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Steps for a successful update

This page will go over the steps to update Office after you have installed from DVD and applied any update.

Before updating Office, I suggest archiving (zipping) your Office folder or making a duplicate if you do not have a Time Machine backup of Office for Mac in Applications. There is no way to easily revert to a previous version after updating. for more info see Revert to a previous version after a bad update and Warning about updating while away from home

1. Office 2008 must be installed in the boot volume in an Admin account.
2. Launch the Microsoft Autoupdater (MAU).
   1. To launch MAU, you can open any Office application and select "Check for Updates" under Help in the Menu bar.
   2. Once MAU is launched, select "Keep in Dock"
3. Quit all Microsoft applications (Easy way: log out. When you log in, hold down the Shift key. This will disable all startup items including the hidden ones. It's important all Microsoft applications are quit, but quitting all applications will result in fewer problems overall. Any open application could be corrupted by the process.
4. Select the MAU from the Dock. Download updater suggested and install. (see requirements in Notes below)
5. Restart between each update. (sometimes the temp folder where the update wants to write to is locked, restarting your machine clears the temp folder and rectifies this problem)
6. You can remove the MAU from Dock after you complete the update.

Note:

1. If you have the original DVD, you will need 12.1.0 SP1 and 12.2.3
2. Newer DVDs came with 12.1.0 SP1 so you will only need the 12.2.3 updater.