Can Office 2003 STE co-exist with Publisher from Office 2000 SBE?

[David Tong]

Couldn't find the answer by searching, so can anyone help with this?

I want to purchase a copy of Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher
Edition and install it on three family computers. However I also want to
keep using the version of MS Publisher that's already on my own computer as
part of Office 2000 Small Business Edition. (None of this is for business
use).

My question is, can I just install Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition
over the Office 2000 Small Business Edition that's already there, and still
continue to use Publisher 2000?

In case it's relevant, I bought the existing Office 2000 Business Edition
as an upgrade qualified by Lotus 1-2-3.

David Tong

 

[Mary Sauer]

I have every version of Publisher on my computer with the exception of 1.0. I
also have a couple of different versions of Office. Everything works well
together.

 

[DL]

Office2003 will only upgrade the office components that are allready
installed. Any Office2k components not included in O2003 will be left intact

 

[David Tong]

Mary and DL,

Thanks for the quick response. It looks as if I'm safe to go ahead and buy
Office 2003 without having to buy an unnecessary new version of Publisher.

Any comments on the apparent slight discrepancy between your two responses?

Mary implies that a newer version of Office will co-exist with the old,
presumably giving separate icons for the two versions of Outlook, Word,
Excel, etc, with the option to use either. Whereas DL reckons the new
components will replace the old (except where the new does not contain a
matching component). In this case you wouldn't have the option to use
either version.

Maybe installing the new version offers an option to 'replace' or
'co-exist'... Either way, it sounds safe for me to go ahead. But curious
to see how it all turns out.

 

[DL]

It depends on what you want.
You can upgrade, which replaces old version components or you can install
alongside old version. Thereby haveing both versions installed.
If you choose the later option - not normally reccommended unless you have
very specific requirements - first ammend your shortcuts to the Office apps
eg amend Word to Word2k or similar, as the install of the new version will
amend the shortcuts to point to the new version.
Only a single version of OL can exist on the PC

Mary and DL,

Thanks for the quick response. It looks as if I'm safe to go ahead and buy
Office 2003 without having to buy an unnecessary new version of Publisher.

Any comments on the apparent slight discrepancy between your two responses?

Mary implies that a newer version of Office will co-exist with the old,
presumably giving separate icons for the two versions of Outlook, Word,
Excel, etc, with the option to use either. Whereas DL reckons the new
components will replace the old (except where the new does not contain a
matching component). In this case you wouldn't have the option to use
either version.

Maybe installing the new version offers an option to 'replace' or
'co-exist'... Either way, it sounds safe for me to go ahead. But curious
to see how it all turns out.
--
David Tong

[Please replace 'invalid' with 'com' to reply].

Couldn't find the answer by searching, so can anyone help with this?

I want to purchase a copy of Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher
Edition and install it on three family computers. However I also want to
keep using the version of MS Publisher that's already on my own computer
as
part of Office 2000 Small Business Edition. (None of this is for business
use).

My question is, can I just install Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition
over the Office 2000 Small Business Edition that's already there, and
still
continue to use Publisher 2000?

In case it's relevant, I bought the existing Office 2000 Business Edition
as an upgrade qualified by Lotus 1-2-3.

David Tong

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

One problem you may encounter is if you create a document in Publisher and
try to send it as an email. I'm not 100% but you might not be able to do it
if you're using mis-matched Outlook and Publisher versions.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Mary and DL,

Thanks for the quick response. It looks as if I'm safe to go ahead and
buy Office 2003 without having to buy an unnecessary new version of
Publisher.

Any comments on the apparent slight discrepancy between your two
responses?

Mary implies that a newer version of Office will co-exist with the old,
presumably giving separate icons for the two versions of Outlook, Word,
Excel, etc, with the option to use either. Whereas DL reckons the new
components will replace the old (except where the new does not contain a
matching component). In this case you wouldn't have the option to use
either version.

Maybe installing the new version offers an option to 'replace' or
'co-exist'... Either way, it sounds safe for me to go ahead. But curious
to see how it all turns out.
--
David Tong

[Please replace 'invalid' with 'com' to reply].

