Office Icons In Launchpad

I have just upgraded to Mountain Lion from Lion on two laptops.
Previously, in Lion, Microsoft Office had two folders in Launchpad - one called "Microsoft (Main)" and the other called, if I recall correctly, "Microsoft (Others)".
Now, in Mountain Lion, the latter of these two folders is no longer in Launchpad. Only "Microsoft (Main)" remains.
So far, I have not experienced any problems running my Office Apps: but just wondering if anyone else has experienced this disappearance, and whether it has any affect on functionality?

Don't worry about this. OS X works fine because the folder is on Applications, but it doesn't appear in Launchpad

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