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Top issues for Office 2008

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-026 - critical
Download Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 1 (May 13,2008)
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Display problems occur when you open a document
Resized pictures in a group are unexpectedly resized
You can't move grouped objects to other windows
The Fonts menu in Office does not appear in the WYSIWYG format
The Clip Gallery immediately exits when you try to start it
Error message when you try to install Office 2008 for Mac: "Install Failed"
Error message when you click "Edit in Excel": "The linked file is not available"

How-to

How to troubleshoot installation issues
How to test for damaged installation media
How to troubleshoot programs
How to troubleshoot documents that open more slowly than expected
How to customize and save document templates

Entourage 2008

The mailbox rule actions are not applied to mailing list messages
Picture attachments may not have the corresponding attachment icon
Cannot change the category of an event
You can't forward a single occurrence of a repeating event series
Single occurrences of an event series are overwritten when the series is updated
Problems occur after you use the Time Machine backup tool
Error message: "Microsoft Office 2004 is already in use"
You receive a "forbidden" error message when you try to send e-mail
Entourage may lose the connection to your e-mail account on an Exchange Server
Message when you import older Swedish versions of Entourage: "-Find identity"

How-to

How to rebuild your identity database
How to create a rule that automatically replies to incoming e-mail messages
How to share projects

Excel 2008

Data fields are not matched correctly when you perform a mail merge in Word
The AutoRecover feature does not recover Audio Note files
Menus are dimmed or do not respond when selected
Colors change when you open a workbook
Controls in the "Links" dialog box disappear when you click "Automatic" or "Manual"
Text or number converted to unintended number format
Cannot remove executable property of root folder
Differences between the 1900 date system and the 1904 date system in Excel

Display issues

Vertical character spacing is very tight in Excel 2008 and PowerPoint 2008
You can't show chart values, labels, and categories at the same time
Dates and times displayed as serial numbers when viewing formulas
Date values earlier than 1900 appear as text

How-to

How to parse data using the Text To Columns command
How to use the "Format Cells" dialog box
How to use dates and times in Excel

PowerPoint 2008

How to play a sound continuously during a presentation in PowerPoint
Vertical character spacing is very tight in Excel 2008 and PowerPoint 2008

Word 2008

Menus are dimmed or do not respond when selected
Data fields are not matched correctly when you perform a mail merge in Word
The AutoRecover feature does not recover Audio Note files
You can't insert a complete Excel worksheet into a Word document
Error message: "Permission for this document is currently restricted"

How-to

How to perform a simple data merge
How to create a merge document using a text data source
How to add a caption to a picture that doesn't use the "In line with text" wrapping style
How to create a form document that has fixed text sections
How to turn of auto features

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Office 2008 for Mac Solution Center

Top issues

Top issues for Office 2008

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Entourage 2008

Entourage 2008

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Excel 2008

Excel 2008

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PowerPoint 2008

PowerPoint 2008

Word 2008

Word 2008

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