I wasn’t doing any fancy file formatting, just using Office’s own defaults. That’s right – Office can’t open its own files.
For example, you can save the file in the.
If updates do not resolve the issue, you can re-create or save the Excel workbook, Word document, or PowerPoint presentation in a file format other than Open XML. Uh, how? You just expect everyone to have another computer sitting around that hasn’t been patched yet?įurther investigation brings up a Microsoft knowledge base article about the Office 2008 SP2 problem, which states: Solution: Save your Excel workbook by using an earlier version of Office 2008 for Mac. Nothing about this service pack appears to be unusual until you try to open certain files in Excel, PowerPoint or Word: Microsoft PowerPoint ErrorĬlicking Yes takes you to a page titled, “I can’t open an Office document after I install Office 2008 SP2 Update,” which includes this gem:Ĭause: This is a known issue with Office 2008 SP2 Update. Microsoft just put out a service pack for Microsoft Office 2008 for the Mac.
