How to Update Microsoft Office on My Macintosh
 

Instructions with pictures

 

Instructions without pictures
The following instructions will describe how to manually update your Microsoft Office for  Macintosh computers. Please follow each step in the order that it is given.
  1. Please close all Microsoft Office software (such as Entourage, Excel, and Powerpoint) except for Word. We will use the menus in Microsoft Word for the rest of the instructions.


  2. Open Microsoft Word with a blank document.


  3. Click on Help in the top menu bar


  4. In the Help menu, look for and click on the phrase "check for updates"
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  5. A new window called Microsoft AutoUpdate will appear with a list of Microsoft Office patches. Please make sure that each patch has a checkmark next to it.
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  6. Click on the Install button. The patches will start to download.
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  7. A windows will appear and type in your username and password. (Note: The username and password is the same as the username and password that you use to log into your Macintosh.) Click on the OK button.
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  8. A new window will appear and it will tell you that you will need to close Microsoft Word to continue with the patch installation. Do not close the patch installer window because you can close Microsoft Word and continue on.

    1. Go to the Dock. (Most of the time it is at the bottom of your screen.)
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    2. Look for the Microsoft Word icon in the Dock. Click and hold the mouse button over the Microsoft Word icon in the Dock.


    3. A little pop-up menu will appear. Release the mouse button and click on the word Quit in the pop-up menu.
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    4. Microsoft Word should close and the icon will not be in the Dock.

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  9. Click the Continue button in the window that told you to close Microsoft Word. The Microsoft patch for Office will continue to install.
     
  10. Click on the Quit button in the Finish Up window.
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  11. Congratulations you have just installed the Microsoft Office patches for your Macintosh.