Mac OS X 10.4.9 Special Report: Microsoft Office: Various issues

Users are reporting a few issues with Microsoft Office applications after the update.

Microsoft Word: Problems saving One MacFixIt reader reports problems saving documents in Word.

"After installing the latest OS X upgrade I cannot get word to save or save as an existing document. Using Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac, Version 11.3 (070131)."

Entourage: Problems synchronizing with devices Another reader reports issues with synchronizing devices with the Entourage database.

"The only problem I have so far is with syncing calendar items between the TREO and Entourage.  For some reason, many appointments now have a different time zone then Central (which they used to). So I needed to clean them up in Entourage.  It didn't occur to every appointment.

"Also - when I create an appointment on my Treo and sync, it now shows up in a different time zone than the TREO shows. The Treo shows CST but in Entourage it appears as Mexico (2 hours different).

"It's easily corrected in Entourage - but a little of pain.  This never occurred before the update."

Index:

• Release notes
• Update procedure recommendation
• Common workarounds for when things go wrong post-update
• Downgrading to Mac OS X 10.4.8 (uninstalling Mac OS X 10.4.9)
• Files modified by this update

• AirPort: Loss of connectivity, card not recognized, more
• Application launch problems
• Bluetooth device issues
• Classic: Will not run, other issues
• Desktop icons missing
• Disk images not mounting
• Eject key issues: Longer duration before action takes place
• External optical drives: hardware errors
• Final Cut Pro/Express: Capture issues, performance concerns
• Finder persistently crashes and re-launches
• Frozen windows
• iSync issues/general synchronization problems
• Mail.app: junk filters not working
• Microsoft Office: Various issues
• Networking problems with Mac OS 9 systems
• Persistent booting into Windows
• Printer problems, fixes
• Problems starting up
• Quicken: .Mac backup failure: Fixes
• Resolved issues
• Secure site access broken: fixes
• Segmentation faults
• Server connection drops
• Third-party device issues (Nikon Capture NX, Griffin AirClick, more)
• Update to Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 for best performance
• Volume significantly louder: boon for some, drawback for others
• VPN connectivity issues
• WWAN update included, how to remove

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