Couldn't find the answer by searching, so can anyone help with this?

I want to purchase a copy of Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher
Edition and install it on three family computers. However I also want to
keep using the version of MS Publisher that's already on my own computer
as
part of Office 2000 Small Business Edition. (None of this is for
business
use).

My question is, can I just install Office 2003 Student and Teacher
Edition
over the Office 2000 Small Business Edition that's already there, and
still
continue to use Publisher 2000?

In case it's relevant, I bought the existing Office 2000 Business Edition
as an upgrade qualified by Lotus 1-2-3.

David Tong

 

[DL]

JFI why should that be the case?

One problem you may encounter is if you create a document in Publisher and
try to send it as an email. I'm not 100% but you might not be able to do it
if you're using mis-matched Outlook and Publisher versions.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Mary and DL,

Thanks for the quick response. It looks as if I'm safe to go ahead and
buy Office 2003 without having to buy an unnecessary new version of
Publisher.

Any comments on the apparent slight discrepancy between your two
responses?

Mary implies that a newer version of Office will co-exist with the old,
presumably giving separate icons for the two versions of Outlook, Word,
Excel, etc, with the option to use either. Whereas DL reckons the new
components will replace the old (except where the new does not contain a
matching component). In this case you wouldn't have the option to use
either version.

Maybe installing the new version offers an option to 'replace' or
'co-exist'... Either way, it sounds safe for me to go ahead. But curious
to see how it all turns out.
--
David Tong

[Please replace 'invalid' with 'com' to reply].

Couldn't find the answer by searching, so can anyone help with this?

I want to purchase a copy of Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher
Edition and install it on three family computers. However I also want to
keep using the version of MS Publisher that's already on my own computer
as
part of Office 2000 Small Business Edition. (None of this is for
business
use).

My question is, can I just install Office 2003 Student and Teacher
Edition
over the Office 2000 Small Business Edition that's already there, and
still
continue to use Publisher 2000?

In case it's relevant, I bought the existing Office 2000 Business Edition
as an upgrade qualified by Lotus 1-2-3.

David Tong

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

To use the email feature, you generally need matched version of the two
programs. You might be able to send it as an attachment, but not part of the
body.

Publisher 2002 requires you to use Outlook 2002/Outlook Express 5.0 or
newer, Publisher 2003 requires you to use Outlook 2003/Outlook Express 6.0
or newer. I honest don't know about Pub 2000 with Outlook 2003.


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

JFI why should that be the case?

One problem you may encounter is if you create a document in Publisher
and
try to send it as an email. I'm not 100% but you might not be able to do it
if you're using mis-matched Outlook and Publisher versions.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Mary and DL,

Thanks for the quick response. It looks as if I'm safe to go ahead and
buy Office 2003 without having to buy an unnecessary new version of
Publisher.

Any comments on the apparent slight discrepancy between your two
responses?

Mary implies that a newer version of Office will co-exist with the old,
presumably giving separate icons for the two versions of Outlook, Word,
Excel, etc, with the option to use either. Whereas DL reckons the new
components will replace the old (except where the new does not contain
a
matching component). In this case you wouldn't have the option to use
either version.

Maybe installing the new version offers an option to 'replace' or
'co-exist'... Either way, it sounds safe for me to go ahead. But curious
to see how it all turns out.
--
David Tong

[Please replace 'invalid' with 'com' to reply].
Couldn't find the answer by searching, so can anyone help with this?

I want to purchase a copy of Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher
Edition and install it on three family computers. However I also want to
keep using the version of MS Publisher that's already on my own computer
as
part of Office 2000 Small Business Edition. (None of this is for
business
use).

My question is, can I just install Office 2003 Student and Teacher
Edition
over the Office 2000 Small Business Edition that's already there, and
still
continue to use Publisher 2000?

In case it's relevant, I bought the existing Office 2000 Business Edition
as an upgrade qualified by Lotus 1-2-3.

David Tong

 

[DL]

I see; I used OL2003 with Office2k and whilst I used attachments without
probs I don't recollect as to whether I used 'send to' in any particular
component.
TY

To use the email feature, you generally need matched version of the two
programs. You might be able to send it as an attachment, but not part of the
body.

