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. Make sure that the Microsoft Office 2011 folder is located in the Applications folder on the startup volume.
If you have trouble installing this update or using Office 2011 applications after you install this update, try the following: To restore your application to its original state, delete it from your hard disk, reinstall it from your original installation disk, and then install the updates that you want. This update does not include an uninstall feature. To use AutoUpdate, open an Office application, and then on the Help menu, click Check for Updates.
Note This update is also available from Microsoft AutoUpdate, an application that can automatically keep your Microsoft software up to date. To remove the update installer, first drag the Microsoft Office 2011 14.7.7 Update volume to the Trash, and then drag the file that you downloaded to the Trash. If the installation finishes successfully, you can remove the update installer from your hard disk.In the Microsoft Office 2011 14.7.7 Update volume window, double-click the Office 2011 14.7.7 Update application to start the update process, and then follow the instructions on the screen.This step might have been performed for you. Double-click the file that you downloaded in step 5 to place the Microsoft Office 2011 14.7.7 Update volume on your desktop, and then double-click the Microsoft Office 2011 14.7.7 Update volume to open it.To check your preferences, on the Safari menu, click Preferences, and then click General. If you are using Safari, the downloaded file is saved to the desktop or your Downloads folder unless you specified a different location in the Preferences dialog box of Safari. Follow the instructions on the screen to save the file to your hard disk.
Here’s where you’ll want to make any changes you want to the default user information that’s going to be included in any Microsoft Office 2011 document, whether it’s from Excel, PowerPoint or Word.
To change the owner name, and a bunch more information in documents, including address, phone number, etc (information that the previous owner undoubtedly does not want included in every document you create, you need to launch MS Word and click on the “Word” menu:Ĭhoose the “Preferences…” option and you’ll see that Microsoft Office 2011 has a Preferences area that looks astonishingly similar to the Mac OS X System Preferences area:Ĭlick on “User Information” in the lower left and you’ll see all sorts of information about the previous owner, the person who installed and configured the app originally:
If you’ve gotten a computer with lots of useful software still installed - and it sounds like that’s what has occurred - then as a first step you’ll want to read my tutorial on How to Change the Owner Name on a Mac. That’s why I encourage people to quite literally start from scratch by reinstalling Mac OS X if they’re buying a used computer, whether from a private party or a company. Data about the user just seems to infiltrate all the nooks and crannies of the OS. Unfortunately, like many different computers, Macintosh systems are easier to set up from scratch the way you want than to tweak and alter after it’s been used for a while.