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Old April 26th, 2004, 07:14 AM
Norm
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Default Is the Office Service Pack too much for me?

I have Word 2002 on my computer (and the rest of the
Works 2002 Suite), but I still consider myself a "new
user." The Office download center reports that I should
download the latest Office Service Packs. I don't have
Office, just -- as I said earlier -- the Word 2002
component of Office. The listing of the contents of the
service pack shows a lot of patches/updates for Word as
well as for other components of Office. My question is:
Should I download that nearly 50 minutes of non-
Word "stuff" just to get the specific file or files for
Word? Please respond to my (unmodified)email address:
. Thank you.
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Old April 26th, 2004, 02:26 PM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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AFAIK, there is no way to get the (necessary) updates for Word without
downloading the entire Office SP. Only the Word portions will actually be
installed.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Norm" wrote in message
...
I have Word 2002 on my computer (and the rest of the
Works 2002 Suite), but I still consider myself a "new
user." The Office download center reports that I should
download the latest Office Service Packs. I don't have
Office, just -- as I said earlier -- the Word 2002
component of Office. The listing of the contents of the
service pack shows a lot of patches/updates for Word as
well as for other components of Office. My question is:
Should I download that nearly 50 minutes of non-
Word "stuff" just to get the specific file or files for
Word? Please respond to my (unmodified)email address:
. Thank you.


  #3  
Old April 26th, 2004, 09:05 PM
Norm
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Default Is the Office Service Pack too much for me?

Suzanne, thank you for your rapid response. Questions:
First: What is "AFAIK"?
Second: You say that I should download the entire Office
SP, but that only the Word portions will be installed. In
that cse, what happens to the downloaded but uninstalled
OTHER, non-Word portions? Do they remain on the hard
drive, taking up lots of real estate (after all, it will
take 50 minutes to download that SP!)? Can they be easily
deleted? Thanks again!
-----Original Message-----
AFAIK, there is no way to get the (necessary) updates

for Word without
downloading the entire Office SP. Only the Word portions

will actually be
installed.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups

to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Norm" wrote in

message
...
I have Word 2002 on my computer (and the rest of the
Works 2002 Suite), but I still consider myself a "new
user." The Office download center reports that I should
download the latest Office Service Packs. I don't have
Office, just -- as I said earlier -- the Word 2002
component of Office. The listing of the contents of the
service pack shows a lot of patches/updates for Word as
well as for other components of Office. My question is:
Should I download that nearly 50 minutes of non-
Word "stuff" just to get the specific file or files for
Word? Please respond to my (unmodified)email address:
. Thank you.


.

  #4  
Old April 26th, 2004, 10:21 PM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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AFAIK = as far as I know

I'm not sure what happens to the unused portions, but it's possible they
aren't saved since I had to redownload patches when I installed FrontPage
after updating Office 2003. It's also possible that only the required
portions are downloaded. But I'm by no means an expert on this. You might
want to inquire in microsoft.public.office.setup.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Norm" wrote in message
...
Suzanne, thank you for your rapid response. Questions:
First: What is "AFAIK"?
Second: You say that I should download the entire Office
SP, but that only the Word portions will be installed. In
that cse, what happens to the downloaded but uninstalled
OTHER, non-Word portions? Do they remain on the hard
drive, taking up lots of real estate (after all, it will
take 50 minutes to download that SP!)? Can they be easily
deleted? Thanks again!
-----Original Message-----
AFAIK, there is no way to get the (necessary) updates

for Word without
downloading the entire Office SP. Only the Word portions

will actually be
installed.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups

to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Norm" wrote in

message
...
I have Word 2002 on my computer (and the rest of the
Works 2002 Suite), but I still consider myself a "new
user." The Office download center reports that I should
download the latest Office Service Packs. I don't have
Office, just -- as I said earlier -- the Word 2002
component of Office. The listing of the contents of the
service pack shows a lot of patches/updates for Word as
well as for other components of Office. My question is:
Should I download that nearly 50 minutes of non-
Word "stuff" just to get the specific file or files for
Word? Please respond to my (unmodified)email address:
. Thank you.


.


