Filed under: Enterprise, Productivity, Software Update
Patch for Microsoft Office 2008 XML issues now available
As promised, Microsoft has released a patch (dubbed version 12.2.1) to address issues that some Microsoft Office 2008 users have had with opening XML-based documents. When attempting to open a document in Microsoft Office 2008, some users have been presented with an error message that resembles the following:
"Microsoft Excel cannot open the file. You may have to download the latest updates for Office for Mac. Do you want to visit the Microsoft Web site for more information?"
For those who held off on the Service Pack 2 update, guess what? Surprise! Service Pack 2 is required to install the patch. Unlike many Mac apps, where update checks are found in an app's namesake menu, in Microsoft Office 2008 it's in the "help" menu. So, click on "help," and "check for updates" and you're all set. Well, you're all set if you already had Service Pack 2 installed. You're only halfway there if you didn't have it installed. If this is the case, simply do this again. And there you go. Opening XML on Microsoft Office 2008 is no longer XM-hell. (You can also download the patch from the Mactopia web site.)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Pete said 9:17AM on 8-07-2009
Dontcha just love Microsoft?
I downloaded this patch, and it politely asked me to quit Excel before it would move on. It then promptly crashed! I guess I'll try again...
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Pete said 9:19AM on 8-07-2009
Hang on a sec - er ah 5 minutes... it eventually contined on with the patch. I guess it needed some downtime before it went back to work again...
Thwarko said 10:41AM on 8-07-2009
Lifetime patch located here.
http://www.apple.com/iwork/
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puhsitch said 12:52PM on 8-07-2009
Oh if only that were a viable option for many people...
Paul said 11:38AM on 8-07-2009
"For those who held off on the Service Pack 2 update, guess what? Surprise! Service Pack 2 is required to install the patch. "
Makes sense. The problem was caused by the SP2 update.
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tgbauer said 1:47PM on 8-10-2009
The update application is /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
If you open it directly instead of via the Help menu in one of the apps, you don't have to wait for the app(s) to close - it can take a while.
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