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Upgrade from Office 2010 to 2019
I am currently running Office 2010 on a Windows 10, 21H2 (19044.2604), 64 bit desktop and would like to upgrade to Office 2019 Home and Business (one time perpetual license). I am a heavy Outlook user with several linked email accounts and a large number of rules and contacts and multiple calendars. Excel has macros and add-ins like Kutools and Acrobat. Word has several dictionaries. I know MS discontinued support for 2010 as of 5/1/2022.
I would prefer to perform an actual upgrade from 2010 to 2019 which would preserve all my settings, accounts, etc. However I am finding a lot of contradicting info on this. Some say installing 2019 will automatically remove 2010 while preserving settings, etc. Some say you must first completely remove 2010 before installing 2019 and then you must completely reconfigure all the Office apps. Some say you must install 2019 before removing 2010 which would imply that you can have both running simultaneously, although I'm not quite sure how that would work. Perhaps this has to do with where you get the install package?
Of course, I will back everything up before proceeding with this exercise. Anyway, I would really appreciate some guidance here, especially from those who have some experience with the "gotchas".