blogs.technet.com/amir>

I loved the latest entry for today:

How Does Entourage Work?
 <http://blogs.technet.com/amir/archive/2008/02/08/how-does-entourage-work.aspx>

Regards,

 

[CDG]

While operating in Excel(Microsoft Office 2008 Home/Student) if I try and change the window size it will freeze the entire laptop and I have to remove the battery to get it restarted. Also on occasion Excel will crash and I will get a message to the effect that Excel has encountered a problem and it needs to be restarted losing all my current work.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.