Office 2007 Pro Upgrade from Office 2003 Pro

[Jerry]

I have a full version of Office 2003 Professional on my old computer.

I am buying a new computer and want to upgrade to Office 2007 Professional.

Will I need to have Office 2003 installed on the new computer first for the
upgrade version of Office 2007 to "recognize" it, or will I just be able to
place the old, full-version Office 2003 disk in the CD ROM drive to verify
that I am authorized to upgrade?

Thank you. Jerry

 

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

I have a full version of Office 2003 Professional on my old computer.

I am buying a new computer and want to upgrade to Office 2007 Professional.

Will I need to have Office 2003 installed on the new computer first for the
upgrade version of Office 2007 to "recognize" it, or will I just be able to
place the old, full-version Office 2003 disk in the CD ROM drive to verify
that I am authorized to upgrade?

Normally (I haven't tried with Office 2007 Pro) the new product looks
for a qualifying product on disk, and if it can't find one will ask you
for the DVD, CD, or Floppy, which has it on. I can't imagine why
Office2007 would have changed this, since it's been that way for 10
years or more.

However I see reported (here) problems when the new PC is running Vista
(read the rest of the newsgroup), so maybe it isn't working like M$
intended yet.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Jerry,

Normally, having the original product CD of the upgrade qualifying product (Office 2003 in your scenario) will be enough when
installing an Office 2007 retail upgrade package.

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I have a full version of Office 2003 Professional on my old computer.

I am buying a new computer and want to upgrade to Office 2007 Professional.

Will I need to have Office 2003 installed on the new computer first for the
upgrade version of Office 2007 to "recognize" it, or will I just be able to
place the old, full-version Office 2003 disk in the CD ROM drive to verify
that I am authorized to upgrade?

Thank you. Jerry <<
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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