Upgrading Trial Version of Office 2003

[Despina]

I currently have a trial version of Office 2003 that will
soon expire. My question is what version of Office should
I purchase? Will 2003 Upgrade work? Will the full
version of 2000 be compatible? Will I lose any
information if I use either of these versions? Thanks

 

[DL]

I assume you allready own Office2K.
Only you can tell whether you should upgrade
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/compare.mspx may help.
Not all Office2003 data files can be read by O2K

 

[Chris Schatte]

Despina,
You can convert your trial to the licensed full version if you want.
See here for more details:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/trial/convert.mspx
Personally, I would want the Office installation cd's for future use and not
have to rely on an oem installed trial version as your basis for using Office.
You mentioned "full version of Office 2000". If you have this you can
qualify for an upgrade to any version of Office 2003, thus cutting your costs.
Losing information would come if you modified and saved files in Office 2003
without keeping an original copy. The trial version will go into reduced
functionallity mode at the end and you will only be able to view files.

Chris Schatte

use the Office Online web based newsreader here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
In Office System 2003 applications:
Help/Assistance Pane/open Communities