Do you have your Office 98 CD still? You should be able to put it in the CD
drive when Office 2004 asks for a qualifying copy, and then you don't need
to bother to install Office 98.
PS. Please don't type in all caps--perhaps you meant to SHOUT but it is
difficult to read.
> OFFICE MAC 2004 "UPGRADE" INDICATED THAT IT WOULD UPGRADE FROM OFFICE 98,
> BUT OFFICE 98 IS ON OLD SLOT LOADING IMAC G3 AND I WANT TO PUT OFFICE MAC
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>
> REALLY FRUSTRATED!

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