The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition
- Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
- Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition
SUMMARY
Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition and the individual Office programs
are available only on compact disc (CD). This article discusses the methods
that you can use to install Office 98 if your computer is not equipped with
a CD-ROM drive.
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If your Macintosh computer is not equipped with a CD-ROM drive, there are
several methods that you can use to install Office 98 on your computer.
These methods include the following:
- If your computer is networked, share the Office 98 CD on one computer,
and then connect to that computer to install Office.
- If your computer is networked, the contents of the Office 98 CD to a
network server, and then connect to the network server to install
Office.
- Attach an external CD-ROM drive to your computer, and then install
Office directly from the Office 98 CD.
- Copy the files necessary to install Office 98 to removable media, such
as a Zip disk or a SyQuest cartridge. You can attach the hardware that
is necessary to use the removable disk to your computer, and then drag
the Microsoft Office 98 folder to your hard disk.
If you want to perform an Easy installation of Office 98, copy the
Microsoft Office 98 folder that is located at the root of the Office
98 CD to the removable disk that you want to use. This folder requires
approximately 87 megabytes of free disk space.
If you want to perform a Complete installation of Office 98, drag the
Microsoft Office 98 folder that is located in the Office Custom Install
folder on the Office 98 CD to the removable disk that you want to use.
This folder requires approximately 102 megabytes of free disk space.
Using this method requires that you perform a drag-and-drop installation
of Office.
For additional information about performing a drag-and drop installation
of Office, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q179214
TITLE : OFF98: How to Perform a Drag-and-Drop Installation of Mac
Office
For information about networking Macintosh computers, consult your system
software documentation or contact Apple Computer, Inc.
For information about how to contact Apple Computer, Inc, query in the
Knowledge Base for one of the following articles:
ARTICLE-ID: Q65416
TITLE : Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K
ARTICLE-ID: Q60781
TITLE : Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P
ARTICLE-ID: Q60782
TITLE : Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z
REFERENCES
For additional information about system requirements for Office 98, please
see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q178010
TITLE : OFF98: System and Disk Space Requirements for MS Office 98
ARTICLE-ID: Q180521
TITLE : OFF98: System and Disk Space Requirements for MS Office 98
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