is it possible to update office 95

[robbie]

i have office95 on my computer and there seems no way to update

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

To what? If you are running Office 95, chances are that your computer is
old enough to not support the required HD space nor RAM required for later
versions of Office. Office 97 might be able to run on your machine but it
has been discontinued since 2000.

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After furious head scratching, robbie asked:

| i have office95 on my computer and there seems no way to update

 

[dennis]

I have a 95 disc and have installed it on my new laptop can I upgrade to
2003 version fron that or do i need to install full version

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Read the upgrade qualifiers on the Microsoft Office site for Office 2003.

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After furious head scratching, dennis asked:

| I have a 95 disc and have installed it on my new laptop can I
| upgrade to 2003 version fron that or do i need to install full version
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| To what? If you are running Office 95, chances are that your
|| computer is old enough to not support the required HD space nor RAM
|| required for later versions of Office. Office 97 might be able to
|| run on your machine but it has been discontinued since 2000.
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
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|| After furious head scratching, robbie asked:
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||| i have office95 on my computer and there seems no way to update

 

[Lawrence Garvin \(MVP\)]

No, Dennis, Office 2003 can only be upgraded from Office 97 or later.

You should also be aware that Office 2003 requires Windows 2000 or later, so
if, as Milly has insinuated, you have Office 95 running on Windows 95, then
you really don't have an option to get to Office 2003.

However, since I easily read that you've installed the Office 95 on your
"NEW LAPTOP", then I imagine you have sufficient resources and a new enough
operating system to support Office 2003.

You could purchase an upgrade version of Office 97 or Office 2000 for a
fairly low price, which would then qualify you for upgrade pricing on the
Office 2003 edition.

Also, generally, Microsoft only permits upgrade pricing within the same
edition of Office -- Small Business, Standard, Professional -- so if you did
want to try this option, you'd need to be sure to purchase the edition of
Office 97 or Office 2000 that matches the edition of Office 2003 that you
wish to purchase.

I'm seeing Office 97 Pro for sale on eBay from $50 to $100, which is less
money than the price differential between the Upgrade and Retail pricing on
any Office 2003 edition.

Otherwise, you'd need to purchase the Retail package.

The link that Milly is attempting to direct you to is:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/howtobuy/default.mspx

which contains pricing and upgrade requirements for each edition of Office
2003.

I have a 95 disc and have installed it on my new laptop can I upgrade to
2003 version fron that or do i need to install full version

To what? If you are running Office 95, chances are that your computer is
old enough to not support the required HD space nor RAM required for
later
versions of Office. Office 97 might be able to run on your machine but
it
has been discontinued since 2000.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, robbie asked:

| i have office95 on my computer and there seems no way to update