  #5  
Old April 27th, 2004, 06:14 AM
Norm
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Default Is the Office Service Pack too much for me?

Thanks, again, Suzanne, for your speedy reply. AOL could
not find the web site you referred me
to: "microsoft.public.office.setup." (I inserted www
before the address.) Did you (and I) leave something out?
Thanks again!

-----Original Message-----
AFAIK = as far as I know

I'm not sure what happens to the unused portions, but

it's possible they
aren't saved since I had to redownload patches when I

installed FrontPage
after updating Office 2003. It's also possible that only

the required
portions are downloaded. But I'm by no means an expert

on this. You might
want to inquire in microsoft.public.office.setup.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups

to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Norm" wrote in

message
...
Suzanne, thank you for your rapid response. Questions:
First: What is "AFAIK"?
Second: You say that I should download the entire

Office
SP, but that only the Word portions will be installed.

In
that cse, what happens to the downloaded but

uninstalled
OTHER, non-Word portions? Do they remain on the hard
drive, taking up lots of real estate (after all, it

will
take 50 minutes to download that SP!)? Can they be

easily
deleted? Thanks again!
-----Original Message-----
AFAIK, there is no way to get the (necessary) updates

for Word without
downloading the entire Office SP. Only the Word

portions
will actually be
installed.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-

ups
to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Norm" wrote in

message
...
I have Word 2002 on my computer (and the rest of the
Works 2002 Suite), but I still consider myself

a "new
user." The Office download center reports that I

should
download the latest Office Service Packs. I don't

have
Office, just -- as I said earlier -- the Word 2002
component of Office. The listing of the contents of

the
service pack shows a lot of patches/updates for

Word as
well as for other components of Office. My question

is:
Should I download that nearly 50 minutes of non-
Word "stuff" just to get the specific file or files

for
Word? Please respond to my (unmodified)email

address:
. Thank you.

.


.

  #6  
Old April 27th, 2004, 08:49 AM
Graham Mayor
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Default Is the Office Service Pack too much for me?

microsoft.public.office.setup is a newsgroup forum - the eaiest way to
access the newsgroups is via newsreading software such as Outlook Express -
see http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word





Norm wrote:
Thanks, again, Suzanne, for your speedy reply. AOL could
not find the web site you referred me
to: "microsoft.public.office.setup." (I inserted www
before the address.) Did you (and I) leave something out?
Thanks again!

-----Original Message-----
AFAIK = as far as I know

I'm not sure what happens to the unused portions, but it's possible
they aren't saved since I had to redownload patches when I installed
FrontPage after updating Office 2003. It's also possible that only
the required portions are downloaded. But I'm by no means an expert

on this. You might
want to inquire in microsoft.public.office.setup.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Norm" wrote in message
...
Suzanne, thank you for your rapid response. Questions:
First: What is "AFAIK"?
Second: You say that I should download the entire Office
SP, but that only the Word portions will be installed. In
that cse, what happens to the downloaded but uninstalled
OTHER, non-Word portions? Do they remain on the hard
drive, taking up lots of real estate (after all, it will
take 50 minutes to download that SP!)? Can they be easily
deleted? Thanks again!
-----Original Message-----
AFAIK, there is no way to get the (necessary) updates for Word
without downloading the entire Office SP. Only the Word portions
will actually be installed.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow- ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Norm" wrote in message
...
I have Word 2002 on my computer (and the rest of the
Works 2002 Suite), but I still consider myself

a "new
user." The Office download center reports that I should
download the latest Office Service Packs. I don't have
Office, just -- as I said earlier -- the Word 2002
component of Office. The listing of the contents of the
service pack shows a lot of patches/updates for

Word as
well as for other components of Office. My question is:
Should I download that nearly 50 minutes of non-
Word "stuff" just to get the specific file or files for
Word? Please respond to my (unmodified)email address:
. Thank you.

.


.



  #7  
Old April 27th, 2004, 02:17 PM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Is the Office Service Pack too much for me?

