Can I install Office 2008 Standard Editionover Office 2008 Student Teacher

[BoardWatcher]

Hi;

I installed 2008 Student Teacher Edition over my 2004 Student Teacher Edition and unhappily found that Exchange is broken in the 2008 Student Teacher Edition. Reluctantly, I now have purchased the 2008 Standard Edition.
1) How do I install it the standard edition over the Student Teacher Edition?or rather
2) How do I uninstall the 2008 Student Teacher Edition without deleting my 2004 Student Teacher Exchange settings.
3) Will installing it over the 2008 Student Teacher Edition work?

I'm running Leopard 10.5.1 on a Mac Pro with 8GB RAM and 2 x 3.0Ghz QC CPU's.

Thank You,
Chuck

 

[William Smith]

Hi Chuck!

My comments are inline with yours...

I installed 2008 Student Teacher Edition over my 2004 Student Teacher
Edition and unhappily found that Exchange is broken in the 2008 Student
Teacher Edition. Reluctantly, I now have purchased the 2008 Standard
Edition.

Exchange is not broken in the Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student
edition. It's simply not included and is a feature available only in the
other two versions. This is a product feature decision made by
Microsoft, not a technical issue.

1) How do I install it the standard edition over the Student Teacher
Edition?or rather
2) How do I uninstall the 2008 Student Teacher Edition without deleting
my 2004 Student Teacher Exchange settings.

The uninstaller does not delete your personal data. Use the Remove
Office tool found in /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Additional
Tools/Remove Office.

3) Will installing it over the 2008 Student Teacher Edition work?

It may, I'm not sure. This may be worth trying first. I suggest you back
up your home folder before trying either of these options.

Hope this helps!

--

bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
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[hsf]

Yes it works, I just did it an hour ago.