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Beware - Avoid this update on PPC with 10.4.11 
- Version: 11.5.4, 5/7/2009 07:37PM PST
detirrell
Beware -over the past couple of weeks I have updated a couple of older iMac 17 PPC machines and have found that the non-admin user on those cpus can be affected by Word crashing or just the spinning wheel of death - would post more but VT wants copy in 45 seconds
Note that Microsoft has done a good job with support up until 11.5.3 & along with Open XML Converter is a reasonable solutions - but Office 2008 is very pricey, and may not make sense especially when NeoOffice and Apple's iWork are very good alternative products.
Please note that I have been using Microsoft products since 1989.
Note that Microsoft has done a good job with support up until 11.5.3 & along with Open XML Converter is a reasonable solutions - but Office 2008 is very pricey, and may not make sense especially when NeoOffice and Apple's iWork are very good alternative products.
Please note that I have been using Microsoft products since 1989.
Beware - Avoid this update on PPC with 10.4.11 - Version: 11.5.4, 5/7/2009 07:23PM PST
detirrell
Over the past couple of weeks, I have run the Office 11.5.4 update on a few iMac (PPC) running Mac OS X 10.4.11 having problems after updating to Office 11.5.4 -- it turns out that for non-admin users, Word, in particular, becomes subject to crashing or spinning wheel of death until the app is forced quit... so, if you are Admin user,it may not matter but if you have users that are not admins then beware...
I have not determined why there is an issue with this update - I do believe that Microsoft has actually done a very good job with support to Mac Office up until Office 2004 rev 11.5.3 and along with Open XML Converter it has address the issues with the new format, introduce with Office 2007 (.docx, pptx, .xlsx). NeoOffice or Apple's iWork are now reasonable alternatives to the pricey MS Office - does Microsoft remember (or not) that they used a similar strategy against WordPerfect and won! market share will continue to erode at these price points.
I have not determined why there is an issue with this update - I do believe that Microsoft has actually done a very good job with support to Mac Office up until Office 2004 rev 11.5.3 and along with Open XML Converter it has address the issues with the new format, introduce with Office 2007 (.docx, pptx, .xlsx). NeoOffice or Apple's iWork are now reasonable alternatives to the pricey MS Office - does Microsoft remember (or not) that they used a similar strategy against WordPerfect and won! market share will continue to erode at these price points.
I type in French. To create an accented character I hit the option key and the letter to be accented. 99% of the time no problem, but once in a long while (and then pretty consistently over a period of days or weeks) Word freezes when I do this. Can't save. If I go to the Finder, can't get back into Word. Must Force Quit and lose recent changes. All other applications fine. This is unspeakably annoying, and clearly others DO have the problem, is there no solution? Gmartin, have you found one?
I should add that I have changed computers and keyboards during this time and have clean reinstalled Office 2004. MacBook Pro, OSX 10.5.7. Many thanks for any suggestions!