Entourage vanished when I auto-updated my macbook. time machine rescue me?

I am using a macbook 2.4 intel core duo. 10.5.8 (haven't updated to snow leopard yet).
I hit auto update and... my entourage program vanished from the computer. Not a trace.
I have my main identity backed up in time machine.
And... I can not find the original disk for Office (I find this to be an important and frustrating detail--I paid $199 for the educator version of Office! I am a legit paying customer.
Can anyone give me some advice as to what to do?
It would annoy me to no end to buy another copy of office... but I would spend 200 to get entourage back on track. i need those old emails.
My next question involves how to use time machine in this matter: I have never had to back up an entire application. And, re time machine, i have never actually used it. I don't want to synch my computer to the version it was a week ago when it happened... don't quite grasp my options.
many thanks in advance for any insight.

this forum is for troubleshooting Apple Software Update for Windows, a software package for Windows designed to update Apple products that run on Windows, and not related to Entourage or Time Machine.
If you don't know how to use Time Machine I suggest you consult your Mac's own built in Help files via the Help menu or post your question in the Time Machine forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1227

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