Removing Microsoft Office 2004 and installing MSO officeStudent-Teacher prob

[Deanna]

My new computer ( running Leopard 10.5.1) has Office 2004 Test Drive,
which I am sure I have not used. When I go to Remove Office the remove
screen does not show any check boxes for me to select to remove the
test drive. Why aren't they showing up? Can I just trash the entire
Office folder to the trash? Or is there something I am not clicking on
to have the check boxes appear?

I have Microsoft Office 2004 Student and Teacher addition, to install.
To make sure the test drive is removed do I need to use the CD from
the Office 2004? If I use the CD, would I drag Office to my hard
drive? Please advise

Next Question: When I install MSO 2004 do I need to download all the
updates and install each one up to version 11.3.7 or something. I am
not sure at this time if I want to upgrade to 2008 as of yet.

Please advise

 

[CyberTaz]

If you're certain you never used the Test Drive you can simply drag the
folder to the Trash, empty the Trash & restart your Mac. If you aren't 110%
certain that *none* of the programs in TD were ever run you can use the menu
in the Remove Office utility to be sure. Then install 2004 - that's one of
the big gripes - the 2004 installer didn't recognize or offer to remove the
Test Drive which led to lots of problems.

With 2004 you can use the installer or drag 'n' drop - your choice.

Yes - the version on the CD is only 11.0 - CDs don't get the benefit of
updating in the product pipeline. It's best to do the updates *before*
running any of the programs. AutoUpdate will probably offer to d/l & install
the updates automatically but if not you can get them from:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx

You'll need to start with the 11.3.5 update followed by the remainder in
sequential order - 11.3.9 is the latest.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac