Re: Installing an Office 2004 for Mac upgrade

JeffreyC <j.castaldo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I downloaded, and tried to install an Office 2004 upgrade called
> "creative.sit".

That sounds bad - what makes you think this is really an Office 2004
upgrade? I've never heard of something called "creative".

> When I double-click, it doesn't open. Instead, an
> Apple message pops up saying "There is no default application specified
> to open the document "creative.sit". This window gives me the choice
> of "Choosing an application".
>
> What am I supposed to do? I am very new to Macs

No problem. My guess is that you're on a brand new machine running Tiger
(Mac OS X 10.4). It doesn't come with the software needed to open a
"sit" file, which is called Stuffit Expander. To get it, go here:

<http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/stuffitexpa
nder.html>

You have to jump thru a bunch of hoops, but eventually you'll find
you're on a page where you can specify OS X 10.3 (version 9.0.2 of
StuffIt) and push a download button. Once you've got it installed,
restart the computer and you'll be able to open .sit files. m.

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