Installing Word

If you are installing any edition of Office, Word is included in the installation. To start the setup process, insert the Office CD in your CD-ROM drive. The setup dialog box appears automatically. When prompted, enter your product key and user information, accept the license agreement, and then choose the desired installation option (descriptions of each option are provided onscreen). Click the Install button to continue with the installation, and then click Finish when the installation is complete. (For a detailed discussion of modifying or repairing your Word installation, refer to Appendix A on the book's Web site.)

If the setup dialog box doesn't appear automatically, you can start the installation process by displaying the contents of the Office CD in a My Computer window or the Windows Explorer and double-clicking the file Setup.exe (if your computer is set up to hide file extensions, your file will appear as Setup ).

By default, the Office installation procedure does not install all features to your hard disk. Rather, it installs some features that aren't used as frequently on a "first use" basis. For example, the help files for WordPerfect users, page border art, and some templates and wizards are installed on first use. The first time you issue a command in an Office application that requires one of these features, the application displays a message box stating that the feature is not currently installed and asks whether you would like to install it now. If this happens when you're using Word, insert the Office CD and click the Yes button. Word will then copy the files that it needs for the feature from the CD.

Depending on how your CD-ROM drive is configured, it may automatically display the opening screen for the Office installation process. You can close this screen because you don't need to see it when Word is copying files to install a new feature. To prevent this screen from displaying, press the Shift key for a few seconds while the CD is loading.

Depending on your installation of Office, other features may be set to run from the Office CD or, if you work on a network, from a location on your network. If you issue a command that requires one of these features, you may receive a prompt to insert your Office CD or connect to the network location that contains the Office setup files.