Reinstalling earlier version of Office

[Jeff]

I now have Office 2007 Ultimate installed on my new Windows 7 laptop.
Most of its components are OK but I am having troubles with Word 2007
and want to revert to Word 2002 from my Office XP suite. I therefore
want to install Word 2002 on this same W7 laptop but in a different
folder instead of whatever the default install folder is. So my question is

Do I need to uninstall Office 2007 before installing just Word from
Office XP or can I just uninstall the Word 2007 part and re-install it
later.

Should I anticipate conflicts or problems with 2 Words on the same laptop?

Thank you for any advice.

Jeff

 

[Jeff]

I now have Office 2007 Ultimate installed on my new Windows 7 laptop.
Most of its components are OK but I am having troubles with Word 2007
and want to revert to Word 2002 from my Office XP suite. I therefore
want to install Word 2002 on this same W7 laptop but in a different
folder instead of whatever the default install folder is. So my question is

Do I need to uninstall Office 2007 before installing just Word from
Office XP or can I just uninstall the Word 2007 part and re-install it
later.

Should I anticipate conflicts or problems with 2 Words on the same laptop?

Thank you for any advice.

Jeff

Or can I just install Word 2002 (from Office XP) in its own folder
without uninstalling Word 2007?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

See the Hacking the Registry section of the following page of fellow MVP
Graham Mayor's website:

http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

 

[Graham Mayor]

In addition to the link Doug has provided, I would urge you to change the
Word User templates folder and the Word start-up folder to new folders and
copy the files from old locations to new, before attempting to install 2002.
When you have installed 2002 change its User templates and Start-up folders
to new (different from 2007) locations also.

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[Jeff]

In addition to the link Doug has provided, I would urge you to change the
Word User templates folder and the Word start-up folder to new folders and
copy the files from old locations to new, before attempting to install 2002.
When you have installed 2002 change its User templates and Start-up folders
to new (different from 2007) locations also.

Thank you both for your help. Before I proceed (with trepidation) help
me clarify some issues:

a) Unless I misunderstood it, the link Doug provided is to hack the
registry to "Use Word 2000/3 Toolbars in Word 2007". Later it says "if
you run Word 2007 and an earlier version such as Word 2003 together"
..... and proceeds to the registry hack. I am not clear if the registry
hack is to "Use Word 2000/3 Toolbars in Word 2007" or to run Word 2002
and 2007 concurrently, or for both.

Could you please clarify for me?
(Also it says it is for Windows XP and I am in W7 but I assume it is the
same hack).

b) I assume - perhaps mistakenly - from your instructions that it is not
necessary to first uninstall Word 2007. Is that correct?

Again thank you for all the help you provide. It is wonderful that you
do this for persons you do not even know.

Jeff

 

[Graham Mayor]

The registry hack is to avoid the reconfiguration that will otherwise occur
when you switch between the two Word versions. The toolbars issue is
incidental.

It should not be necessary to uninstall Office 2007 first. They will install
into different program folders - but share some default user folders -
unless you change them first as in my previous message.

The same should apply to Windows 7 - though the dialogs may be different.

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[Jeff]

The registry hack is to avoid the reconfiguration that will otherwise occur
when you switch between the two Word versions. The toolbars issue is
incidental.

It should not be necessary to uninstall Office 2007 first. They will install
into different program folders - but share some default user folders -
unless you change them first as in my previous message.

The same should apply to Windows 7 - though the dialogs may be different.

Thank you very much!

Jeff

 

[Jeff]

The registry hack is to avoid the reconfiguration that will otherwise occur
when you switch between the two Word versions. The toolbars issue is
incidental.

It should not be necessary to uninstall Office 2007 first. They will install
into different program folders - but share some default user folders -
unless you change them first as in my previous message.

The same should apply to Windows 7 - though the dialogs may be different.

Very sorry to bother you again but how do I find the user folders for
2007 (and later 2002)?

I assume the change is made in the registry because I did not find it on
Word Options. I looked in the registry for mention of both folders,
including
Hkey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Common\General\Office\12.0\ and
others but could not find where the template and start folders are
specified. Can you help?

 

[Jeff]

The registry hack is to avoid the reconfiguration that will otherwise occur
when you switch between the two Word versions. The toolbars issue is
incidental.

It should not be necessary to uninstall Office 2007 first. They will install
into different program folders - but share some default user folders -
unless you change them first as in my previous message.

The same should apply to Windows 7 - though the dialogs may be different.

Did it! Saved my registry using ERUNT, modified it as suggested by Doug,
found and copied the folders as suggested by Graham and chnaged the
locations defined in Word Options then installed only Word 2002 into a
separate folder.

Opened an old Word 2002 doc in it and it seems to be fine.

One strange thing: when I view the document page in 2002 in Print
layout, I see half a square in each page corner. It obviously marks the
margins and is not a problem but they were not there in my previous
installation of Word 2002. What are they?

Thanks for all the help.

Jeff

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See "Margin marks or crop marks appear on each corner of the page when you
open a document in Word 2002 or in Word 2003" at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=839371

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Jeff]

See "Margin marks or crop marks appear on each corner of the page when
you open a document in Word 2002 or in Word 2003" at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=839371

Thank you. Don't need those other languages anyway.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Very sorry to bother you again but how do I find the user folders for
2007 (and later 2002)?

I assume the change is made in the registry because I did not find it on
Word Options. I looked in the registry for mention of both folders,
including
Hkey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Common\General\Office\12.0\ and
others but could not find where the template and start folders are
specified. Can you help?

In Word 2002, go to Tools > Options > File Locations to modify the
User Templates and Startup locations (and possibly the Documents
location).

To get to the equivalent dialog in Word 2007, click Office button >
Word Options > Advanced, scroll to the bottom of the dialog, and click
the File Locations button.

The settings in these dialogs are saved in the registry, but only if
you change them from the default values.

 

[Jeff]

In Word 2002, go to Tools> Options> File Locations to modify the
User Templates and Startup locations (and possibly the Documents
location).

To get to the equivalent dialog in Word 2007, click Office button>
Word Options> Advanced, scroll to the bottom of the dialog, and click
the File Locations button.

The settings in these dialogs are saved in the registry, but only if
you change them from the default values.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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Thank you.
I did find them on my own and now all is well.
Jeff