OFF98: Office 98 Programs Are Not Available on Floppy Disk (181818)


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
This article was previously published under Q181818

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.

MORE INFORMATION

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:

    179214 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:

Q65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

Q60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

Q60782 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:

178010 OFF98: System and Disk Space Requirements for MS Office 98

180521 OFF98: System and Disk Space Requirements for MS Office 98 Gold

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/25/2003
Keywords:kbhowto kbsetup KB181818
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