Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

ID: Q120802

The information in this article applies to:

SUMMARY

Once Microsoft Office has been installed, you can use the Setup program to reinstall your original Office configuration or to add or remove (install or uninstall) a single program or part of a program.

For more information about a similar procedure for Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q179216 OFF98: How to Use the Microsoft Office Installer Program
For more information about a similar procedure for Microsoft Office for the Macintosh version 4.2 or 4.2.1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q124809 How to Add/Remove a Single Office for Mac Program or Component


MORE INFORMATION

To install or remove a program or component in Microsoft Office, use the appropriate method for your situation.

To Install or Remove a Program in Microsoft Office 97

To install or remove a program or component in Microsoft Office 97, follow these steps:
  1. Quit all Office programs.


  2. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.


  3. In Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.


  4. On the Install/Uninstall tab, click to select Microsoft Office 97. (If you are using a standalone version of one of the Office programs, click to select the appropriate product in the list.) Then, click Add/Remove.


  5. Follow the directions provided in the Setup dialog boxes.


For more information on starting the Microsoft Office maintenance setup program, click the Office Assistant, type Installing Microsoft Office, click Search, and then click to select the "Install or remove individual components of Microsoft Office or Microsoft <program name>" topic.

Example: Installing Product Help in Microsoft Office 97

To install product Help in one of the Microsoft Office 97 programs, follow these steps:
  1. Quit all Office programs.


  2. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.


  3. In Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.


  4. On the Install/Uninstall tab, click to select Microsoft Office 97. (If you are using a standalone version of one of the Office programs, click to select the appropriate product in the list.) Then, click Add/Remove.


  5. In the Setup dialog box, click Add/Remove. If you selected a standalone version of one of the Office programs in step 4, proceed to step 7.


  6. Under Options, click to select (do not clear the check box) the program that requires product Help or the Office Assistant, and then click Change Option.


  7. Under Options, click to select (do not clear the check box) the appropriate Help option using the following table. 
    
       If the program is:     Select this option:
       ---------------------------------------------

       Microsoft Access       Help Topics
       Microsoft Excel        Help and Sample Files
       Microsoft PowerPoint   Help
       Microsoft Word         Help


  8. Click Change Option.


  9. Under Options, click to select the appropriate product Help check box using the following table. 
    
       If the program is:     Select this check box:
       ----------------------------------------------------

       Microsoft Access       Product Help
       Microsoft Excel        Help for Microsoft Excel
       Microsoft PowerPoint   Help for Microsoft PowerPoint
       Microsoft Word         Help for Microsoft Word


  10. Click OK. If you selected Microsoft Office 97 in step 4, click OK a second time.


  11. Click Continue.


NOTE: If you also want to install the Visual Basic Help files, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q176476 Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

To Install or Remove a Program in Microsoft Office Version 7.0

To install or remove a program in Microsoft Office Version 7.0, follow the instructions in Office Help. To find these instructions, use the right mouse button to click the title bar of the Office Shortcut Bar, click Microsoft Office Help Topics, click the Find tab, type
install or remove individual
and double-click the selected text to display the "Install or Remove Individual Components of Microsoft Office" topic.

To Reinstall a Program in Microsoft Office Version 4.2 or 4.3

To reinstall a single program or a part of a program in Microsoft Office version 4.2 or 4.3, follow these steps:
  1. In File Manager, rename the corrupted file.


  2. Double-click the Office Setup icon on setup Disk1 or from the CD.

    The Setup program detects an earlier version of Microsoft Office and starts in maintenance mode.


  3. When Setup prompts you, select the Reinstall option.


This procedure reinstalls the program. Setup detects the files that exist and replaces only those that are missing. (Setup does not detect renamed files and replaces them.)

Once reinstallation is complete, the Microsoft Office Setup program will restart Windows.


REFERENCES

Getting Results with Microsoft Office for Windows 95, pages 28-29

Microsoft Office "Getting Started", pages 7-10

Additional query words: 8.00 97 off97 off95 


Keywords          : kbsetup offwinsetup 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.2,4.3,7.0,97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: April 19, 1999