Re: how to re-insttll OLD version of Office (X)

Hi Greg -

Just a couple of thoughts FWIW;

If you can see your way clear I'd suggest buying the full version
(whatever
edition) of Mac Office 2004. It's a more stable & much improved version
than
X, and X is already end-of-life which means there won't be any further
updates. Office 2004 will be more viable for a longer period of time.

I've also seen some suggestions that X doesn't (or may not continue to)
run
particularly well in Leopard. You are more likely to run into issues for
which there may be no resolution as the Mac OS and device drivers continue
to be updated.

Also, I specified the full version (as opposed to an upgrade) so that you
won't have to hold on to the Office 98 CD in case of a need to reinstall -
it really won't do you much good for any other reason. It's fine to do it
the upgrade way, but from my perspective it's more advantageous to
re-invest
in the software every 2-3 versions:-)... But that's a subjective call.

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



On 5/17/08 10:55 AM, in article
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"Greg.Marg.Henderson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <Greg.Marg.Henderson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> 
>> 
>> When asked where the version 9 software is, insert your Office 98 CD in
>> the CD drive and navigate to it.
> 
> ahhh =  perfect ...somehow I was thinking I would have to install the
> old version 9 of the program (which you can't do - so the catch 22
> issue )  - the updater looked at the installer disc and accepted it.
> 
> I could have updated to a newer version --I just can't see much that
> makes me want to do it.
> 
> Greg