Thank you, Diane, for your advice on my reinstalling MS Office 2004. I wonder if you had any comment to the last part of my original inquiry (questions 4 and 5).
Many thanks/Roger/ 4) Currently Entourage Address Book and Entourage Calendar sync with Apple's Address Book.app and iCal.app. There must be some procedure to import my old Mac's iCal and Address Book.app from the old Mac (OS 10.4.11) into the new Mac (OS 10.6.x). Then I would need to sync the new Mac's iCal and Address Book.app with the new installation of Entourage -- which itself would be an "import" from the old Mac's Mac's Entourage. If I reinstall Entourage on the new Mac, will that cause sync problems with the new Address Book.app and iCal.app? (I am thinking that the answer to that one is "no, until I turn on the Entourage pref for "sync"). If I use the previous MUD folder, will it cause any problems syncing with the new Address Book.app and iCal.app? (I have not yet asked Apple how to get my existing Address Book.app and iCal.app from OS 10.4.11 in the new OS 10.6.x.) 5) I'm OK with MS Office 2004. Is there any advantage to my switching to Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student Edition? Diane Ross <[email protected]> wrote on 10/14/09 9:45 PM: > On 10/14/09 10:41 AM, "Roger S. Cohen" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 1) If I install MS Office 2004 Student and Teacher Edition on the new >> MacBook Pro, and it is no longer on the original MacBook Pro, then I have >> only two licenses in operation. Do I need to "recover" the retired license? >> Does MS really track the three license numbers? > > You can reuse that license on the new computer. >> >> >> 2) I will be reinstalling all of Office 2004 into Snow Leopard. Is there >> some way that I can do all the MS Office updates in one installation, >> instead of the multiple updates released over the last several years? >> > First Run in Office 2004 might get everything installed, but I would install > from the DVD to be absolutely sure you get all the fonts and supporting > files installed. There is only one combo updater needed. > > Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.5.5 Update released June 09, 2009. 59.2 MB. > This is a combo updater and contains all previous updates! > > <http://tinyurl.com/klxgnq> >> >> 3) What is the best procedure for brining in my existing mail and database >> (include accounts, address book, calendar, etc.) from the existing Entourage >> installation into the new Entourage installation. > > After you install, open Entourage so it will create a new Microsoft User > Data folder and a new blank Identity. Delete the blank Identity and drag > over your Main Identity from the older computer. > > Open Entourage and you are in your old Identity. >> >> I think that I can install Entourage onto the new Mac, and then simply move >> my existing MUD folder from the old Mac to the new Mac. Will that work? > > Rather than moving the entire Microsoft User Data folder to documents (you > could drag over the entire MUD folder to the desktop), I would just drag in > the individual folders you need like your Identity and Script Menu Items > folder to the new Microsoft User Data folder. > > I have found when moving to a new computer, you can move contents of folders > but use the new default root folders like Documents and Microsoft User Data > folder. Old folders could have different permissions. > > If you are upgrading to Snow Leopard at the same time, be sure you remove > the older duplicate Microsoft fonts. Office 2004 installs in the User's > Library/Fonts folder. > > Use Font Book to validate fonts. This will show you the dupes to delete. > More info: > > Troubleshooting Office for Mac with Snow Leopard > > <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2009/09/hot_topics_using_office_for_mac_with > _snow_leopard.html> > > -- > Diane > > > -- > YouTalk mailing list > List address: [email protected] > List information: http://entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html > List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] > To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Roger S. Cohen, President, Cohen International [email protected] http://www.rogercohen.com Voice: +1 (845) 358-8936 Fax: +1 (845) 358-8937 -- YouTalk mailing list List address: [email protected] List information: http://entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
