Office 2007 Upgrade

[Russ]

Hello,
When I upgraded from Office 03 to Office 07, I chose the option that
wouldn't delete the 03 versions of Word, Excel, and Power Point. Is it
possible to perform the upgrade and maintain the use of the 03 version?

Thanks.

 

[LVTravel]

Hello,
When I upgraded from Office 03 to Office 07, I chose the option that
wouldn't delete the 03 versions of Word, Excel, and Power Point. Is it
possible to perform the upgrade and maintain the use of the 03 version?

Thanks.

Yes it is possible to install Office 2007 side by side with Office 2003 (and
2002, 2000, 97 and even 4.3) as I have done on a few machines.

Only two issues. One is with Outlook and only one version can be installed
at a time. The second is that if you start Word in '03 and then close it
and start it in '07 it will attempt to setup again and again, each time a
different version is started. A known issue and fixed using the fix in this
KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928091/en-us This KB article
explains a lot more about the side by side installation also. A good read.