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Microsoft Office 98 came with my Power Macintosh G3 computer. Do I need to install it?
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Apple has included Microsoft Office 98 with certain Power Macintosh G3 computers. The software is on a CD-ROM disc included with the computer. Office 98 must be installed before it can be used. Here's how:
There are two ways to install MS Office: drag-install from the installer CD, or run the traditional installer utility from the installer CD.
To drag-install, drag the MS Office folder from the CD to your hard drive. See Figure 1.
The contents of the folder will copy over: then, the first time you launch one of the three applications from the hard drive (for example, Word), MS Office will complete the installation by installing needed extensions. No additional action is required by the user. During this "first run" of an Office application, startup is delayed a few seconds while the extensions installation takes place. That's all there is to the drag-install process.
The second way to install MS Office is to run the installer program that comes on the CD. The installer is located in the Office Custom Install folder of the CD, and like traditional Macintosh installers, allows you to either perform an Easy Install or a Custom Install.
Regardless of how you install MS Office, successful installation adds a folder named "Microsoft Office 98" to the hard drive. See figure 2.
Figure 2: The Microsoft Office 98 folder
What general information do I need to know about launching MS Office, creating and saving a document, and quitting MS Office?
The very first time you launch an MS Office application after installation, you will need to wait while the software checks for (and if needed, installs) the necessary extensions. Otherwise launching MS Office applications is quick, and the process of creating and saving documents is standard for Macintosh applications, as is quitting. We will cover specific examples later, in the hands-on lab.
Where are the various MS Office components located?
In addition to the Microsoft Office 98 folder discussed above, the MS Office installer creates or changes the following folders within the System Folder:
(added to) Extensions:
(added to) Control Panels:
(added to) Fonts:
(new folder created named) MS Preference Panels:
(added to) Text Encodings:
(added to) Preferences:
(added to) Preferences (first time an MS Office application is run):
(added to) Preferences (first time Excel is run):
(added to) Preferences (first time PowerPoint is run):
(added to) Preferences (first time Word is run):