Want to Remove Office 2008 and RE-INSTALL

[msmaron]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Having lots of problems and want to start over, Will I loose all the emails that i have when i remover the office program..I see the REMOVE OFFICE program but are more concered about loosing all the email. I do have office 04 still on the system.
Then can i re-INSTALL fresh and still have all the files and emails??

Thank you
mark

 

[Michel Bintener]

Hi Mark!

You won't lose your emails or any other data in Entourage. Entourage stores
its data inside a database in ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data, and this
folder is not affected by the uninstall process. Keep in mind that you will
need to update your Office installation once you've reinstalled the
different applications, as Entourage might not be able to open your database
otherwise.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Having lots of problems and want to start over, Will I loose all the emails
that i have when i remover the office program..I see the REMOVE OFFICE program
but are more concered about loosing all the email. I do have office 04 still
on the system.
Then can i re-INSTALL fresh and still have all the files and emails??

Thank you
mark

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

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[Diane Ross]

Having lots of problems and want to start over, Will I loose all the emails
that i have when i remover the office program..I see the REMOVE OFFICE program
but are more concered about loosing all the email. I do have office 04 still
on the system.
Then can i re-INSTALL fresh and still have all the files and emails??

In addition to Michel's instructions...

Just be aware that you should install 2004 first. Entourage 2008 moves fonts
to a different location disabling the older 2004 fonts. If you install 2004
AFTER 2008 it will just reinstall them.

See this page for more info.

Troubleshoot Fonts
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/troubleshoot/bad_font.html#office_fonts>