Running defferent versions of Publisher on the same computer

[Sue Smith]

Hi
I have searched the newsgroups, but cannot find the answer to this question.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. I am currently running Publisher
2000. My computer is a Pentium 4 CPU 3.40GHz with 3.12 GB of RAM. There are
features on the 2003 version of Publisher that I like, but there are also
some features on the 2000 version that I like better! Is it possible to run
both versions on the same machine?
Thanks for your help

 

[Mary Sauer]

I have almost all versions of Publisher running on my computer. Just put each version
in a separate folder.

 

[Sue Smith]

Thak you Mary. When you say a 'different folder', what exactly do you mean?
Different drives? or just a different folder in the 'Programs Folder'. Do
you have the different versions running from the same drive?

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

Sue Smith wrote:
|| Thak you Mary. When you say a 'different folder', what exactly do
|| you mean? Different drives? or just a different folder in the
|| 'Programs Folder'. Do you have the different versions running from
|| the same drive?

In different program folders.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com

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[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

Sue Smith wrote:
|| Thank you Brian. Are there any issues I should be wary of when I do
|| the 2003 install? I create publications with Pub 2000 which are
|| critical for my business on this computer, and which took months of
|| research & 'tweaking' to achieve the necessary results. You may
|| remember me from two or three years ago, when you and many others
|| struggled to help me find the way to produce CMYK compliant PDF's
|| that could be used at the commercial print shop, so would prefer not
|| to have any 'nasty' suprises if at all possible as a result of the
|| installation.

The only issue really is that whichever version you install LAST will be the
default version of Publisher that will try to open a Publisher file if you
were to double click on a Publisher file to open it. So, say you installed
Publisher 2000 last, and you double click on a 2003 file, it won't open
because it's trying to open in 2000. That just means you will need to open
Pub 2003, THEN browse to the 2003 file to open it.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.