Re: Multiple version compatability

It definitely depends on how you do the install. Just to try what I said, I
installed Office 12 (2007) on a different computer. I did choose the custom
installation and told it not to overwrite the previous installation. It
attempted to install into the default Office directory where I had Office
97. It possibly would have overwritten some of the 97 files. I changed it
to Office-07 and it created the new directory and all is well. Since I
didn't want to attempt this test on a working machine without the change, I
don't know exactly what the outcome would have been. This machine is a
teaching machine and I use it constantly so I couldn't afford a lot of
downtime reloading if something went wrong. It currently has Office 4.3
(Win 3.1 version) Office 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, & 2007 all in separate
folders (directories) setup on install and all function properly. Never did
get a copy of Office 95 to install.

I believe, but I may be wrong, that if you don't specify a new folder, the
media, template and clipart folders would be overwritten during the install.
This way, I know that they won't.

"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
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Is it not the case that all Office versions later than 2000 install to
version specific folders eg \Office11, \Office12 etc?

"LVTravel" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In addition to what DL said in reference to Home and Student not being
for commercial use (you can't make money with this version) you can run
2002 (XP) and 2007 side by side. When you install 2007 make sure you use
the custom installation and change the folder name to Office-07 or
something similar to keep the new installation from overwriting the old
files.

Second would be that the default file format for 2007 should be changed
to make the default format in each of the programs to be .doc, .ppt &
.xls instead of the original default.

Third, in Word, if you switch between the two versions the computer will
always try to install the version of Word you are now starting which
causes a delay in startup. There is a registry fix for this. Click
Start, Run, type Regedit and click OK, in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Office/10.0/Word/Options you need to
create a new key. Right click in the right pane and then left click
DWORD Value. Once the editable box appears at the end of the current
list type "NoRereg" in the box (without the quotes). Click outside the
box and then right click on the name you just typed. Click on Modify and
type the numeral 1 and then click OK.

Do the same thing for
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Office/12.0/Word/Options

"David Teich" <DavidTeich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Someone asked about 2002 on an old thread about 2003 & 2007, but nobody
answered. My question's similar, so I'll ask again.

I have some clients who have moved to 2007, but many who haven't.
another
consultant says there are formatting incompatibilities between 2007 and
older
versions, so I should stick with the older version (2002) until more
clients
upgrade. Therefore, I have two issue:

1) What I'd like to do is have Word/Excel/Powerpoint run w/both 2002 &
2007,
while I stay in Outlook 2002. Can I just buy the Office Home, install it
on
my two computers and have the 2002/07 versions run alongside each other?

2) On a related question that's probably sales and not tech support, is
there a simple upgrade from the Home to the Professional when more of my
clients are on 2007, or would I have to by Prof at full price?






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