Re: Legacy Office Indenties



>> Office 2004 (current)
>> Office X (old)
>> Office 2001 (old)
>>
>> Within these folders there are various files of large size (database &
>> messages in 2001, database in X). Since I am now using 2004, can I
>> delete these old indenties folders and the files contained therein
>> without any detriment to my existing Office Apps and messages/data?
>
> You can delete Office X and Office 2001 identities without affecting
> 2004.
>
> There's no reason not to delete them unless you want to save your old
> data (most of which you probably brought over to the new identity when
> you first fired it up).

Control-click and Create Archive.... should also compact them to a
noticeably smaller size, if you don't want to toss them entirely.

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