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Q&A: I just bought OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard", how do I install Office:Mac 2008?

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I got this question via email:

I got my copy of Snow Leopard this morning, backed up my data, and did an erase and install. Now it's time to reinstall my apps. Is there anything special that I need to do to install Office 2008?

Get out your Office 2008 DVD. Put it into your drive, and start installing. :) Make sure you keep the DVD sleeve handy, since it's got your product key printed on the back of it. And make sure you read your product key carefully, since the B and 8 look too much alike for my tastes.

Personally, I always do a custom installation, because it makes me feel better to know that I'm saving a few MB by not installing the proofing tools for various languages that I can't speak.

At the end of the installation, Microsoft AutoUpdate will run. Check for updates. Depending on when you bought your copy of Office, you'll either need to install SP1, SP2, and then 12.2.1, or you might just need to install SP2 and then 12.2.1.

After you've installed one update, and you find that the next update fails, reboot your system. This problem is rare, and rebooting usually clears everything up immediately.

If you're using Entourage for Web Services, install it after you've completed updating Office 2008 to 12.2.1.

If you use Messenger, then you can download the latest version (7.0.2) off of our website and drag it to your Applications folder.

And voila! You're up and running. :) Office 2008 works perfectly fine on Snow Leopard (I've been using them together for months), and Spaces users will be especially pleased to know that Apple has made lots of improvements to their Spaces support that takes care of most of the issues there.

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  • Anonymous
    September 07, 2009
    what are the proper servers when setting up what were http accounts using Mail 4.0 in Snow Leopard? I've tried "mail.exchange.com" for both the internal and external servers but they aren't recognized. Actually the old http plugin for Mail worked fine for my Hotmail accounts.

  • Anonymous
    September 07, 2009
    Sorry, I can't help you set up Mail.app.  If you're having trouble connecting it to your Exchange account, you're going to have to contact Apple tech support for assistance.