I recently installed the Office 2008 SP1 on my MacBook Pro. I discovered that I could not open files anymore from Spotlight or by double clicking on it in the Finder. Here is a post that describes the “bug”.. OH JOY!

“The problem some of you have been experiencing whereby a file received via email refuses to open when double-clicked has been traced to email and/or web browser software mishandling the file sometime during its life cycle. Apparently certain programs of those types modify a key identifier in MS Office files which the 2008 apps require in order to be activated & open afile when it’s double-clicked .

Although identity of the software hasn’t been identified, MacBU is workingwith the developers to resolve the situation. In the meanwhile there is no “fix”. However, there are 2 *simple* workarounds which I have tested on problem files forwarded to me by participants in the Word group. (I’ve not tried any Excel or PPt files but would expect the same results.) Most importantly, I have found them to be 100% effective here on both a PPC running Tiger 10.4.11 with Office 12.1 as well as an Intel MacBook Pro running Leopard 10.5.0 with the same Office 12.1 update.”

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