Trying to install MS Office 2011 on my new Mac Mini (w/OS X Lion)

Mac is stuck because installer says it can't go any further with Safari open, but Safari is closed.  Any suggestions to get the installation to continue?  I've already tried a forced shut down of Safari, but can't make that work.

Hello Ann,
Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, try to install in Safe Mode, reboot.

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