I HAVE TO use office 2003 for work. I have Windows Vista and Office 2007
installed. I want to keep those...(please don't ask), but I need 2003 for my
job. I need the speed and RAM of this system for what I do.
What do I need to know to make this successful?
First caveat: You can only run one version of Outlook on a given computer (or on
a given partition if you dual-boot).
Second caveat: As far as I'm aware, you must install Office 2003 before you
install Office 2007. That means uninstalling 2007, installing 2003, and then
reinstalling 2007. I'd be happy to be corrected if I'm wrong.
When you reinstall 2007, you'll see a screen in the installer that asks which of
the 2003 programs to keep and which to remove. Read the screen carefully!
Lastly: The two versions of Word will fight over the registry entries that they
both use; each time you run one version and then the other, the second one will
run the installer again to "fix" the registry. To avoid this conflict, there is
a registry entry you can insert. It's described at
http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com/2007/04/15/word-2007-and-word-2003-coexisting/
