Upgrade eligibililty

[Linda Edmondson]

I paid for a boxed version of Access 2000. I have an OEM version of
PowerPoint 2002. I have a trial version of Office 2003 and the trial runs
out on Jan 31. I want to buy the Office 2007 professional upgrade. I see
on the MS site since I have Access 2000, I should be eligible for the
upgrade price. Problem: 2007 will probably not be available by then. So
I'm considering buying the 2003 Office Pro Upgrade, and then submitting for
the free 2007 upgrade. However, the 2003 upgrade appears to require a
previous version of the entire office, not just Access. Interesting,
though, when I installed the office 2003 trial, it said it was going to
update, since it found a MS office component already installed.

SO, what can I economically do to maintain a working copy of Office?

 

[Linda Edmondson]

It's just occured to me that I can download the 2007 trial, which should
give me a 60 day extension. I assume there is no problem installing a 2007
trial with a 2003 trial already installed. I got the 2003 trial with a CD
included with a MS self paced study book.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

One caveat though, you will need to uninstall any prior version of Outlook in order to use Outlook 2007.

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After furious head scratching, Linda Edmondson asked:

| It's just occured to me that I can download the 2007 trial, which
| should give me a 60 day extension. I assume there is no problem
| installing a 2007 trial with a 2003 trial already installed. I got
| the 2003 trial with a CD included with a MS self paced study book.
|
| || I paid for a boxed version of Access 2000. I have an OEM version of
|| PowerPoint 2002. I have a trial version of Office 2003 and the
|| trial runs out on Jan 31. I want to buy the Office 2007
|| professional upgrade. I see on the MS site since I have Access
|| 2000, I should be eligible for the upgrade price. Problem: 2007
|| will probably not be available by then. So I'm considering buying
|| the 2003 Office Pro Upgrade, and then submitting for the free 2007
|| upgrade. However, the 2003 upgrade appears to require a previous
|| version of the entire office, not just Access. Interesting, though,
|| when I installed the office 2003 trial, it said it was going to
|| update, since it found a MS office component already installed.
||
|| SO, what can I economically do to maintain a working copy of Office?

 

[Linda Edmondson]

Should I uninstall the whole trial Office 2003? If I do that, will I need
to reinstall my 2000 Access, or just be able to provide the disk when asked?

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
One caveat though, you will need to uninstall any prior version of Outlook
in order to use Outlook 2007.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Linda Edmondson asked:

| It's just occured to me that I can download the 2007 trial, which
| should give me a 60 day extension. I assume there is no problem
| installing a 2007 trial with a 2003 trial already installed. I got
| the 2003 trial with a CD included with a MS self paced study book.
|
| || I paid for a boxed version of Access 2000. I have an OEM version of
|| PowerPoint 2002. I have a trial version of Office 2003 and the
|| trial runs out on Jan 31. I want to buy the Office 2007
|| professional upgrade. I see on the MS site since I have Access
|| 2000, I should be eligible for the upgrade price. Problem: 2007
|| will probably not be available by then. So I'm considering buying
|| the 2003 Office Pro Upgrade, and then submitting for the free 2007
|| upgrade. However, the 2003 upgrade appears to require a previous
|| version of the entire office, not just Access. Interesting, though,
|| when I installed the office 2003 trial, it said it was going to
|| update, since it found a MS office component already installed.
||
|| SO, what can I economically do to maintain a working copy of Office?