Word 2008



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  1. Microsoft Word 2008 free download - Microsoft Office 2008 update, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Office Word 2007 Update, and many more programs.
  2. A word range will always return a word as the result (like a paragraph range will always return a paragraph). To return a pair of words you could examine a pair of ranges: Dim pw as Range For Each w As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range In doc.Words.
  3. So Word 2008 is a nice improvement, especially for office users. It is aimed squarely at the work environment and just barely infringes on the things iWork has been doing for years, namely making.
  4. Word 2008: After updating to Mojave, Word crashes Split from this thread about someone else's issue in a completely different version of Office. Sorry to jump on this thread. I have a Macbook Air which I updated to macOS Mojave yesterday.

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Microsoft Word Logo History

Microsoft Word 1 for MS-DOS (1984)

Microsoft Word 1.15 Splash Screen (1984)
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Microsoft Word 1.15 Document Editing in Multiple Windows (1984)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word 1.15 Multiple Windows and Colors (1984)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word 1.0 for Mac (1985)

Microsoft Word 1.0 for Mac About Dialog (1985)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word 1.0 for Mac Document Editor (1985)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word 2.0 for MS-DOS (1985)

Microsoft Word 2.0 Splash Screen (1985)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word 3.0 for MS-DOS (1986)

Microsoft Word 3.0 Splash Screen (1986)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word 3.0 Multiple Windows (1986)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word 3.0 for Mac (1987)

Microsoft Word 3.0 for Mac About Dialog (1987)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word 3.0 for Mac Document Editor (1987)
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Microsoft Word 3.0 for Xenix (1987)

Microsoft Word 3.0 for Xenix (Unix) (1987)
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Microsoft Word 5.0 for MS-DOS (1989)

Microsoft Word 5.0 Splash Screen (1989)
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Microsoft Word 5.0 About Dialog (1989)
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Microsoft Word 5.0 WYSIWYG View (1989)
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Microsoft Word 5.0 File Menu (1989)
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Microsoft Word for Windows 1.0 (1989)

Microsoft Word for Windows 1.0 Splash Screen (1989)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word for Windows 1.0 Document Editor (1989)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word for Windows 1.0 Image Embedding (1989)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word for Mac 4.0 (1990)

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Microsoft Word for Mac 4.0 About Dialog (1990)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word for Mac 4.0 Document Editor (1990)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0 (1991)

Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0 Splash Screen (1991)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0 Document Editor (1991)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0 Help for WordPerfect Users (1991)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word for Mac 5.1 (1992)

Microsoft Word for Mac 5.1 Registration Screen (1992)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word for Mac 5.1 About Dialog (1992)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word for Mac 5.1 Document Editor (1992)
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Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0 (1993)

Word 2008 Redline

Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0 Splash Screen (1993)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0 About Dialog (1993)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0 Tip of the Day (1993)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0 Document Editor (1993)
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Microsoft Word 6.0 for Mac (1995)

Microsoft Word 6.0 for Mac Splash Screen (1995)
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Microsoft Word 6.0 for Mac About Dialog (1995)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word 95 (1995)

Microsoft Word 95 Splash Screen (1995)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word 95 Document Editing (1995)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word 95 Multiple Windows (1995)
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Microsoft Word 97 (1997)

Microsoft Word 97 Splash Screen (1997)
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Microsoft Word 97 About Dialog (1997)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word 97 Document Editing with Clippy (1997)
Source: winworldpc.com

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition (1998)

Word 98 Macintosh Edition Splash Screen (1998)
Source: macintoshgarden.org

Word 98 Macintosh Edition Document Editing (1998)
Source: macintoshgarden.org

Word 98 Macintosh Edition Word Art Gallery (1998)
Source: macintoshgarden.org

Microsoft Word 2000 (2000)

Microsoft Word 2001 for Mac (2001)

Microsoft Word 2001 for Mac Splash Screen (2001)
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Microsoft Word 2001 for Mac Document Editing (2001)
Source: brothersoft.com

Microsoft Word XP/Word 2002 (2002)

Microsoft Word XP Splash Screen (2002)
Source: sourceforge.net

Microsoft Word XP Document Editing (2002)
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Microsoft Word XP Document Editing with Clippy (2002)
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Microsoft Word 2003 (2003)

