Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac OS was written for Mac OS X as far as I remember. The Classic Environment you get asked for is for applications written prior to Mac OS X, namely Mac OS 8 or 9. Mac OS X has been with us for a decade, thus I wonder, where you did get such old software. Are you sure, that you have the correct MS Office CD? Btw, since Apple has used Intel CPUs (2006), the Classic Environment is no longer supported on Intel Macs and especially since Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Can you maybe post a picture of the installation CD or post more details?

Also have a look at the following links to learn more about Mac OS X. Click to expand. Yep, but for PowerPC Macs.

On Intel machines, it runs through Rosetta which is an optional install on Snow Leopard. It's been a while since I installed Office 2004, I don't recall an 'application assistant', thought it was drag and drop install. Anyway, installing Rosetta.

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