


When you have done that click on DOCUMENTS. When that is open click on the name of your computer, its also the icon that looks like a house. If you have created templates, back those up by copying them to the desktop from your user's Library » Application Support » Microsoft » Office » User Templates folder.When you have done the download and nothing will open or its asking you to register this is what you do to get office 2008 to work.Ĭlick on HARD DRIVE. If you use Entourage for your email, back up your Entourage data in your user's Documents » Microsoft User Data » Office 2008 Identities » Main Identity folder by copying it to the desktop. Reinstall from the Office source disk and update.Ī word of caution: back up your personalized settings before erasing the Office files./Library/Receipts/(all files that begin with Office 2008)./Users/(me)/Documents/Microsoft User Data./Users/(me)/Library/Application Support/Microsoft./Users/(me)/Library/Preferences/Microsoft.

/Users/(me)/Library/Preferences/(all files that start com.microsoft).Delete the following files and folders:.Run the Remove Office app, which is located in /Applications » Microsoft Office 2008 » Additional Tools.After several back-and-forths with Microsoft, the following solution worked. The version of the software required to install this update was not found on this volume." Even a clean reinstall from the source Office disk did not fix this issue. I've had a hard time updating Office 2008, getting an error that states "You cannot install Office 2008 12.1.x on this volume.
