Office 2008 for Mac

Office 2008 Planning

There are two installation options, Easy Install and Custom Install:

Easy Install

This standard installation automatically does the following:

• Installs all Office 2008 components

• Installs fonts in /Library/Fonts/Microsoft

The Office Installer moves older Office fonts from /Users/username/Library/Fonts and

/Library/Fonts to /Users/username/Library/Fonts Disabled and /Library/Fonts Disabled,

respectively.

• Adds Office 2008 icons to the Dock

• Installs the Automator Sample Workflows to /user-selected install location/Microsoft

Office 2008/Office/Office First Run/MUD

• Installs the Microsoft Application Support Tools to /Library/Application

Support/Microsoft (MERP, MAU and Help Viewer)

• Installs a Web hyperlink to /user-selected install location/Microsoft Office

2008/Additional Tools/ Microsoft Silverlight

• Installs a Web hyperlink to the Flip4Mac plugin to /user-selected install

location/Microsoft Office 2008/Additional Tools/Windows Media Components for

QuickTime

• Installs the Windows Office Compatibility font collection to /user-selected install

location/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/Office First Run/Library/FontCollections

Note If users select the Easy Install option and there isn’t enough disk space to process this

request, Office Installer directs users to the Custom Install option.

Custom Install

The custom installation option allows users to select what they want to install from a list of Office

2008 components, which include the following:

• Microsoft Word

• Microsoft Excel

• Microsoft PowerPoint

• Microsoft Entourage

• Microsoft Messenger