Re: Installing an Office 2004 for Mac upgrade

In article <1117652710.494615.235810@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"JeffreyC" <j.castaldo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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

I'm not familiar with any Office 2004 upgrade with that name. Where did
you download it from?

> 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".

..sit indicates the file is a Stuffit Archive (much like .zip in
Windows). If you don't have Stuffit Expander on your machine, you can
download it free here:

http://www.stuffit.com/mac/index.html

> What am I supposed to do? I am very new to Macs (1 week) having used
> windows since its inception.

You'll need to associate the .sit files with the correct app. With
Stuffit Expander installed, ctrl-click the file, choose Get Info from
the pop-up. In the Open With pane, choose Stuffit Expander and click
"Change All".

> I'm finding that Macs are not always so cut and dry simple, especially
> when running third party (Microsoft) software.

So far, you haven't mentioned anything that MS makes, AFAIK.

> I'd love to hear some opinions about Office 2004 for Mac having been a
> long-time user of Office for Windows.

Anything specific in mind? Or opinions about anything?

> There IS a difference, I'm just not sure whether good or bad.

Perhaps neither. Office for Mac and Office for Windows have somewhat
different feature sets, with both having platform-specific features.
.

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