Office 97 Pro Upgrade - Install on new computer

[John]

Folks,

I have had Office 97 Pro (an upgrade from Office 95) on my laptop for years!
This week, the computer died and I bought a new desktop instead. I tried to
reinstall Office 97 and I am informed that the software that qualifies me for
the upgrade is not on my computer. That is sort of right. I have Corel Word
Perfect, and MS Works on my new computer, either of which should quailfy, but
they are newer versions that didn't even exist when the Office 97 came out.

What can I do to get it installed. It is just what I need, I am used to it,
and I don't want to feel like I am throwing away the $300 I paid for it.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

The qualifying product was the old version of Office, not Word Perfect, not
Works. When it asks for the qualifying product you will need to insert the
disk from Office 95. Now if over the years you've misplaced that disk,
there's nothing you can do. Well, actually there is - spend the money and
get the current version of Office instead of an 8 year old version.

 

[Beth Melton]

I can't seem to locate the KB article for Office 97 qualifying
products, since it's no longer supported by Microsoft, but I was able
to find the list. Your best bet is to dig through all of your old
software and see if you have any of the products on the following
list. If you do, then when prompted for your qualifying product insert
the first disk (provided you still have a floppy drive! <g>)

Qualifying products for Office 97 Upgrade (versions "or later" would
be versions prior to the relase of Office 97)

Aldus Persuasion for Windows 2.0 or later
Ami Pro for Windows 1.0 or later
ASAP 1.0 or later
ASAP WordPower 1.0 or later
Borland dBASE for MS-DOS 5.0
Borland dBASE for Windows 5.0
Borland dBASE IV for MS-DOS 1.0 or later
Borland Office for Windows 2.0
Borland Paradox for MS-DOS 4.5 or later
Borland Paradox for Windows 1.0 or later
Borland Quattro Pro for MS-DOS 1.0 or later
Borland Quattro Pro for Windows 1.0 or later
Borland Quattro Pro Special Edition 1.0
Claris FileMaker Pro for Windows 2.0 or later
Corel WordPerfect Suite 7.0
Dataease for Windows 5.0
Harvard Graphics for MS-DOS 2.3 or later
Harvard Graphics for Windows 1.0 or later
Lotus 1-2-3 for MS-DOS 2.01 or later
Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows 1.0 or later
Lotus Approach for Windows 1.0 or later
Lotus Approach for Windows 95 96
Lotus Freelance for MS-DOS 4.0
Lotus Freelance for Windows 1.0 or later
Lotus Freelance Graphics for Windows 96
Lotus SmartSuite 2.0 or later
Lotus SmartSuite 96 for Windows 96
Lotus Word Pro for Windows 96
Microsoft Access for Windows 1.0 or later
Microsoft Excel for Windows all versions for Windows and/or
Windows NT
Microsoft Exchange for Windows 4.0
Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS 2.0 or later
Microsoft FoxPro for Windows 2.5 or later
Microsoft Mail for Windows 3.2
Microsoft Multiplan all versions for MS-DOS
Microsoft Office for Windows all versions for Windows and/or
Windows NT
Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 2.0 or later
Microsoft Project 1.0 or later
Microsoft Schedule+ for Windows 7.0
Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0
Microsoft Word for MS-DOS 2.0 or later
Microsoft Word for Windows all versions for Windows and/or
Windows NT
Microsoft Works for Windows all versions for Windows
Novell Perfect Office 3.0 or later
Personal Oracle for Windows 7.0
PowerBuilder for Windows 5.0
Superbase 4 for Windows 1.2 or later
Superbase 95 for Windows 3.0
SuperCalc for MS-DOS 3.1 or later
Symantec Q&A for MS-DOS 4.0
Symantec Q&A for Windows 4.0
WordPerfect for MS-DOS 4.0 or later
WordPerfect for Windows 5.1 or later
WordPerfect Presentations 2.0 or later
WordStar 2000 for MS-DOS 3.0 or later
WordStar for MS-DOS 1.0 or later
WordStar for Windows 1.0 or later
WordStar Pro for MS-DOS 1.0 or later


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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

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