Revert to Office 2003 from 2007

[TJ]

Can anyone give me some kind of information about reverting back to
microsoft office 2003 after I have upgrade to microsoft office pro
2007.
Thanks

 

[Gordon]

Can anyone give me some kind of information about reverting back to
microsoft office 2003 after I have upgrade to microsoft office pro
2007.
Thanks

What sort of information are you looking for? the only thing I can think of
is to either make sure that all your 2007 format documents have been saved
in 97-2003 format, or to install the compatibility pack once you have
reverted to 2003...

 

[TJ]

What sort of information are you looking for? the only thing I can think of
is to either make sure that all your 2007 format documents have been saved
in 97-2003 format, or to install the compatibility pack once you have
reverted to 2003...

I just recently installed an upgrade to microsoft office 2007. I am
now looking to go back to m/o 2003 pro. How can I do this with loosing
anything or messing anything up. I do that im am going to have to save
a file from outlook, but im not sure which one. Or should i just
uninstall 2007 all together and reinstall m/o 2003 pro?

 

[TJ]

I just recently installed an upgrade to microsoft office 2007. I am
now looking to go back to m/o 2003 pro. How can I do this with loosing
anything or messing anything up. If do that im am going to have to save
a file from outlook, but im not sure which one. Or should i just
uninstall 2007 all together and reinstall m/o 2003 pro.

I put the 2007 cd back in and it gave me a choice to unistall M/O
2007. If I said yes, will it revert back to M/O 2003 as I orginally
had?

 

[Peter Foldes]

To revert back to Office 2003 from Office 2007 you will need to uninstall Office 2007 and re-install Office 2003. Save all your files and then you can put them back into Office 2003 later

 

[Gordon]

To revert back to Office 2003 from Office 2007 you will need to uninstall
Office 2007 and re-install Office 2003. Save all your files and then
you can put them back into Office 2003 later

yes it's a good idea to backup, but uninstalling 2007 and re-installing 2003
shouldn't affect any DATA files.....

 

[Gordon]

I put the 2007 cd back in and it gave me a choice to unistall M/O
2007. If I said yes, will it revert back to M/O 2003 as I orginally
had?

No, you need to re-install 2003. However what Peter said is incorrect - yes
backup your data files but if all goes well there should be no need to "put
them back into Office" as he quaintly puts it.....an un-install and
re-install should not affect any DATA.....

 

[Peter Foldes]

Gordon

And how will he get the different data back in there when downgrading cleanly . Magically it will appear already installed back in the 2003 version all by itself ??. pst and doc and ppt etc

Have done a few here for some clients and always had to put them back into the different version being downgraded after a clean new installation

Doing an Upgrade then I will agree with what you are saying

 

[Gordon]

Gordon

And how will he get the different data back in there when downgrading
cleanly . Magically it will appear already installed back in the 2003

of course they will. Uninstalling an office product does NOT delete
DOCUMENTS that were previously created. All the OP has to do is to do
File-Open (in Word say and navigate to where his documents have been stored
all along.

Now if you are talking about SETTINGS, then that's a different matter, but
just uninstalling Office 2007 ans re-installing Office 2003 has NO EFFECT
WHATSOEVER on documents created by the OP....

Have done a few here for some clients and always had to put them back into
the different version being downgraded after a clean new >installation

Well you must be doing something wrong then.....

 

[TJ]

Gordon


of course they will. Uninstalling an office product does NOT delete
DOCUMENTS that were previously created. All the OP has to do is to do
File-Open (in Word say and navigate to where his documents have been stored
all along.

Now if you are talking about SETTINGS, then that's a different matter, but
just uninstalling Office 2007 ans re-installing Office 2003 has NO EFFECT
WHATSOEVER on documents created by the OP....


Well you must be doing something wrong then.....

Ok guys, thanks for the info. I did delete M/O 2007 and reinstalled M/
O 2003 and everything seemed to be where it was. I did backup my
outlook mail so I wouldnt loose anything there.
Thanks again for you help.
TJ

 

[Peter Foldes]

Gordon

I did not say it will delete them. It is not deleted. What I am saying is that when you downgrade with a new clean install then all those files will not all go back into place where they should be.. You need to bring some of them back into their proper folders sometimes manually. Which will be the case with certain Off 2007 extensions which are not the same in Office 2003 as the OP is planning to do..

 

[Gordon]

Gordon

I did not say it will delete them. It is not deleted. What I am saying is
that when you downgrade with a new clean install then all those files will

You are obviously talking about something completeley different. What
EXACTLY do you mean by "all those files will not go back into place"? What
"place" are you talking about?
If I have Office 20007 and create documents using that and save them in
folders in My Documents, and then uninstall 2007 and replace it with 2003,
all those documents I created are STILL THERE!
I don't know what you are talking about.

You need to bring some of them back into their proper folders sometimes
manually. Which will be the case with certain Off 2007 extensions >which
are not the same in Office 2003 as the OP is planning to do..

Absolute RUBBISH! WHAT "proper folders"?
I repeat - uninstalling DOES NOT MOVE, OR DELETE, OR DO ANYTHING TO
DOCUMENTS! They are still wher ever they were creay=ted in the first place!