How can I install Office 2003 AFTER Office 2007?

[Jaybar]

I have Office 2007 installed on our Home Computer which is running Vista.
The person I live with lost their job and needs to train on Office 2003
(Word, Exel, PowerPoint).

I know the general wisdom is to install Office 2003 before Office 2007, but
we did not anticipate this job loss. I only want to install Word 2003, Exel
and Powerpoint. I do not want to install outlook 2003 as we are already
running outlook 2007.

I understand that installing 2003 after 2007 may create problems for the
Windows installer and the search function in outlook 2007. Is there any way
to get around this as I have no other choice? Alternatively, is there a
viable and good add in that gives 2003 menu functionality to 2007.

Thanks in advance,

Jay

 

[XS11E]

I have Office 2007 installed on our Home Computer which is running
Vista. The person I live with lost their job and needs to train
on Office 2003 (Word, Exel, PowerPoint).

I know the general wisdom is to install Office 2003 before Office
2007, but we did not anticipate this job loss. I only want to
install Word 2003, Exel and Powerpoint. I do not want to install
outlook 2003 as we are already running outlook 2007.

I understand that installing 2003 after 2007 may create problems
for the Windows installer and the search function in outlook 2007.
Is there any way to get around this as I have no other choice?
Alternatively, is there a viable and good add in that gives 2003
menu functionality to 2007.

Thanks in advance,

Easiest fix, remove Office 2007, install Office 2003. When the need
for Office 2003 is gone, just re-install 2007, it'll upgrade 2003 and
you'll keep all your settings. Someone else may have a better idea but
I think there's always a possibility of conflict if two versions of
Office are installed on the same machine.

One other really crazy idea, how much disk space have you? You could
set up Vista in another partition and install Office 2003 on that Vista
partition, then dual boot but that takes a bunch of disk space

 

[Jaybar]

The idea about removing Office 2007, wont help because I am running outlook
2007 and must maintain that. I really need to run both. Any other
suggestions for maintaining the two, including any ribbon add-ons to give me
the 2003 menus and toolbars.

Thanks,

Jay

 

[DL]

Uninstall 2007 then install only the 2003 components required by using
Custom Install
Update 2003 and rename any shortcuts to be 2003 specific, eg Word2003, then
install 2007 when it asks if you want to upgrade the 2003 components select
'no' 2007 will then be installed.
NB double clicking on a word.doc in explorer will open it in 2007, so you
would have to start Word 2003, then File>Open

 

[2007FanFoe]

Hi Jay,

Unfortunately, between Office applications, only Excel doesn't have
problem when install more than one version in the same Windows
installation. You need two Windows installations with dual boot or
using Virtual PC.

I think, if your computer has 512 Mb or more of RAM memory, the best
is Virtual PC option, because you do not need reboot to swap Office
Versions. Get Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 here (it's free!):
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx

Good luck!

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

I know the general wisdom is to install Office 2003 before Office
2007, but
It's not just the general wisdom. It is a must, or you are in a lot of
trouble.
As suggested by others, remove Office 2007, install 2003 and do a custom
install of 2007 immediately afterwards with just the programs you want
while choosing to keep the 2003 ones.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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