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Note If users choose to install Office 2008 without the fonts, it will result in severely reduced
functionality and user experience. For example:
• Users will find that font substitution occurs frequently and immediately because many
applications have new default fonts.
• Office Themes makes use of several fonts introduced in Office 2008. Without these, the
Office Themes experience will be limited, and users will find that font substitution
occurs frequently.
• 2007 Microsoft Office system has introduced new fonts as default and additional fonts.
Therefore, users of Office 2008 who open files created in Windows-based versions of
Office will encounter font substitution that results in document layout differences.
• Some results provided in the Reference Tools will not render correctly because they
depend on some of the new fonts.
• Some existing fonts of earlier versions of Office have been updated in Office 2008.
Removing earlier versions of Office As part of Office 2008 installation, users have the
opportunity to remove all previous versions of Office. When upgrading to Office 2008, we
recommend that users remove all previous versions of Office before using Office 2008. Users can
also choose to run the Remove Office application of the previous version of Office. When you
choose to remove all existing versions of Office, the Office Installer searches the hard disk for all
versions and displays a list of the Office installations that were found. Users can select the versions
that they want to remove.
The following component is placed in the Trash for each Office installation:
• The entire Microsoft Office <version> folder
The following component is not removed:
• User-created templates in the Microsoft Office <version> folder are moved to
/Users/username/Desktop/Rescued Items/Office/<version>/.
Stage 2: Using the Office Setup Assistant
After the Office 2008 files are installed on the client computer, run the Office Setup Assistant to
configure and set up Office 2008. When the Office Setup Assistant is launched, it checks the user's
computer for any previous versions of Office. If information from the earlier versions of Office is
found on the user computer, such as custom dictionaries, AutoCorrect lists, and proofing tool
settings, the information is copied to Office 2008.