How to: Uninstall the previous version of Office before installing Office 95.
Solution:
Open the 'Office Setup' icon in 'Control Panel' and use 'Add/Remove'.
Do the following to uninstall the previous version of Microsoft Office prior to installing Office 95:
1) Click 'Start' todisplay the Windows 'Start' menu.
Start menu
2) Select the 'Programs' menu and select 'Microsoft Office'.
3) Open the Office Setup icon. (The MS Office Professional Setup dialog box appears.)
4) Click 'Add/Remove'... button. (The Maintenance Installation dialog box appears.)
5) Click 'Change Option...' on the left side. (The MS Word dialog box appears.)
6) Select the desired program(s) from the Options list.
7) Click 'OK'. (The Maintenance Installation dialog box reappears.)
8) Select the desired program under Options.
9) Click 'Change Options...' again.
10) Click 'OK'.
11) Remove the program icons from the Start menu.
a) Click 'Start' todisplay the Windows 'Start' menu.
Start menu
b) Select 'Settings' and select 'Taskbar...'.
Taskbar
c) Click the 'Start menu Programs' tab. (The properties sheet for the Start menu appears.)
d) Click 'Remove...'.
e) Open the Microsoft Office folder.
f) Select the programs to be removed.
select programs
g) Click 'Remove...'.
h) Repeat steps 11) f) and 11) g) for every program to be removed.
i) Click 'Close'.
j) Click 'OK'.