Microsoft today released Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.4 Update.
According to Microsoft, “this update fixes a calendar issue in versions of Microsoft Entourage that were updated with the Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.3 Update. The issue prevents Exchange accounts in Entourage from sending meeting invitations and responses. This issue can occur when an Entourage identity is configured with more than one mail account.”
Microsoft “strongly recommend that all Entourage users who installed Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.3 Update install this update.”
Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.4 Update applies to: Office 2008, Office 2008 Home and Student Edition, Office 2008 Special Media Edition, Word 2008, Excel 2008, PowerPoint 2008, Entourage 2008.
More info and download link here.
An update to fix the patch that broke the last fix!! Cool
As usual, Microsoft lies!
1. MS Autoupdate says “No Update Available”.
2. Standalone Updater says “No software installed”.
Why is it that every time MicroShrub comes out with an update I have this exact same problem??
Gee. Hopefully this time when I reinstall Office and then install each of the 6 or so updates sequentially it will actually run when I’m done!
Not likely!
As an interesting excercise, check out the number of Office-related files in your /Library/Receipts directory.
*crawls out of hole called open office and iwork* and says,
“people still use office on a mac?”
Did you scrub the language files from your MacOffice 2008? If so, you need to remove I believe 2 lines of code from the installer file manually. I believe if you search MacFixIt you will find the solution you need.
Once I am done with my dissertation ALL Microsoft crap-ware comes off of my MBP
too, I could care less about this. I do feel bad for the Mac B.U. though-they make good software and it’s not their fault their parent company is so craptacular. Maybe Apple should draft ’em for the iWork team . . .
I’m downgrading from Office 2008 to 2004 because of all the incompatibilities and formating changes introduced in 2008. Colored fonts don’t translate correctly, graphic imports also have issues up to and including 2008 wants to tell you certain formats can’t be imported that were suitable for 2004. ALL in ALL 2008 is crap-tastic and highly restrictive ….. especially if you have some very old Office files as they are a threat apparently.
@ I’m an iWork junkie
when you say you could care less… how much less could you care? a lot less, a little less? shouldn’t it really be i couldn’t care less, which would clearly state that you were at the lowest point of caring, rather than there still being some lower levels of caring that you could descend into. i’m sorry, but that kind of thing bugs me…
oh and people who spell definitely “definately”. that really gets my goat.
as does the improper use of apostrophe’s (that was irony by the way)
other than that, everything is fine and microsoft sucks
@elgarak,
This update might only apply if you installed their last piece of malware… I mean the last update that broke Entourage for 20 of my users. Thank you MS! Thank you!
My frustration, Microsoft’s fault.
The Dude abides.
Why didn’t they just wait 2 more years to release Office 2008 since it obviously wasn’t anywhere near ready yet.
Why didn’t they just wait 2 more years to release Office 2008 since it obviously wasn’t anywhere near ready yet.
If MS waited for their stuff to be anywhere near ready, they’d never ship.
F Office.. I deleted it to free up space.. anyone want my license?
I should blend it and mail it back to them
Enough said.
Didn’t Office 2008 come out recently? How can it be up to version 12 already? Did they start at 1.0? Or was your software really bad enough to need that many updates in such a short amount of time?
It’s not that I need it… I prefer to do as much as possible in iWork.
I finally got the stand-alone installer to work, while Autoupdate still refuses to acknowledge that it needs to fix what it broke.
The whole thing is a prima example of two things:
1) Microsoft’s delivers shoddy quality.
2) It does not play by the rules of Mac OS X. If you don’t want to do that, Microsoft, just save us all from the frustration and just leave us alone already! Just go. We can work without you.
I’ve been MS Office free for more than a year.
No need.
Do you feel the same way about posters who don’t use capitals or periods?
<quote>Once I am done with my dissertation ALL Microsoft crap-ware comes off of my MBP</quote>
You’re writing a dissertation with WORD??
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Seriously? You’re either stupid or a masochist (no offense…)
I did my dissertation while I was still a Win-junkie, and even then I realized that this won’t fly. I did it with TeX, and I’m confident that I survived the whole thing because of it.
@elgarek & @’@elgarek’
Back in ’90, I wrote my first book in Word – it was a nightmare. Then in ’92, I switched to TeX, banishing Word from my lexicon, first OzTeX, and now use the free system
TeXshop with MacTeX — there’s just no comparison. It produces PDFs directly, handles graphics properly, uses real typography and automatic ligatures, does indexing and TOCs automatically, spell- and grammar-check as I type. And BibDesk (also free) manages a bibliography database that auto-inserts references. The list goes on…
Now, 5 books later, my current project flies along without the M$ hassles – and the M$ tax. The sun shines brightly, children sing, dogs wag their tales, the mail comes on time…
To little, too late!
Besides who wants it?
Who really needs it?
Why?
Buy iWorks… save and gert more solutions for business!
The update 12.1.4 was released at a later date on AutoUpdate. It is available for download if you try again.
WHO THE F#@& CARES?