outlook 2003 or 2002

[David MacLeod]

should I wait a month for 2003 or get 2002? I currently have 97 and am
looking to upgrade.
From what I can see 2003 is only $20 that 2002.
Thanks
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[Roady]

Personally I would wait. You can always downgrade for free. But most buyers
between August and now will get a free upgrade to Outlook anyway. I'm not
sure what you meant with the $20 :-S

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

if you can find a good price on office xp, you'll qualify for the technology
upgrade to 2003 for the cost of shipping and handling... otherwise, wait for
2003.

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[David MacLeod]

Thanks, I do not need the whole office suite. This is only for home use, but
I like outlook better than OE mostly. As far as the 20$ I spoke of, MS is
advertising outlook 2003 for $109 standalone and 2002 is 95-110$ US.
I am not sure of what Roady was meaning about downgrade-can you please
clarify?
thanks again

 

[David MacLeod]

oops-should have read 20$ more
guess I should read before sending.

 

[Roady]

Sure. Downgrade means installing an older product. When you own an Outlook
2003 license you are allowed to install Outlook 2003 or any previous version
of Outlook. So if a certain add-in you really want to use isn't yet
available (like the MS Back-up pst add-in for instance) for Outlook 2003 you
can install Outlook 2002. Just for the record an updateof the MS back-up pst
add-in compatible with Outlook 2003 will be available soon.

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[David MacLeod]

Thanks , I will look into this.
do you like 2003 better?

 

[Roady]

You're welcome!

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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Besides the fact that you will need to buy a copy of Office XP in order to
do this, downgrades generally only apply to volume licensing deals, not
retail copies. For this reason, getting office xp and using the technology
guarantee is a better option.

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[Roady]

Thanks for the added information

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Besides the fact that you will need to buy a copy of Office XP in order to
do this, downgrades generally only apply to volume licensing deals, not
retail copies. For this reason, getting office xp and using the technology
guarantee is a better option.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours

http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com

Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

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[David MacLeod]

Are you saying its better than the standalone outlook? I do not need, or
have use for, the office applications.
just want to clarify.
thanks

Besides the fact that you will need to buy a copy of Office XP in order to
do this, downgrades generally only apply to volume licensing deals, not
retail copies. For this reason, getting office xp and using the technology
guarantee is a better option.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours

http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com

Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

if you only need outlook, get outlook 2003 - outlook in office or as
standalone is the same code - the only difference is you can't use word as
your mail editor unless outlook and word are the same version (this applies
to the office envelope feature as well).

if you want to use word as the editor or use other office apps, for another
$100 or so you can get the suite.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours

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Are you saying its better than the standalone outlook? I do not need, or
have use for, the office applications.
just want to clarify.
thanks

Besides the fact that you will need to buy a copy of Office XP in order to
do this, downgrades generally only apply to volume licensing deals, not
retail copies. For this reason, getting office xp and using the technology
guarantee is a better option.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours

http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com

Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

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am

 

[David MacLeod]

Thanks, I have just ordered 2002 and will get 2003 under tech guarantee in
October.

if you only need outlook, get outlook 2003 - outlook in office or as
standalone is the same code - the only difference is you can't use word as
your mail editor unless outlook and word are the same version (this applies
to the office envelope feature as well).

if you want to use word as the editor or use other office apps, for another
$100 or so you can get the suite.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours

http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com

Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_ugroup=microsoft.public.outlook.*&num=30

Are you saying its better than the standalone outlook? I do not need, or
have use for, the office applications.
just want to clarify.
thanks

order

to

do this, downgrades generally only apply to volume licensing deals, not
retail copies. For this reason, getting office xp and using the technology
guarantee is a better option.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours

http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com

Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

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