Can Office 2007 and Office 2003 co-exist on the same XP PC?

[John H]

I'd like to be able to install Office 2007 on an XP Pro machine with Office
2003 already on it. Can they properly co-exist? I'm mostly concerned with
running multiple versions of Excel, Access and PowerPoint. I'd only be using
one version of Word or Outlook Express (or Outlook 2007).

Thanks!

 

[DL]

Yes, only one version of OL can be installed.
You may need to amend (rename) your shortcuts prior to installing 2007
(OE is not part of Office)

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Note that Outlook Express is not part of Office, and in reality has nothing
to do with Outlook (not even done by the same parts of Microsoft).

That said... Office 2003 & 2007 are compatible, except for Outlook. Only
one of those.

Word 2003 and 2007 can get into a tug of war, but can be made to coexist
more peaceably as described here:

http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com/2007/04/15/word-2007-and-word-2003-coexisting/

I don't know if something similar exists for Excel, Access, or PowerPoint (I
rather doubt it).