Go to Macintosh HD > Users > ~ your home directory > Library > Preferences and copy the following files to your Microsoft Office Backup folder:.

Go to Macintosh HD > Users > ~ your home directory > Documents and copy the 'Office Projects' folder to your Microsoft Office Backup folder.

Go to Macintosh HD > Users > ~ your home directory > Documents and copy the 'Microsoft User Data' folder to your Microsoft Office Backup folder.

Go to Macintosh HD > Library > Fonts > Microsoft and copy all the fonts to your Microsoft Office Backup folder.

On your desktop create a folder called 'Microsoft Office Backup'.

Restart your computer (and login using an adminstrator account).You should always back up your computer before deleting software. However, some items are the same across different versions of Microsoft Office so if you are removing an older version but have a newer version installed that you wish to keep specific items not to be removed will be noted in red. These instructions will remove items for a specific version of Microsoft Office.The instructions below include emptying the Trash so make sure you check the Trash for anything you may not want to actually delete.If you want to backup/archive this data before deleting it, follow the instruction under 'Backup/Archive Personal Data' first. The instructions below will delete some of your Office personal preferences and fonts plus your Office data such as email data/accounts/signatures/rules/schedules/attachments, calendar, tasks, notes and projects.

Due to the sheer number of files and folders to be deleted we recommend you print this document first and tick off each line as you follow it.

These instructions will help you manually remove all the Microsoft Office software (including Microsoft Messenger and Entourage Web Services Edition), system items, preferences and email data.

Although the Microsoft supplied 'Remove Office' application may work it does not fully remove Microsoft Office.

Some important points to note before proceeding: Instructions for removing Microsoft Office 2008 How to Manually Remove Microsoft Office 2008

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