Entourage (Office's) settings saved when purchasing Full Version?

[chchristopher]

Hi,

I currently have Microsoft Office's "30 day test drive" installed on
my Mac. I was wondering if all the settings (mail settings, accounts,
etc.) are saved once I uninstall the "test drive" version and
reinstall with the full version.

Thanks!

 

[Diane Ross]

I currently have Microsoft Office's "30 day test drive" installed on
my Mac. I was wondering if all the settings (mail settings, accounts,
etc.) are saved once I uninstall the "test drive" version and
reinstall with the full version.

Yes! You will need to save any templates you have created though along with
the Normal template.

The Normal Template contains toolbar customizations for Word as well as the
default settings for every new Word document not based on another template.
The Normal Template is located in the "Templates" folder in your "Microsoft
Office" folder.

Tip: Put your templates in your Microsoft User Data folder, where they won't
be touched if you use "Remove Office", and set the Project Gallery to find
them there. Otherwise, ³Remove Office² will delete those files.

Your mail is stored in the Microsoft User Data folder in your Documents
folder. ³Remove Office² does not touch this folder.

Be sure to read about removing the Test Drive. Removing is a problem for
many users.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/install/demo.html>


--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
One of the top five MS Entourage resources listed on the Entourage Blog.
<http://blogs.msdn.com/entourage/>

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Yes! You will need to save any templates you have created though along with
the Normal template.

The Normal Template contains toolbar customizations for Word as well as the
default settings for every new Word document not based on another template.
The Normal Template is located in the "Templates" folder in your "Microsoft
Office" folder.

Word 2004 did move the Normal Template to live in the Microsoft User
Data folder by default--as a safer place to keep customizations--but the
My Templates folder is still in Applications/Microsoft Office, and needs
to be saved specially as Diane says:

 

[chchristopher]

Word 2004 did move the Normal Template to live in the Microsoft User
Data folder by default--as a safer place to keep customizations--but the
My Templates folder is still in Applications/Microsoft Office, and needs
to be saved specially as Diane says:

Thank you both for the fantastic and rapid replies. They were both
VERY helpful. But suppose I didn't make any customized templates? Is
it then okay to proceed without saving anything since all I really
need is my mail settings saved? I presume so, but I'm just asking
since I'm not sure how Office will react. Thanks in advance for the
help!!

 

[JE McGimpsey]

But suppose I didn't make any customized templates? Is
it then okay to proceed without saving anything since all I really
need is my mail settings saved?

Yes.