If iWork ’09 was a shot across the bows of Office for Mac 2008, Office for Mac 2011 is a full salvo aimed right at the waterline of the USS iWork ’09. Before you remove Office for Mac 2011, quit all Office applications and make sure there's nothing in Trash that you want to keep. To uninstall Office for Mac 2011 move the applications to the Trash.Once you've removed everything, empty the Trash and restart your Mac to complete the process.
The file will extract and launch the installer automatically. After download finishes, locate the file Office-Mac2011.dmg and double click on the file.