Upgrading to Word 2004

[Guy]

Dear all,

I am no doubt being rather dense here, if not actually lazy...

At the behest of a number of you, I am looking into upgrading my Word
from v.X to 2004. I am looking to buy an upgrade package to save some
money.

What I have now is MS Office v.X Professional and I seem to have
various upgrade options. Ideally, I should be looking at either MS
Office 2004 Professional or MS Office 2004 Standard, but I'm inclined
to go for the cheapest option of only upgrading Word. Here are my
questions:

1. Are there any potential problems with only upgrading Word? E.g.
conflicts between Word 2004 and Office v.X components? (I use
PowerPoint, Excel and Entourage in addition to Word)

2. Is there any difference between Word 2004 "Professional" and
"Standard", i.e. that bundled in the Office suites Pro and Std?

3. Any advice on the best way to perform the upgrade once I've bought
it?

Many thanks.

Guy

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Guy:

Definitely upgrade all or upgrade none. Trying to run one programme at a
different level is usability suicide

You can do it, but you will hate it. Every time you try to include data
from one to the other, you will have to hunt for problems.

Office Professional includes Virtual PC and a copy of Windows. You don't
need VPC on a modern Mac, and the copy of Windows won't install in Bootcamp
or Parallels. So save your money.

There's no such thing as "Word Professional". The "Professional" tag in
Office means it includes VPC and Windows on the Mac, or Access on the PC.
Word is the same in both.

Cheers

Dear all,

I am no doubt being rather dense here, if not actually lazy...

At the behest of a number of you, I am looking into upgrading my Word
from v.X to 2004. I am looking to buy an upgrade package to save some
money.

What I have now is MS Office v.X Professional and I seem to have
various upgrade options. Ideally, I should be looking at either MS
Office 2004 Professional or MS Office 2004 Standard, but I'm inclined
to go for the cheapest option of only upgrading Word. Here are my
questions:

1. Are there any potential problems with only upgrading Word? E.g.
conflicts between Word 2004 and Office v.X components? (I use
PowerPoint, Excel and Entourage in addition to Word)

2. Is there any difference between Word 2004 "Professional" and
"Standard", i.e. that bundled in the Office suites Pro and Std?

3. Any advice on the best way to perform the upgrade once I've bought
it?

Many thanks.

Guy

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