On 12/6/01 11:14 AM, "Chris Stearns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been reading about update pricing for Office v. X at Microsoft's > website for about half an hour and I'm still not totally sure how each of > the upgrade schemes works. I own the full Office:2001 package; it seems the > "special upgrade" is the way to go - the full v. X suite (?) for $149 US > ($235 CDN) > > I just want to be perfectly clear on what I will be getting for $149 US - > is it the full retail package of Office, including fully functional (and > scriptable) apps? Or have some features been removed/locked like in the SE > version of Word+E'rage? It's the full, complete no-holds-barred Office v. X, with all apps and scripting and everything else. It's a promotional price that's only available for another month or so, so don't wait too long making up your mind. > I know that the 2001 versions of the Office apps (or at least one) must be > present during the v. X upgrade installation. What about after I install? > Can I remove the Office 2001 folder to free up disk space? Will the v. X > apps continue to function normally? Or do they check for their 2001 > counterparts each time they're run? They will run normally. > > I am also assuming that, just as the initial install, any re-installs of > Office v. X would be dependent on the Office 2001 suite being present on the > computer. Correct. if you need to Remove it and re-install (why?) you'd first have to reinstall 2001, then remove i t again after installing the X upgrade. > > What if I install the v. X suite and then back up the Office X folder to a > CD-R? Can I then just re-install by copying the application folder back from > the CD? Is this allowed by the software licence? (My concern here is quick > and easy backups/reinstalls, and to a lesser extent, disk space.) I doubt it. What's with all this uninstalling and reinstalling? Just install it once and forget about it. Any problems you hit will be solved by rebuilding the Entourage database, not reinstalling the apps. > > I did a search for this info on the Microsoft Support site, but couldn't > find anything on point. Because it's not an issue, and there's no need to do it. -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
