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DerbyDad03

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May 22, 2011
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My daughter is running Excel 2008 on a MacBook Pro under OS 10.5.8.

We can't use the Help files accessed via the ? in Excel.

She's had the Mac for about 2 years and I can't say for sure if the Help files ever worked. She doesn't use Excel.

The Help files for Word & PowerPoint work fine.

Here are the symptoms. I hope someone can help me out.

When I click on the ? in Excel the Help page opens. If I enter a search term and hit enter, I briefly see the spinner, but no Help file opens.

If I click on the Topics icon, nothing happens. I've tried both Online & Offline.

If I enter a function in a cell, I can access the Help files via the function hyperlink. That works fine for functions, but it doesn't help for features like sorting, formatting, etc.

I downloaded the latest Office update this morning but it didn't resolve the issue.

Does anybody have any thoughts on this issue?

Thanks!
 
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