Installation of Office 2003 Standar.ds over Office XP Professional

[Adprof]

I now have Office XP Professional with Front Page & Publisher on my computer.
If I installed Office 2003 Standard, what would be the effiect upon Access
XP, and Front Page XP? Will they stay as is, or wold they be lost?

 

[Timothy L]

That depends on what type of installation is done upon installing Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003.


See the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

When you try to install Office 2003, earlier versions of Office are removed during the setup process
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826319/

When you install Office 2003 Professional on a computer that is running an earlier version of Microsoft Office
with FrontPage, FrontPage is not removed when the installation is complete
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891154/


Information about running multiple versions of Office with Office 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828956/


How to install or repair and reinstall Office 2003 programs and features
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821593/

How to add or remove a single Office XP program or component
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290527/



The following links might also be helpful:


What's in the Office 2003 Editions?
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/howtobuy/compare.mspx

Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/howtobuy/standard.mspx


Office 2003 Editions System Requirements
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/sysreq.mspx

Office Standard Edition 2003 System Requirements
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/standreq.mspx


Office 2003 Editions Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/faq.mspx


Office 2003 Editions: Compare them to Previous Versions
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/compare.mspx

 

[Timothy L]

Another article I just came accross that might be of some help:

Previous Office programs and tools are still installed after you install Office 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827471/