Legacy Update: Get back online, activate, and install updates on your legacy Windows PC

This update to Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac is part of Microsoft's continued effort to provide the latest product updates to customers. To receive future product updates, you must install this update.

Applies to: Office 2011, Office 2011 Home and Business Edition, Word 2011, Excel 2011, PowerPoint 2011, Outlook 2011, Communicator 2011, Office for Mac Standard 2011 Edition, Microsoft Office for Mac Home & Student 2011, Microsoft Office for Mac Academic 2011, Office 2008, Office 2008 Home and Student Edition, Office 2008 Special Media Edition, Word 2008, Excel 2008, PowerPoint 2008, Entourage 2008, Microsoft Expression Media for Mac, Remote Desktop Connection for Mac 2, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac.

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to January 2015.

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File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

• Operating System Versions for Office 2008 or Open XML File Format Converter for Mac: Mac OS X version 10.4.9 (Tiger) or a later version of Mac OS
• Operating System Versions for Office 2011: Mac OS X version 10.5.8 or later

To verify that your computer meets these minimum requirements, on the Apple menu, click About This Mac.

1. Print this page if you want to use it as a reference when you are offline.
2. Quit any applications that are running, including all Office applications, Microsoft Messenger, and Office Notifications, because they might interfere with installation.
3. Make sure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements.
4. Click Download, or click the link for the language version that you want.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen to save the file to your hard disk. If you are using Safari, the downloaded file is saved to the desktop unless you specified a different location in the Preferences dialog box of Safari. To check your preferences, on the Safari menu, click Preferences, and then click General.
6. Double-click the file that you downloaded in step 5 to place the AutoUpdate 2.3.2 Update volume on your desktop, and then double-click the AutoUpdate 2.3.2 Update volume to open it. This step might have been performed for you.
7. In the AutoUpdate 2.3.2 Update volume window, double-click the AutoUpdate 2.3.2 Update application to start the update process, and then follow the instructions on the screen.
8. If the installation finishes successfully, you can remove the update installer from your hard disk. To remove the update installer, first drag the AutoUpdate 2.3.2 Update volume to the Trash, and then drag the file that you downloaded to the Trash.

   To use AutoUpdate, open an Office application, and then on the Help menu, click Check for Updates.

To remove this update

This update does not include an uninstall feature. To restore your application to its original state, delete it from your hard disk, reinstall it from your original installation disk, and then install the updates that you want.