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How to fix run-time error 53 every time I open a file in MS Word, Excel, or PowerPoint on Big Sur?
Since I installed Big Sur, I have run into this problem every time I open a document using Word or a worksheet using Excel or a slide show in PowerPoint:
Run-time error '53':
File not found: Library/...
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Is there anyway to stop Microsoft Office 2016 on macOS prompting for update?
I want to stop this prompt:
Normally I’d encourage people to keep their system / app up-to-date, but there is only one word that can describe what Microsoft had done in Office for Mac: catastrophe.
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Where is the Autocorrect dictionary file for Outlook 2015 stored in OS X Yosemite?
I make intensive use of Office autocorrect feature for fast typing (which I use as a kind of autocompletion - shorthand / stenography). I have been able to modify the ACL file for Office 2011 ...
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Office 365 keeps prompting for login credentials on Mac OSX?
Office 365 keeps prompting for login credentials within Mac OSX? I came across a problem where a client of mine had bought and installed Office Suite 2016 she than upgraded to Office 365 Business ...
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How to sync folders outside of the usual OneDrive sync folder?
I am setting up a OneDrive account on my Mac (macos 10.15.7). The OneDrive local folder is at ~/OneDrive/. I would like to sync other folders as well, e.g. ~/Music/, ~/Documents/, etc. OneDrive for ...
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OneDrive not syncing on mac
I have OneDrive on my new computer and I have about 50gb to upload using the OneDrive client from the Mac App Store. It scans the files but always hangs after trying to upload a few kilobytes. Any ...
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Assign function key to Debug ("Step Into") in Mac Excel Visual Basic Editor
I've tried many things to assign a 1-key shortcut to the "Step Into" debugging function in the VBA editor for Mac Excel (Mac VBE). I posted a question about this on Stack Overflow but my experience is ...
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Outlook for Mac 15.9 missing ribbon
I have installed a fresh copy of Outlook for Mac v15.9 twice now and after a few days of use the ribbon disappears from all of the windows (main window, email window, etc). When I select View > Ribbon ...
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I don't need as far as I know “Microsoft AU Daemon” so how can it be disabled?
this message is annoying - can I disable it or remove the application as I only use Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Just to be clear this is on a mac with Sierra 10.12.5 and Excel 15.32 Cheers.
Note, I ...
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How can I clear metadata (personal data) from an Excel file in Microsoft 365 for macOS?
I want to make sure that an Excel file I created is purged of all personal and user metadata before passing it on, for confidentiality reasons.
For Windows, there are many guides for removing ...
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How do I recover an old version of an excel file?
I spent an enormous amount of time working on multiple sheets in a single excel file. Now, it's gone and just has an old version. I'm not sure why it didn't get saved (I typically save things way more ...
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How can I stop the prompt "Do you want Microsoft Office to automatically update?"
I am one of the users on a multi-user version of Office365. I am a Mac user since 1991. This just started happening about 2-3 weeks ago and every time, I click "Not Now" out of frustration because ...
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Show Outlook 2016 Calendar reminders in notification centre
Is it possible to show Calender events and reminders from an Office 365 account set up in Outlook 2016 under the macOS Notification Centre? I can't seem to find a way to add them here
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How to stop my iPhone from merging contacts?
My iPhone keeps merging contacts when two of them are of the same company or have something else that is identical.
So, let us say I wish to call a contact (that unknowingly to me has been merged), I ...
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How to find an older version of Microsoft Office 365 for MacBook 10.11.6
The harddisk of the MacBook crashed. Now I want te re-install Office 365, but the latest version needs 10.12.0. My MacBook (medio 2009) has El Capitan 10.11.6. more is not possible. Who knows a ...
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How to set Word default save location as "On My Mac"
How I can disable the default online save location in current versions of Word for Mac? I see that it is possible to "Set Default location" to online locations, but I don't see a way to do ...
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What is the difference between OneDrive from AppStore and standalone installer
Right now there two options for installing OneDrive:
Install from the AppStore
Download and install a standalone installer
What is the difference between the two if any? (but then why there are two ...
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Why can't I change the normal template for microsoft word 2016 for mac?
I did a clean install of Microsoft Office for Mac 2016 from installers from my campus bookstore. I customized the install to include only Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. I have not had the previews, and ...
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View Shared Office 365 Calendar on iOS
I'm trying to help someone who uses Office 365 at work with a Mac. Right now, she has to use the official Outlook app on all of her devices (MacBook, iOS, Apple Watch, etc.), but she'd like to be able ...
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How to change the author name that appears in comments on Word for Mac?
How do I change the author name that appears in comments on Microsoft Word for Mac? I'm using Mac OS 14 and Word from Microsoft Office 365 version 16.8
I've tried Preferences > User Info > Name ...
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How to remove leading whitespace in a folder for OneDrive upload on mac os
I am currently transitioning my files from local to a OneDrive folder on my mac and after I have copied all of the files in I have hundreds of Sync issues which relate to file names containing spaces ...
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Invitations sent to Gmail do not appear in Calendar while invitations sent to Office 365 do
When I receive meeting invitations to my Gmail account they appear as regular mails with an attachment. Opening the message in Gmail lets me add the event to my Google Calendar, making it appear in OS ...
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Programmatically retrieve Microsoft Office 365 account
I'm trying to programmatically retrieve the Office 365 account in use by users on a Mac fleet.
I discovered this is apparently stored in the keychain, either in the msoCredentialSchemeADAL internet ...
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Export MacOS Mail rules to Office 365 server
My company is moving our mail from an old IMAP server to an Office 365 server. I currently have dozens of mail rules for automatically filing messages into folders. I'm told that Office 365 can ...
