uninstalling Works took Word with it ... general question

[Dave Horne]

My wife's laptop came with Works preinstalled. I uninstalled Works since MS
Office was at a later date installed and which included Word. When I
uninstalled Works it took Word with it though the other programs included
with Office remained.

What's the best way to reinstall Office or just Word from Office - repair?
Thanks, DH

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Most likely what she had was Works Suite, which includes Word. Consider
yourselves lucky, as having Word installed with Works Suite instead of as
part of Office can cause problems--or confusion at the very least. Repair
could be a start--anything that gets you back to the setup. The usual path
would be Start | Control Panel | Add and Remove Programs | Microsoft Office
<version> | Change. When you get to the setup, choose Add or Remove
Components (or similar language) and select Word (don't touch the settings
on the programs that are already installed).

 

[Dave Horne]

Suzanne, I went ahead and reinstalled Office 2007 but that did not solve
the problem. I expected to see Repair on the opening SetUp screen from the
installation disk but it wasn't there. I then went to Control Panel (or
what used to be called Control Panel) \ Programs and Features and clicked on
MS Office. At first I do not believe there was a Repair offered but I chose
Change and then was offered Repair. I 'Repaired' Office and now everything
seems to be just fine.

Thanks for your fast reply! DH