Re: [ANN] Office 2008 SP1 Update (12.1.0) released

In addition to Diane's suggestions for Before You Update, consider the 
MS information here--note especially that if you have moved or renamed 
the Office 2008 folder, you may run into problems.

[from the MS site, on the downloads page for 12.1]
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Additional Information
If you have trouble installing this update or using Office 2008 
applications after you install them, try the following:

Make sure that the Microsoft Office 2008 folder is located in the 
Applications folder on the startup volume. If it is at another location 
on your computer, move it to the Applications folder on your startup 
volume, and then try installing the update again.

Restart your computer and try installing the update again.

Make sure that the user account you use to authenticate the update 
installer is an administrator account. For more information about 
administrator accounts, see Mac Help.

Make sure that you downloaded the correct language version of the update 
for your copy of Office.

If you rename or modify any of the files in the Microsoft Office 2008 
folder, you cannot install product updates. To correct this issue, drag 
the Microsoft Office 2008 folder to the Trash, and then reinstall Office 
2008 from your original installation disk.

If you experience problems opening Office applications after you install 
this update, restart your computer. If you continue to experience 
problems after you restart, reinstall Office from your original 
installation disk, and then install this update again.
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