Can I only use Outlook 07 and the rest of office 03

[GolfGal]

I installed Office 07 this weekend. I saw no option to only install Outlook.
I left Office 03 installed, as I only intended to use the Outlook portion at
this point.

However, now when I try to open a file, e.g. and excel spreadsheet it runs
in Ofc07. I'm not ready to trade up to the ribbons, since I have all my
custom toolbars in 03 which I have had for years, and want to maintain.

I've tried to right click on a file and say open with, then browse over to
the installed office 03 exe file, and click on it. I tell it to always use
this program when opening this type of file. However when I click on the
file, once again it opens in 07.

Is there anyway I can force it to use Office 03 for everything except Outlook?

Thanks in advance.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Open the Office 2003 application first, and then use the File->Open or
Ctrl+O keyboard shortcut within the Office 2003 application to select
and open the file.