installing Word 2003 upgrade and keeping Office 2000

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Dave Gillap

Hi,

My wife uses Windows XP and MS Office (Small Business) 2000. She'd
like to get the *upgrade* version of Word 2003. Can she do that and
keep MS Office 2000 (including Word 2000) on her system? She needs to
be able to use Word 2000 and Word 2003.

I wouldn't have thought this was a problem (it hasn't been with our
previous Office upgrades), but the tech guy I spoke to at my nearby
Best Buy said that the Word 2003 upgrade would overwrite or disable
Word 2000. I haven't been able to find any reference to this anywhere.
But I'm no expert.

Can someone tell me the real story?

Dave
 
K

Kip Kniskern

Technically, what you want to do is install Word in a separate folder, by
doing a "custom install", and setting up a new folder for Word 2003. The
programs will work fine on a single computer as long as they are in separate
folders. The only exception is Outlook. You can only run one version of
Outlook on a single computer.

I would advise you to be aware of the EULA for this type of installation. I
do not know what it says about installing an upgrade version without
removing the old one. Like I said, though, technically it will work fine by
putting them in separate folders.

kip
 
K

Kip Kniskern

Technically, what you want to do is install Word in a separate folder, by
doing a "custom install", and setting up a new folder for Word 2003. The
programs will work fine on a single computer as long as they are in separate
folders. The only exception is Outlook. You can only run one version of
Outlook on a single computer.

I would advise you to be aware of the EULA for this type of installation. I
do not know what it says about installing an upgrade version without
removing the old one. Like I said, though, technically it will work fine by
putting them in separate folders.

kip
 
K

Kip Kniskern

Technically, what you want to do is install Word in a separate folder, by
doing a "custom install", and setting up a new folder for Word 2003. The
programs will work fine on a single computer as long as they are in separate
folders. The only exception is Outlook. You can only run one version of
Outlook on a single computer.

I would advise you to be aware of the EULA for this type of installation. I
do not know what it says about installing an upgrade version without
removing the old one. Like I said, though, technically it will work fine by
putting them in separate folders.

kip
 
K

Kip Kniskern

Technically, what you want to do is install Word in a separate folder, by
doing a "custom install", and setting up a new folder for Word 2003. The
programs will work fine on a single computer as long as they are in separate
folders. The only exception is Outlook. You can only run one version of
Outlook on a single computer.

I would advise you to be aware of the EULA for this type of installation. I
do not know what it says about installing an upgrade version without
removing the old one. Like I said, though, technically it will work fine by
putting them in separate folders.

kip
 
K

Kip Kniskern

Technically, what you want to do is install Word in a separate folder, by
doing a "custom install", and setting up a new folder for Word 2003. The
programs will work fine on a single computer as long as they are in separate
folders. The only exception is Outlook. You can only run one version of
Outlook on a single computer.

I would advise you to be aware of the EULA for this type of installation. I
do not know what it says about installing an upgrade version without
removing the old one. Like I said, though, technically it will work fine by
putting them in separate folders.

kip
 
K

Kip Kniskern

Technically, what you want to do is install Word in a separate folder, by
doing a "custom install", and setting up a new folder for Word 2003. The
programs will work fine on a single computer as long as they are in separate
folders. The only exception is Outlook. You can only run one version of
Outlook on a single computer.

I would advise you to be aware of the EULA for this type of installation. I
do not know what it says about installing an upgrade version without
removing the old one. Like I said, though, technically it will work fine by
putting them in separate folders.

kip
 
K

Kip Kniskern

Technically, what you want to do is install Word in a separate folder, by
doing a "custom install", and setting up a new folder for Word 2003. The
programs will work fine on a single computer as long as they are in separate
folders. The only exception is Outlook. You can only run one version of
Outlook on a single computer.

I would advise you to be aware of the EULA for this type of installation. I
do not know what it says about installing an upgrade version without
removing the old one. Like I said, though, technically it will work fine by
putting them in separate folders.

kip
 
K

Kip Kniskern

Technically, what you want to do is install Word in a separate folder, by
doing a "custom install", and setting up a new folder for Word 2003. The
programs will work fine on a single computer as long as they are in separate
folders. The only exception is Outlook. You can only run one version of
Outlook on a single computer.

I would advise you to be aware of the EULA for this type of installation. I
do not know what it says about installing an upgrade version without
removing the old one. Like I said, though, technically it will work fine by
putting them in separate folders.

kip
 
K

Kip Kniskern

Technically, what you want to do is install Word in a separate folder, by
doing a "custom install", and setting up a new folder for Word 2003. The
programs will work fine on a single computer as long as they are in separate
folders. The only exception is Outlook. You can only run one version of
Outlook on a single computer.

I would advise you to be aware of the EULA for this type of installation. I
do not know what it says about installing an upgrade version without
removing the old one. Like I said, though, technically it will work fine by
putting them in separate folders.

kip
 
D

Dave Gillap

Thanks a lot for the info, Kip. If she has to dump Word 2000, so be
it. It's a nuisance, though.

Dave
 
D

Dave Gillap

Thanks a lot for the info, Kip. If she has to dump Word 2000, so be
it. It's a nuisance, though.

Dave
 
D

Dave Gillap

Thanks a lot for the info, Kip. If she has to dump Word 2000, so be
it. It's a nuisance, though.

Dave
 
D

Dave Gillap

Thanks a lot for the info, Kip. If she has to dump Word 2000, so be
it. It's a nuisance, though.

Dave
 
D

Dave Gillap

Thanks a lot for the info, Kip. If she has to dump Word 2000, so be
it. It's a nuisance, though.

Dave
 
D

Dave Gillap

Thanks a lot for the info, Kip. If she has to dump Word 2000, so be
it. It's a nuisance, though.

Dave
 
D

Dave Gillap

Thanks a lot for the info, Kip. If she has to dump Word 2000, so be
it. It's a nuisance, though.

Dave
 
D

Dave Gillap

Thanks a lot for the info, Kip. If she has to dump Word 2000, so be
it. It's a nuisance, though.

Dave
 
D

Dave Gillap

Thanks a lot for the info, Kip. If she has to dump Word 2000, so be
it. It's a nuisance, though.

Dave
 

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