To prepare for upgrade to Yosemite; How do I back up Office 2011 for Mac to external hard drive?

Any thoughts from the community; Is it a good idea or not to upgrade my MacBook Pro?  Any help is appreciated. On my Macbook Pro to prepare for upgrade to Yosemite, I have backed up to time machine the Macintosh Hard Drive which has my applications with the exception of Office for Mac 2011.  Office for Mac is on a separate drive; how do I back up that separate drive?

If it's on a separate drive, then it would have nothing to do with installing a new OS on another drive.

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