Arrrrgh! Help!

[Dan]

I bought a new laptop recently and my dad bought me
Office XP for it, but he bought the version that didn't
come with Access or Powerpoint?

I do have Office 97 and the Office 2000 upgrade that have
powerpoint and access. I'd be fine with using an older
version of Access or Powerpoint, but don't know if it's
possible to install either of those on my comp. since I
already installed Office XP?

Anyone know if it's possile to use older versions of the
programs? If so, how would I go about installing them
(or would I need to install the whole office 97 suite
with the Office 2000 upgrade?). Then delete the programs
I wouldn't be using? Word, Excel, Publisher, Outlook,
etc.?

If that's the case, I am not sure where the product key
is for Office 97? I only found the disk? Am I screwed?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Dan

 

[Paul Ballou]

Do a custom install and choose only the programs you need from the older
version of Office

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Control the things you can and Don't Worry about the things you can't
control.

 

[DL]

The general advise from MS is to install earliest version first.
If you have O2K upgrade there is no need to install O97 first, you simply
put O97 in cd when it asks for qualifying product.
As prev reply, custom install to install only what is req.