Upgrade question, Office X to 2004

[gtaylor]

ok, new offer came out that i could not resist....buy upgrade to
office 2004 for mac and when 2008 comes out, small upgrade fee....so i
bought it.

now, i have the program here and i was about to install it......then
the thought hits me, what will happen to my emails and contacts in
entourage, will the be safe?

is there a way to back up the email files and contacts just in case?

 

[Diane]

now, i have the program here and i was about to install it......then
the thought hits me, what will happen to my emails and contacts in
entourage, will the be safe?

is there a way to back up the email files and contacts just in case?

Your emails are stored in the Microsoft User Data folder located in your
Documents folder. Upgrading is not supposed to touch this data, but if you
want to be doubly safe, you can stuff your Office X Identities folder inside
Microsoft User Data folder. When you import your mail to Entourage 2004, it
will create a new Office 2004 Identities folder in MUD. You can delete the
Office X Identities when you are satisfied with the upgrade.

See this page for FAQs for new 2004 users.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/2004.html>

Be sure to upgrade Office before importing.

Mactopia Downloads
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx>

You need to get these updaters:

11.3.5 combo
11.3.6 requires 11.3.5 to be installed
11.3.7 requires 11.3.6 to be installed
11.3.8 requires 11.3.7 to be installed
11.3.9 requires 11.3.8 to be installed

Microsoft does not update each application every time an update is released.
See ³Confused over Microsoft Update Version numbers?³

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2007/05/confused_over_microsoft_update.html>

 

[gtaylor]

Thank you Diane, i will give it shot...thanks.

i will note the updates too.