Microsoft Office 2011 For Mac Unable To Locate

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AutoUpdate 3.0.5 was installed with the last Office update a few days ago. Microsoft has backed off from the mess it made with a new version of AutoUpdate you can download now. The problem only happens if you're using both the Office 2016 preview Microsoft has posted as well as Office 2011.

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Once you installed the previous version of AutoUpdate, you'd find that it would locate but would be unable to install an update to Office 2011. What's worse, the AutoUpdate program would grab lots of memory and generally make a mess of things. People were running into this problem:

Step 3: Remove and then reinstall Office. To remove Office 2011, follow these steps: Quit all applications. In the Finder, click Go select Computer. Open your hard drive (Macintosh HD), then open the Application Folder. Click to select Microsoft Office 2011 drag and then drop it to the Trash. Reinstall Office for Mac 2011. Important note for Office 365 subscriptions: After September 22, 2016, Office 2011 for Mac is no longer available for installation with an Office 365 subscription. This doesn't affect one-time purchases of Office for Mac 2011 such as, Office Home and Student, Office Home and Business, or Office Professional.

To get past it, the easiest thing to do is to to run AutoUpdate again. It'll find the updated version of itself and install it. To do so, just select the 'Check for Updates' option in the Help menu of any open Microsoft application.

According to this document, the product key was mailed to you in a mail with subject 'Microsoft Office for Mac – Order Confirmation'. Microsoft has replaced the support article linked above with a new one describing how to Activate Office for Mac 2011. Support for Office for Mac 2011 ended on October 10, 2017. Open the Microsoft Database Utility by holding down the Option key, and then clicking the Outlook for Mac 2011 icon. If necessary, select the Profile or Identity whose name was changed, click the Gear icon, and then click Set as Default. In the Microsoft Office 2011 14.6.1 Update volume window, double-click the Office 2011 14.6.1 Update application to start the update process, and then follow the instructions on the screen. If the installation finishes successfully, you can remove the update installer from your hard disk.

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If that doesn't work, or if you don't trust AutoUpdate to do the right thing, you can download the latest updater from Microsoft's web site and install it yourself. That'll download to your Downloads folder as a .pkg file.

The first time that you use Office, a folder named Microsoft User Data is created in the Documents folder provided by the Mac OS. The Microsoft User Data folder contains an Office 2011 Identities folder that stores the Office database for each identity in its own folder. You can move the folder for an identity. One of the most useful tools in Office 2011 for Mac is the ability to make hyperlinks to just about anywhere. You can link to the Internet; to files on your hard drive; and to places within documents, workbooks, and presentations. You can make a link work from.

How to run the AutoUpdate installer

  1. Double-click on 'Microsoft AutoUpdate 3.0.6.pkg' to launch the installer.
  2. Click Continue.
  3. Click Continue again to install it to your Mac's hard drive.
  4. Click Install.
  5. Enter your administrator password and click Install Software.
  6. After it's done click the Close button.

That's it.

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