Where to download trial of Visio 2003 Standard edition?

[Riikka]

This may sound odd and obvious question, but here it goes: I cannot find
trial version for Visio 2003 Standard Edition from Microsoft web site. Visio
home page shows only option for downloading Professional edition, which is
not what I want. (I am accessing the page with IE6, if that makes any
difference.)

See: http://www.microsoft.com/office/visio/prodinfo/trial.mspx

Actually the problem is that I need to purchase Visio 2003 Standard edition
as soon as possible, so downloading trial version and converting that to full
product seems to me the fastest option. It seems odd that I just cannot find
the right product there. Am I missing some point, such as during conversion
process I could choose the edition that I want? Thanks.

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

It's probably a marketing issue, they want to demonstrate the best they
have.

The actual program in Visio Professional is the same as in Visio Standard,
the only difference is in the extra shapes and ad-ons that come with Visio
Professional. So if you create something in Visio Professional, it should
work in Visio Standard. The only thing missing will be the add-ons.

John... Visio MVP

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