Can Office 2007 co-exist with Office 2003 on the same PC

M

Martin C

We currently have Office 2007 on the PC (done on a new build PC). Previously
we used Office 2003 (which my wife much prefers - she cannot get on with
2007 at all as it is so different).

Is it possible to just install Office 2003 as well, or will this cause any
issues with the two of them on the same machine?

Thanks for any help you can provide

Martin
 
Z

Zygy

Your wife is very wise. Office 2003 is probably the best ever! I have not
heard anybody praise 2007 yet, but plenty of complaints!
 
H

Herb Tyson [MVP]

You can have most of Office 2007 and 2003 at the same time. Outlook 2007 and
2003 cannot coexist on the same installation of Windows (well, it can, but
usually only by accident, and the results aren't very pretty).

The best procedure is to install Office 2003, then do a custom install of
Office 2007, instructing it to leave those applications from 2003 that you
want to keep.

When using Word 2003 and Word 2007, they will often "fight it out" and each
one will try to do some kind of re-registration each time its run, if the
last-run version was the other one (i.e., if you ran Word 2003 last, then
Word 2007 will try to fix the installation the next time it's run; then Word
2003 will try to do the same). See http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com/?p=11
for a way to make the two co-exist more nicely.
 
J

JoAnn Paules

While I understand your wife's viewpoint, there will come a time when she'll
have to use it or something based on it. It wouldn't hurt her to get used to
it now so that when the time comes, she'll be up to speed. Unless, of
course, she's retiring in the next year or two.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
 
D

Dian D. Chapman, MVP

Yes...legally, if you have the correct licensing. See this article for
complete details...

Working with Multiple Versions of Office
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=762

Dian D. Chapman
Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP
MOS Certified Instructor, Editor/TechTrax Ezine
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Dian.Chapman

Free PC Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
Free Word Tricks eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html
Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting
Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html
 
B

Beth Melton

Few praised Lotus 123 when it from the old slash keyboard navigation method
to the fancy menus, toolbars, and a mouse too. ;-)

What I've found is those who actually take the time to try and use it,
instead of reacting from their initial shock, and learn about the new
functionality then they do like it. It's typical to hear more complaints
than praise about something, regardless of the topic.

Those who are making the switch have found the Get Started tab is a helpful
resource. It has links to content from Office Online and to an interactive
guide that you can use to locate commands using the old interface. For those
interested, here are the links for the downloads:

Word:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...0c-fdae-4ede-b528-ac58031a5dff&displaylang=en

Excel:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...D7-08A7-41BA-8844-76BB94228957&displaylang=en

PPT:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...e9-fc50-4074-96d3-d02fd98cb041&displaylang=en


Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
 
Top