Hi Beth,
Thank you for your answer, but still I think that the information in the Read.me-file is misleading, especially if it is stated:
"To verify the version number, open any Office 2004 program. For example, open Excel, and then on the Excel menu, click About Excel."
One cannot judge on the version of Office by means of opening one of Office's applications, exactly what you state. I hoped that one of the Microsoft-people would read this message and either change the text in the Read.me-file or do something in the information of each application, e.g. About Word would give "Version 11.1 (040910), Office version 11.1.1 (<some date>). Do you agree? If so, how can we pass this on to Microsoft engineers? :)
No. There is no such thing as "version" of Office that way. Of course there is the "major" system - which is 11, meaning Office 2004. For the "significant" updates like 11.1, meaning SP1, MS is pretty good about giving all the important applications (Word, Excel, PPT, Entourage) the same designation - although there are still many files in the Office subfolder that do not get updated. But for the minor "point" updates (like 1.1.1), there will usually only be a few files updated. It is very important to MS to keep that accurate: if a file is not updated, it does not get a new update number, nor a pretend update date when it has not been updated. So you will find a mix of files, some 11.1.1, some 11.1.0, some 11.0.0, and some with completely different numbering sequences. And all with their own correct dates. Microsoft is constantly making new builds - every day in some cases - of applications and files being updated and tested. Eventually, when they release a new Office update, it will contain files whose developers and program managers approved a release version. They keep track of those builds with the release dates. It's not even necessary for you to worry about all of this. The "significant" updates of the major apps is pretty clear. There's no point pretending that "Office" is a single file, because it isn't. It contains hundreds of files.
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Paul Berkowitz
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PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using - **2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise.
