1. Examine the two compact discs, labeled Professional and Media Content, checking for damage during shipping. Request another copy immediately if you have any obvious damage.

2. Close GroupWise, WordPerfect and any other programs that are open.

3. Insert the disc labeled Professional into the CD-ROM drive and wait. The installation should start automatically. If it doesn’t, click on START, select RUN and enter D:\setup in the Open: box. Click OK.

4. A window titled Microsoft Office XP Setup will be displayed. If restart is not required go to step 5, otherwise a message, “Please wait while I update the Windows Installer.” This should take less than a minute and may be followed by the message “The Windows Installer on your system has been updated. You must restart your computer now before you can continue setup. Choose Yes to restart your computer, or No to cancel setup.” Choose Yes and let the computer restart.

If restart is not required, you should see Preparing to install Microsoft Office 2000 Sr-1 Professional displayed.

5. The Microsoft Office XP Setup window will appear. Enter the first name, middle initial and last name of the person who is assigned the computer.

6. Enter UACES for organization.

7. Enter the Office XP CD-Key (It doesn’t matter if it is upper or lower case.)

8. Select Next and choose I accept the terms radio button to accept the license agreement.

9. Select Next, select Custom and then Next again.

10. Uncheck Microsoft Outlook and choose detailed installation options for each application.

11. Select Next. The Features to install Menu will be displayed.

13. Select Next. You will hear the files being copied. This may take several minutes to complete. If you have a previous version installed you will get another screen (defaulted) to remove all previous versions, click on Next to ensure this.

1. 14. When the Installer Information screen displays, “The installer must restart your system...” Choose Yes to restart now. Once the computer restarts, the final steps of the installation will complete.

Warning: This license was purchased by the UA Cooperative Extension service for use within the organization. Installation of the software on additional computers is prohibited unless the appropriate Microsoft Office licenses are purchased. Microsoft does allow one additional installation of an Office 2000 license on a laptop if the primary user of that laptop is legally licensed for the software on his/her desktop. However, this is with the understanding that the product is not used on both devices at the same time.

Tip: To place the Office shortcuts on your desktop, click Start, select Programs and choose Microsoft Office Tools. Next choose Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar to put the shortcuts on your desktop. You will be asked if you want the shortcut bar to start automatically. Select Yes if you want the bar to always be present. After the bar is installed, you may right click on the bar and choose Customize and then Buttons to pick the icons you want on your shortcut bar.

Go to http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/default.htm for more information and tips.