Publisher 2002 requires you to use Outlook 2002/Outlook Express 5.0 or
newer, Publisher 2003 requires you to use Outlook 2003/Outlook Express 6.0
or newer. I honest don't know about Pub 2000 with Outlook 2003.


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

JFI why should that be the case?

One problem you may encounter is if you create a document in Publisher
and
try to send it as an email. I'm not 100% but you might not be able to

do
it

if you're using mis-matched Outlook and Publisher versions.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




Mary and DL,

Thanks for the quick response. It looks as if I'm safe to go ahead and
buy Office 2003 without having to buy an unnecessary new version of
Publisher.

Any comments on the apparent slight discrepancy between your two
responses?

Mary implies that a newer version of Office will co-exist with the old,
presumably giving separate icons for the two versions of Outlook, Word,
Excel, etc, with the option to use either. Whereas DL reckons the new
components will replace the old (except where the new does not contain
a
matching component). In this case you wouldn't have the option to use
either version.

Maybe installing the new version offers an option to 'replace' or
'co-exist'... Either way, it sounds safe for me to go ahead. But curious
to see how it all turns out.
--
David Tong

[Please replace 'invalid' with 'com' to reply].
Couldn't find the answer by searching, so can anyone help with this?

I want to purchase a copy of Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher
Edition and install it on three family computers. However I also

want
to

keep using the version of MS Publisher that's already on my own computer
as
part of Office 2000 Small Business Edition. (None of this is for
business
use).

My question is, can I just install Office 2003 Student and Teacher
Edition
over the Office 2000 Small Business Edition that's already there, and
still
continue to use Publisher 2000?

In case it's relevant, I bought the existing Office 2000 Business Edition
as an upgrade qualified by Lotus 1-2-3.

David Tong

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I just checked. Pub 2000 doesn't allow you to send a Pub document as the
body of an email. Now admittedly I tried this with OE 6 so maybe if I had an
older version it might work but I suspect it wasn't an option.

I found the missing information: Pub 2000 couldn't send the document in the
body of an email. It had to be as an attachment.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

I see; I used OL2003 with Office2k and whilst I used attachments without
probs I don't recollect as to whether I used 'send to' in any particular
component.
TY

To use the email feature, you generally need matched version of the two
programs. You might be able to send it as an attachment, but not part of the
body.

Publisher 2002 requires you to use Outlook 2002/Outlook Express 5.0 or
newer, Publisher 2003 requires you to use Outlook 2003/Outlook Express
6.0
or newer. I honest don't know about Pub 2000 with Outlook 2003.


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

JFI why should that be the case?

One problem you may encounter is if you create a document in Publisher
and
try to send it as an email. I'm not 100% but you might not be able to do
it
if you're using mis-matched Outlook and Publisher versions.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




Mary and DL,

Thanks for the quick response. It looks as if I'm safe to go ahead and
buy Office 2003 without having to buy an unnecessary new version of
Publisher.

Any comments on the apparent slight discrepancy between your two
responses?

Mary implies that a newer version of Office will co-exist with the old,
presumably giving separate icons for the two versions of Outlook, Word,
Excel, etc, with the option to use either. Whereas DL reckons the new
components will replace the old (except where the new does not contain
a
matching component). In this case you wouldn't have the option to use
either version.

Maybe installing the new version offers an option to 'replace' or
'co-exist'... Either way, it sounds safe for me to go ahead. But
curious
to see how it all turns out.
--
David Tong

[Please replace 'invalid' with 'com' to reply].
Couldn't find the answer by searching, so can anyone help with
this?

I want to purchase a copy of Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher
Edition and install it on three family computers. However I also want
to
keep using the version of MS Publisher that's already on my own
computer
as
part of Office 2000 Small Business Edition. (None of this is for
business
use).

My question is, can I just install Office 2003 Student and Teacher
Edition
over the Office 2000 Small Business Edition that's already there, and
still
continue to use Publisher 2000?

In case it's relevant, I bought the existing Office 2000 Business
Edition
as an upgrade qualified by Lotus 1-2-3.

David Tong