Installing Office 2008 over Office 2004

[Carey]

Should I delete 2004 before installing 2008? Thanks.

 

[Diane Ross]

Should I delete 2004 before installing 2008? Thanks.

The installer will do this for you, but if you use Entourage for your
emails, I recommend you do not delete. If you have trouble importing your
data from Entourage into Office 2008, you will need the old version in able
to export the data.

It¹s perfectly safe to do this later or to keep both version installed. BTW,
you can run both 04 and 08 and at the same time.

 

[stonejwsm]

Should I delete 2004 before installing 2008? Thanks.

NO DELETE 2008. IT SUCKS. The gui has been destroyed by hacks who
actually are stupid enough to think that mac users want something that
looks either like really bad windows or open office. Did they test
this with real mac users? Having the undockable tool bars makes 2004
really useful. You can push your palettes to the side and just look at
the main document without losing real estate. They have done a way
with most of them. With the exception of the fact that it doesn't run
in Rosetta Mode, it is a downgrade. I downloaded the demo and deleted
in less time than it took to download it. WHAT A WASTE.

 

[CyberTaz]

NO DELETE 2008. IT SUCKS. The gui has been destroyed by hacks who
actually are stupid enough to think that mac users want something that
looks either like really bad windows or open office. Did they test
this with real mac users? Having the undockable tool bars makes 2004
really useful. You can push your palettes to the side and just look at
the main document without losing real estate. They have done a way
with most of them. With the exception of the fact that it doesn't run
in Rosetta Mode, it is a downgrade. I downloaded the demo and deleted
in less time than it took to download it. WHAT A WASTE.

Sorry, but your points are ill-founded & inaccurate.

The only toolbar that can't be undocked is the Standard Toolbar & the reason
for that is compliance with Apples HIGs for OS X. The developer of the
operating system sets the standards for the GUI, software developers work
within those guidelines.

Further, "they" have not done away with anything other than what is
obsolete, but have in fact added more. Those removed are:

Visual Basic Toolbar - worthless since there is no VBA in Office 2008
Word 5.1 Toolbar - Needless & caused more confusion than anything else
Web Toolbar - Needless due to browser improvement
Powerbook Toolbar - Powerbooks were discontinued some time ago
Picture, WordArt, Shadow Settings, Ribbon & Ruler Toolbars - Anything on
these bars that remains viable has been distributed to other toolbars, the
Toolbox or the Elements Gallery.

Additionally, complete customizability of toolbars & Menus makes the issue
moot in the first place ‹ anyone who doesn't like what is provided is free
to build their own as has always been the case.

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

 

[Carey]

Thanks, Diane,

Since I do not use Entourage, I will let the installer delete 2004. I
think that's what you said.

*Steve*
My New Book <http://careystevens.blogspot.com>

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

For now I would strenuously recommend not doing away with Office 2004.
Especially if you use anything with VBA, and some items that work in
2004 do not work or even exist in 2008 as a result of this scraping VBA
in 2008.

 

[John McGhie]

I tend to agree with Phillip: Leave 2004 in place until you are quite sure
everything is to your liking in 2008.

You can use Remove Office to get 2004 out later, when you are sure.

The two will happily run side-by-side (except Entourage, but you don't use
that).

Cheers

For now I would strenuously recommend not doing away with Office 2004.
Especially if you use anything with VBA, and some items that work in
2004 do not work or even exist in 2008 as a result of this scraping VBA
in 2008.

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