Upgrading Office v. X SR 1 to 10.1.5

[Sebastian]

I run a PB G4 12" with MAC OS 10.3.5. The other day I removed,
reinstalled and updated (10.1.2/4/5) Office v. X SR 1 according to the
protocol suggested at
<http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/RemoveReinstall.htm>. Everything
worked out fine and the file "Microsoft Component Plugin" in the
folder Applications/MS Office X/Office now displays "Version 10.1.5".
If I open an application (e.g. Word), though, and click via the menue
bar to "Word/about Word" to the pop-up dialoge there the information
hasn´t been updated. It remains as "MS Word X for MAC Service Release
1". Happens with all Office applications. I also recall from prior
instalation procedures (under MAC OS 10.2.) having seen some log-file
about the updates. Can´t find them now.
Is this a regular behaviour? After all, daily life isn´t realy
compromised by this issue, but in the end it has cost me "quite a
while" (grmpf!) finding out about the actual current verion of my
Office applications, since the default way (e.g. Word/about Word)
doesn´t provide correct information). Shouldn´t be that laborious,
right?
Cheers,
Sebastian

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Is this a regular behaviour? After all, daily life isn´t realy
compromised by this issue, but in the end it has cost me "quite a
while" (grmpf!) finding out about the actual current verion of my
Office applications, since the default way (e.g. Word/about Word)
doesn´t provide correct information). Shouldn´t be that laborious,
right?

You're seeing regular behavior for Office v.X. See

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/office/vxversions.html

for more info.

Office 2004 shows signs of being more user friendly, by including the
version and build number in the About dialog. I hope that MacBU has
gotten the message...

 

[Sebastian]

You're seeing regular behavior for Office v.X. See

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/office/vxversions.html

for more info.

Office 2004 shows signs of being more user friendly, by including the
version and build number in the About dialog. I hope that MacBU has
gotten the message...

Hi JE,
thank´s for the response. As your link underlines: Certain updaters do
not update every Office application. That´s understood. The question
is why - after having run 3 updaters - not a single application
informs about even one update-process ... What I´m trying to say:
According to my current understanding (and the information contained
in the link provided by you) the applications should state either
"10.1.5" or "10.1.4/2" but they don´t. All "About dialogs" remain
unchanged at "SR 1". Is that a regular behaviour for Office v. X?
Cheers,

Sebastian
PS: Sorry for being an ignorant: How´s MacBU?

 

[JE McGimpsey]

All "About dialogs" remain unchanged at "SR 1". Is that a regular
behaviour for Office v. X?

Yes.

In v.X the About boxes don't get updated - you've got to check the
version number in the finder (like the Microsoft Component Plugin).

 

[Sebastian]

Yes.

In v.X the About boxes don't get updated - you've got to check the
version number in the finder (like the Microsoft Component Plugin).

Thank you JE,
Cheers, S