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Emails disappearing from account after moving to folder
I am experiencing an odd issue when moving emails to folders. I am using Mail.app with an Office 365 account (IMAP).
Here is the sequence of steps that produces the issue for me:
Move email to a ...
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macbook pro Mac OS X 10.13.4 Office365 Bounce Spam Email
I get so much spam emails (you know the ones offering SEO, first page results for google etc etc.)
I've set up a few blocks in rules for Office 365 email but not sure I've done it correctly.
How can ...
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In Apple's Mail.app on macOS, when accessing Exchange email, is it possible to emulate the Other category from Office 365?
I use Office 365 to access my Outlook/Exchange email, and there are the automatic Focused and Other categories.
Is there a quick way to emulate the same when viewing Exchange email in Apple's Mail....
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Populate Exchange Global Address List on iOS
Is there a way to populate the Exchange Global Address List of contacts under iOS?
Contacts > Groups > Exchange Global Address List
Currently the list is empty - I can only search for contacts.
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Keyboard shortcut for 'Clear filters' in excel in office 365 for mac
How do you 'clear filters' in excel in office 365 for mac using the keyboard?
On PC I can do alt+d,f,s
or using the mouse I can go to Data > Filter > Clear
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Outlook 365 - cannot search mailbox after restore
I'm a business user of Office 365, including Outlook. I recently had to replace the main SSD drive in my Mac Pro; I was unable to do a normal Time Machine restore (bombed out halfway through the ...
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Office 365 installation stuck with one minute remaining on running package scripts
I wiped and re-installed macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 on an older MacBook Air (11″, 2013). Then I tried to download Office 365. It got as far as "one minute remaining" on "Running Package Scripts", ...
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Excel API data query - populates into a single column
I am trying to populate some data from an API call.
(Below is the process to get the same example)
Everything works fine until I hit the last button: all the data goes into the first column and does ...
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Is it possible to bounce or redirect an email using Outlook 2016 for Mac or OWA?
Is there a way to replicate an email bounce / redirect using Office 365 hosted email using either the OWA web app or Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac?
Basically, some subset of emails that get sent to ...
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Outlook 2011 cannot delete account
Recently migrated work email to office365, therefore, all of our users have a new account on a new exchange server.
Added this without fuss, but upon trying to remove the obsolete account outlook ...
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How can I find and replace words across multiple .docx or .txt documents?
MacOS Sonoma 14.5
Macbook Pro M1
Office 365 (Institutional) (.docx not required)
I have about 50 documents that require swapping names within the document for ID codes. The documents are 30-40 pages ...
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VBA IIf Function different result to If Then Else
The user-defined function Excel VBA Office 365 Mac (Version 16.86 (24051422)) on macOS Ventura 13.6.7 generates different results if an "IIf" function is used instead of an "If Then ...
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RTL (right-to-left) comment text in Word 365
I'm running Mac OS 14.0. In both Word 365 on a Mac (Microsoft Office 365 for Mac version 16.80) and the web version, I can't get RTL (right-to-left) text to appear in comments. This type of text is ...
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Email Client Software that Limits Number of Downloaded Emails?
I'm searching for an email client (MacOS - I'm running Catalina) that limits the number of downloaded emails onto my macbook. Such as limiting to say 10000 emails, or limiting to emails in last 30 ...
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Office 365 newly purchased is not launching on my Big Sur Mac? What can I do?
I just installed big Sur on a Mac Book air. I purchased Office 365 and when I try to launch it, I gut just to base one, and then it stays stuck. What can I do?
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Adding Bytes Using a Hex Editor
Due to incompatibility of root account and sandbox, I need to manually disable sandboxing of MS Office applications (so that it can be activated) by changing the value of com.apple.security.app-...
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FSD files - can I delete them?
These seem to take up loads of space. Can I safely delete them or will it cause problems?
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Setting up multiple O365 organisation accounts on iOS
I was about to setup the mail account my customer provided me. Being a O365 Outlook account, I was approaching this with selecting Exchange as account type and signed in. This would have worked well, ...
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'Unable to verify account name or password.' when connecting Office 365 account on MacOS Mojave
I am struggling with the same issue raised here - "Unable to verify account name or password" on outlook.com Exchange server (browser works). It started after I updated MacOS to Mojave this ...
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Editing an outlook message on the iPhone
It appears that when I edit a message on the iPhone send it out to someone to read in the Outlook client, they don't see my edits? How do I fix this? We tested this a few times and seems to be ...
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Keychain is getting crazy
I am not able to login to my either to OneDrive or my email on outlook.
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How to schedule send/receive in Outlook for Mac using Exchange Account
How can I turn off automatic incoming emails and instead receive new emails on a schedule only? For example, new emails at 10AM and 2PM.
Version: Outlook for Mac 16.13.1
Server Type: outlook....
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How can I use a university-linked Outlook account on Mail for iPhone?
My university has some sort of partnership with Microsoft so that we can use their Outlook interface to check our email. The email has the domain of our university and we login with our university ...
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Calendar event becomes invite iOS 9
I installed iOS 9 (then 9.1). After that when i edit a calendar event on my iPhone (6 plus or 5s) it appears as a Invite in outlook (2013) on my PC. Got Office 365 that i manage myself. Really wierd. ...
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Is it possible to use Gmail properly via Outlook 2015 for Mac?
I'm a long-term GMail user. I tend to access my GMail via the GMail website or the Inbox app on my phone, but I find it convenient to be able to access GMail via Outlook 2015 for Mac, too. I have ...
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How to dedupe/merge contacts from different sources?
I have Google Contacts and Office 365 People both on my iPhone/iPad. Whenever a contact is both on Google and Office, they will appear as two different persons in my iOS Contacts app. If I want to ...
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