This article contains information about installing the Microsoft Office 98
Updater for Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition.
For information about the problem that the update fixes, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
189376
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189376/EN-US/
)
OFF98: Contents of the Microsoft Office 98 Updater Read Me
To obtain and install the Microsoft Office 98 Updater, see the following
Microsoft World Wide Web site:
To run the Microsoft Office 98 Updater, follow these steps:
- Double-click Microsoft Office 98 Updater.
- In the dialog box that displays the Readme file for the Microsoft Office
98 Updater, click Continue.
- In the Microsoft Office 98 Updater dialog box, click Update.
The following 4 files will be updated on your hard disk drive.
File Old Version New Version
----------------------------------------------------------
Microsoft Office First Run 1.0 1.0.1
Visual Basic for Applications 8.0 or 8.1 8.2
Microsoft PowerPoint 8.0 (4927) 8.0 (5508)
PP Translator 8-4 8.0 or 8.02 8.04 - Click Continue to the message that tells you the update was successful.
- In the Microsoft Office First Run dialog box, click Install.
The following 3 files will be updated in your Extensions folder.
File Old Version New Version
----------------------------------------------------------
Microsoft Component Library 2.22 2.24
Microsoft OLE Library 2.22 2.24
Microsoft Structured Storage 2.22 2.24
NOTE: At this step, it may appear that 60 files are being updated. The
first run installation process will copy over any of the 60 files that
are displayed in the dialog box. However, only the 3 files that are
listed are updated.
For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:179217
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/179217/EN-US/
)
OFF98: Using First Run Installation to Troubleshoot Mac Office
- Click Quit to the message that tells you the installation was
successful.
- The files that were updated by the Microsoft Office 98 Updater are now
in the Trash. To delete these files, click Empty Trash on the Special
menu.
NOTE: The Updater creates a file called "MS Office 98 Updater Log", without
quotation marks, on the root of your System hard disk drive. This file can
be opened in any text editor and will list the items that were updated on
your hard disk drive.
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