Microsoft Word 2003 Splash Screen (2003)
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Microsoft Word 2003 Document Editing (2003)
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Microsoft Word 2003 Image Embed (2003)
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Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac (2004)

Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac Splash Screen (2004)
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Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac Document Editing (2004)
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Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac Formatting Palette (2004)
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Microsoft Word 2007 - Ribbon Interface (2007)

Microsoft Word 2007 Splash Screen (2007)
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Microsoft Word 2007 File Menu (2007)
Source: computertutorials.in

Microsoft Word 2007 Document Editing (2007)
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Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac (2008)

Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac Splash Screen (2008)
Source: sourceforge.net

Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac Document Editing (2008)
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Microsoft Word 2010 (2010)

Microsoft Word 2010 Splash Screen (2010)
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Microsoft Word 2010 Inserted Shapes (2010)
Source: dottech.org

Microsoft Word 2010 Empty Page (2010)
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Microsoft Word 2010 Word Art Menu (2010)
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Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac (2011)

Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac Splash Screen (2011)
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Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac Multiple Authors Editing Document (2011)
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Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac Print Layout View (2011)
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Microsoft Word 2013 (2013)

Microsoft Word 2013 Splash Screen (2013)
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Microsoft Word 2013 Template (2013)
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Microsoft Word 2013 Empty Document Editor (2013)
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Microsoft Word 2013 Start Templates (2013)
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Microsoft Word Document Editor with Comments (2013)
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Microsoft Word 2016 (2016)

Microsoft Word 2016 Splash Screen (2016)
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Microsoft Word 2016 Design Themes (2016)
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Microsoft Word 2016 Inserted Shapes (2016)
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Microsoft Word 2016 Document Editor (2016)
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Microsoft Word 2016 Skype Integration and Sharing (2016)
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Microsoft Word for Office 365 (2019)

Microsoft Word for Office 365 Document Editor (2019)
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Microsoft Word for Office 365 Document Editor (2019)
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Resolution


To resolve this issue, download and install the latest Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac updates:

  1. Start any Office for Mac application on your computer.

  2. Click Help menu, click Check for Updates.

  3. Under How would you like to check for software updates, click Automatically. Click the Check for Updates button.


The latest version of Office 2008 for Mac is 12.3.6. This update is also available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Workaround 1 Use the File/Open option to open the file

  1. Start the Word for Mac application.

  2. On the File menu, click Open.

  3. In the Convert File window, scroll down and select Recover Text from any file. If you get a warning, click OK.
    Note Some formatting might change.

  4. On the File menu, click Save As.

  5. In the Format list, select Word Document (.docx), then click Save. Refer the following screen shot.

Workaround 2 Use an earlier version of Word for Mac or Apple TextEdit

Try opening the file by using an earlier version of Word for Mac such as Word 2004 or Apple TextEditor. Some old Word documents can be opened in TextEdior with basic formatting.

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Word 2008 Trick

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If you cannot open the file by using these workarounds, search for a backup copy in a Time Machine backup, in your email (if you ever sent the file to someone), on a network share, on a phone, or on a flash drive. If you cannot open the file, it may be corrupted.
For information about how to troubleshoot this issue, see Troubleshooting damaged documents in Word for Mac.
Ways to open a document in Word 2008 for Mac:

  • Double-click the document.

  • Drag a document to the Word 2008 for Mac program icon.

  • Drag a document to the Word 2008 for Mac program icon that is in the Dock.

  • Run an AppleScript that uses the Finder to open a Microsoft Word document.

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Affected Word for Mac file types

File type

Operating system type and extension

Microsoft Word 1.x-5.x document

GLOS

Microsoft Word 1.x-5.x document

WDBN/doc

Microsoft Word 1.x-5.x stationery document

sDBN/doc

Microsoft Word document

PDBN

Microsoft Word document

SITD

Microsoft Word HTML stationery document

sTML

Microsoft Word RTF stationery document

sTF


Note that Word for Mac does not support Works (wps) or Publisher (pub) files. Both of these programs do not have a Mac OS counterpart, therefore, cannot be opened on Mac OS.