Office 2004 Test Drive Available

G

Geoffrey F. Green

Dayo Mitchell said:
Try before you buy....

The Office 2004 Test Drive can now be downloaded from this link, for a free
30-day trial.

<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.aspx?pid=office2004td>

The same link will lead you to information on purchasing, upgrade prices,
etc.
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Are there any caveats involved in installing Office 2004 on a computer
with Office v.x installed? E.g., will it overwrite my Microsoft User
Identities folder (or, alternately, upgrade it so it's no longer
usable in Entourage v.X)?

- geoff
 
P

Paul Berkowitz

Are there any caveats involved in installing Office 2004 on a computer
with Office v.x installed? E.g., will it overwrite my Microsoft User
Identities folder (or, alternately, upgrade it so it's no longer
usable in Entourage v.X)?
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No. The importer will leave your X identities alone in the Office X
Identities subfolder of the Microsoft User Data folder. When you first
launch 2004 Test Drive, it will make a brand new Office 2004 Identities
subfolder in the same Microsoft User Data folder, and will start off with a
totally different, brand new, fresh empty identity. If you wish to import
your X identity to continue with your current contacts, calendar, mail, etc.
go to File/Import/From Entourage X. You can even choose to exclude Mail if
you wish, or anything else. It will take a _copy_ of your main identity
from X and convert it to a 2004 database. This will still be totally
separate from your X identity's database. Any time you choose to go back to
X, you can. And, if and when you upgrade to 2004, the full install will be
able to go on using your Test Drive's 2004 database.

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Paul Berkowitz
MVP Entourage
Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>
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PLEASE always state which version of Entourage you are using - **2004**, X
or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise.
 
S

Steven Day

It will create a new MS Users folder, preserving your old folder. But I did
notice that after creating a new identity and importing old messages,
contacts, rules, and categories, that those changes were not saved. This
wasted several hours, but now it seems to be working fine. May have been due
to a quick quit.

Thus far things look pretty decent, so I'll be purchasing a copy from Amazon
shortly.

HTH.


Are there any caveats involved in installing Office 2004 on a computer
with Office v.x installed? E.g., will it overwrite my Microsoft User
Identities folder (or, alternately, upgrade it so it's no longer
usable in Entourage v.X)?

- geoff
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Sent using the Microsoft Entourage 2004 for Mac Test Drive.
 
G

Geoffrey F. Green

Steven Day said:
Yes, I was planning to do so. I visit their site M-F. So it's the least I
can do.
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What do you do Saturday and Sunday? ;-)

- geoff
 

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