Upgrade to Snow Leopard before or after install new Office 2011 for Business?

I'm about to upgrade from Leopard to snow leopard. I also am going to upgrade to Microsoft Office 2011 for Business and then download the Tiger OS.
Should I install Office 2011 first (currently use 2004 Office) BEFORE I install Snow Leopard, or after?

As long as you have the 10.6 DVD, you are all set. It probably contains 10.6.3, and you will then have to use Software Update to get to 10.6.8. You can do that with Word updated or not.
Upgrading to 10.7 will add a Lion Recovery partition to your Hard drive. When you are ready to do that, you may want to run Disk Utility Verify first.
All these cats make my head spin, so I just use the numbers.
If you are concerned about losing something, shouldn't you have a backup? Add word to your backup and don't worry about losing anything.

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And Yes, you should always back up your hard drive before doing any upgrade : )
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But even after I bought and installed snow leopard, it still comes up with the same message.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575
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http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/
If you are outside the US call your national Apple Helpline:
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Are you better off to do a clean install versus upgrade to OS X Lion from Snow Leopard, or does it not matter at all?
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If your machine is running well and without issue and
if you have checked everything out with various disk
and hardware utilities and they say everything is fine,
then upgrade should not be an issue. But remember,
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Time Machine) just in case.
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accumulated over time.
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Well, my score is 2 for 3. My iMac and Macbook Pro went just
fine and are working well. My Mac Mini on the other hand had some
serious issues, some of which are still unresolved. All of them
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system. Probably, some one using as just a computer platform
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will Microsoft Office v.X work correctly with MAC OS X 10.6.8?
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Check that your computer is compatible with Mountain Lion/Mavericks/Yosemite.
To check the model number hold down the option/alt key, go to the Apple menu and select System Information.
iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) model number 7,1 or higher
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2 GB or more of memory (More is better - 4 GB minimum seems to be the consensus)
8 GB or more of available space
Check to make sure your applications are compatible. PowerPC applications are no longer supported after 10.6.
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Applications Compatibility (2)
Do a backup before installing.
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install 6.5 before proceeding further. I coud not understand.
Just what it says - install os 10.6.5 before proceeding further. You can either do so through Software Update or use the Combo update from Apple's download site.
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