Unable to install Microsoft Office updates

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I installed Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 on my Mac.
I tried to install updates for it, but when the Destination Select tab comes, its says:
Office 2011 14.0.2 Update can't be installed on this disk.
A version of the software required to install this update was not found on this volume.

Same for other two updates from Microsoft web site.
I tried to delete Microsoft Office by moving it to Trash and reinstalling it again, got same result.

Anybody knows whats wrong?

Thanks,

Genry
 
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Wait a minute. How did you get Office Pro 2010 on your Mac? It looks like you are trying to install an update for a version you do not have installed at all.

2010 -> 2011 is not an update, it is an upgrade.
 

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I'm confused as well. Office 2010 is the latest Windows version. Did you install Office 2010 in Windows via a Boot Camp partition or using virtual machine software? In any event, the updates for Office 2011 will not install unless you have Office 2011 already installed which it appears you don't.
 

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You're probably missing the Office updater application. What you need to do is completely uninstall Office 2011 and reinstall. You can not move Office 2011 to the Trash. Follow the steps given in this Microsoft KB Article to completely remove Office 2011 and then reinstall.
 
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You also cannot move Office once it is installed either, or the update will not work.
 
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Hi genry 1, I have the same problem and saw your thread as I was looking for an answer...could you resolve the problem? if yes, how??
 
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If you installed 14.1.4, you do not need to install anything prior (ie. 14.0.2). The updates are mostly, but not all, cumulative.

You should not be manually downloading updates. Once Office 2011 is installed it should automatically start getting the updates. It will do certain updates to get up to the current version which is 14.2.5.

You can also open any Office app and do Help > Check for Updates
 

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