Re: Use Office v. X on new MacBook Pro?

Hello Again - see I told you some other fish would bite - and a couple of
pretty big ones too!:-)

Re what John wrote - be clear on the distinction between up*grade* and
up*date* - upgrade pertains to new version releases, such as Office X ->
Office 2004 which involve a cost to the user, whereas update are
version-specific interim "fixes" to the software supplied gratis. IOW,
version 10.0 to 10.1 to 10.1.8 are updates & then going to version 11 is an
upgrade. But you are right as far as installing Office X from your current
CD...

John's point is that when you do the install you will be installing whatever
version of Office X is on the disk - which is probably v. 10.0 - and the
"current" build of that version is 10.1.9 - so you will need to apply the
update to bring what you install "up-to-date"*. The necessary updater is a
free download available from the Mactopia web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/downl
oad/OFFICEX/OfficeX_1019.xml

What you need to REMOVE before installing Office X is the Office 2004 Test
Drive (trial version) that will be on your new Mac. Best bet is to not even
run any part of that at all. Just drag the Test Drive folder from the
Applications folder to the Trash & empty the Trash. If there is *any* doubt
at all as to whether any of the programs in the Test Drive have been used it
will be necessary to run the Remove Office Utility before installing Office
X - in fact, it won't hurt to do son anyway. Instructions are available if
you need them... Just post back when the time comes.

*You'll probably be prompted to do so when you install Office. There will
most likely be a similar prompt to update OS X as well when you first start
up the new Mac - the installed OS version may not be fully current when you
receive the unit.

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



On 6/30/07 7:02 AM, in article
1183201372.780598.68500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"AllegraKussman@xxxxxxxxx" <AllegraKussman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Okay. So.... forgive me if my questions seem silly - I am a novice!

I'm going to order the laptop. I will not get the Office 2004.

When my computer comes, I will use the disc I have now to install
Office X, S&T right? And then -- to update it -- How can I go about
doing that?? And what do I update it to...the Office Standard 2004?
Do I need to purchase another disc...? Is it something I can download
online? Ebay???? Ah! (hahaha) John confused me a bit by suggesting
that I "install (and update) Office X" but then reminding me to
"reinstall [and] reapply all the updates") I'm not quite sure how
those two fit together.

THANK you, again, for the help.


.

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