Software Update: Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.1
Microsoft has released a new update for its Office 2008 suite for the Mac OS X platform. The office suite includes Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Entourage, as well as a large number of wizards and tools to make processing texts, images and sounds easier. The version counter is now at 12.2.1 and includes the following announcement:
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.1 Update
This update fixes an issue that prevents users from opening some Office documents.
Improvements for all Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac applications
Compatibility has been improved. This update fixes an issue that causes Office 2008 for Mac to display an error message that resembles the following:
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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?
This issue occurs when you try to open documents that have one of the file types that are listed in the following table:
| Open XML documents | Word Document (.docx), Excel Workbook (.xlsx), PowerPoint Presentation (.pptx), or PowerPoint Show (.ppsx) |
| Open XML templates | Word Template (.dotx), Excel Template (.xltx), or PowerPoint Template (.potx) |
| Macro-enabled Open XML documents and templates | Word Macro-Enabled Document (.docm), Word Macro-Enabled Template (.dotm), Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (.xlsm), Excel Macro-Enabled Template (.xltm), PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation (.pptm), PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Template (.potm), or PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Show (.ppsm) |
| Version number | 12.2.1 |
| Release status | Final |
| Operating systems | macOS |
| Website | Microsoft |
| Download | http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx?pid=Mactopia_Office2008&fid=9730452B-E6AD-4330-93E4-57F66293BF1C#viewer |
| License type | Freeware |