As Graham said, microsoft.public.office.setup is another newsgroup on this
server. Try news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...c.office.setup or
look for an Office Setup NG in the same place you accessed this NG.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Norm" wrote in message
...
Thanks, again, Suzanne, for your speedy reply. AOL could
not find the web site you referred me
to: "microsoft.public.office.setup." (I inserted www
before the address.) Did you (and I) leave something out?
Thanks again!

-----Original Message-----
AFAIK = as far as I know

I'm not sure what happens to the unused portions, but

it's possible they
aren't saved since I had to redownload patches when I

installed FrontPage
after updating Office 2003. It's also possible that only

the required
portions are downloaded. But I'm by no means an expert

on this. You might
want to inquire in microsoft.public.office.setup.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups

to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Norm" wrote in

message
...
Suzanne, thank you for your rapid response. Questions:
First: What is "AFAIK"?
Second: You say that I should download the entire

Office
SP, but that only the Word portions will be installed.

In
that cse, what happens to the downloaded but

uninstalled
OTHER, non-Word portions? Do they remain on the hard
drive, taking up lots of real estate (after all, it

will
take 50 minutes to download that SP!)? Can they be

easily
deleted? Thanks again!
-----Original Message-----
AFAIK, there is no way to get the (necessary) updates
for Word without
downloading the entire Office SP. Only the Word

portions
will actually be
installed.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-

ups
to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Norm" wrote in
message
...
I have Word 2002 on my computer (and the rest of the
Works 2002 Suite), but I still consider myself

a "new
user." The Office download center reports that I

should
download the latest Office Service Packs. I don't

have
Office, just -- as I said earlier -- the Word 2002
component of Office. The listing of the contents of

the
service pack shows a lot of patches/updates for

Word as
well as for other components of Office. My question

is:
Should I download that nearly 50 minutes of non-
Word "stuff" just to get the specific file or files

for
Word? Please respond to my (unmodified)email

address:
. Thank you.

.


.


  #8  
Old April 27th, 2004, 07:59 PM
Norm
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Default Is the Office Service Pack too much for me?

Thank you, Suzanne and Graham. I've found that Office
Setup site on the Newsgroup forum and have posted my
questions there. (Maybe I'll just take a chance and
invest the fifty minutes to download the entire humungous
SP . . . and see what happens -- my hard disk is not very
full!)
-----Original Message-----
microsoft.public.office.setup is a newsgroup forum - the

eaiest way to
access the newsgroups is via newsreading software such

as Outlook Express -
see http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word





Norm wrote:
Thanks, again, Suzanne, for your speedy reply. AOL

could
not find the web site you referred me
to: "microsoft.public.office.setup." (I inserted www
before the address.) Did you (and I) leave something

out?
Thanks again!

-----Original Message-----
AFAIK = as far as I know

I'm not sure what happens to the unused portions, but

it's possible
they aren't saved since I had to redownload patches

when I installed
FrontPage after updating Office 2003. It's also

possible that only
the required portions are downloaded. But I'm by no

means an expert
on this. You might
want to inquire in microsoft.public.office.setup.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-

ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Norm" wrote in

message
...
Suzanne, thank you for your rapid response.

Questions:
First: What is "AFAIK"?
Second: You say that I should download the entire

Office
SP, but that only the Word portions will be

installed. In
that cse, what happens to the downloaded but

uninstalled
OTHER, non-Word portions? Do they remain on the hard
drive, taking up lots of real estate (after all, it

will
take 50 minutes to download that SP!)? Can they be

easily
deleted? Thanks again!
-----Original Message-----
AFAIK, there is no way to get the (necessary)

updates for Word
without downloading the entire Office SP. Only the

Word portions
will actually be installed.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all

follow- ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Norm" wrote

in message
...
I have Word 2002 on my computer (and the rest of

the
Works 2002 Suite), but I still consider myself

a "new
user." The Office download center reports that I

should
download the latest Office Service Packs. I don't

have
Office, just -- as I said earlier -- the Word 2002
component of Office. The listing of the contents

of the
service pack shows a lot of patches/updates for

Word as
well as for other components of Office. My

question is:
Should I download that nearly 50 minutes of non-
Word "stuff" just to get the specific file or

files for
Word? Please respond to my (unmodified)email

address:
. Thank you.

.


.



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