Re: Upgrade from Office 2000 to 2003

If I want to put the Office 2003 on a desktop and a lap top, do I have to
remove the existing Office 2000 from each one before I download the new 2003?

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

You will need to get the Office Professional then - or have your daughter bring home the CD she used to install at school. Student and Teacher Edition is Office Standard re-branded to allow for additional installations. Office Professional has additional programs in the suite that do not come with Office Standard/Student Teacher's Edition.

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After furious head scratching, suz4596 asked:

| Now I'm a little confused - I want to replace Office 2000, Small
| Business with 2003 Pro for my daughter at home, which is what they
| use at her school. Is the academic version and the student/teacher
| version the same as the "regular" 2003? There is a large price
| difference between all three, but I want to purchase the one that
| will be the same as the Office 2003 Professional that is on the
| computers at her school. Thanks, Suzi
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Yes, the academic version is only available to qualified students at
|| the institution where this suite is sold. If you mean the Student
|| and Teacher version, it is only for non-commercial use.
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|| After furious head scratching, suz4596 asked:
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||| One more question -I went price searching and saw there is Office
||| 2003 Pro and also an Academic edition, which is less $. Is there a
||| diference other than price? Thanks Again, Suzi
|||
||| "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
|||
|||| You would probably be okay with the upgrade but Murphy's Law says
|||| that something is going to happen that requires you to use that
|||| product key. (I don't know what but "stuff happens".)
||||
|||| *If* it's within your budget, get the full version of Office - and
|||| make sure you know where that key is. If you do opt for that, get
|||| it from Amazon.com. Might as well save a few dollars on your
|||| purchase. They frequently offer free shipping, which is very nice.
||||
|||| Also, make sure you check out the various editions of Office so
|||| that you get what you need. Why pay for products you have no need
|||| for?
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|||| JoAnn Paules
|||| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
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|||| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
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|||| "suz4596" <suz4596@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|||| news:56B2B3AA-E98A-4E9F-87FA-A3680D537F62@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
||||| You have been so incredibly helpful. Since I don't have the
||||| product key for
||||| 2000, would you still suggest I go with the upgrade for 2003 Pro
||||| or should I
||||| buy the whole program? You can probably tell from my questions
||||| that this is
||||| not ny area of expertise!
|||||
||||| "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
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|||||| You shouldn't. The product key would be nice but that's on a
|||||| sticker on the
|||||| CD sleeve your disks came in originally. If you can find that,
|||||| keep it handy
|||||| as well. There are programs that can find the product key for
|||||| Office XP and
|||||| up but not 2000. Microsoft can't help you with OEM software and
|||||| Gateway won't help with a product key, especially one from that
|||||| far back.
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|||||| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
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|||||| How to ask a question
|||||| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
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|||||| "suz4596" <suz4596@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|||||| news:215DD60F-78CA-4911-A376-F174DA5E894A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
||||||| tHANKS FOR YOUR HELP - I do have the 2 disks for Microsoft
||||||| Office 2000 -
||||||| Small Business. To upgrade will I need any type of registration
||||||| numbers from
||||||| these old disks? If I do I have no idea where to find them. I
||||||| looked through
||||||| all the paper work from Gateway and it doesn't have anything
||||||| about the specific program. Suzi
|||||||
||||||| "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
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|||||||| If you can find it, yes. And do yourself a HUGE favor - DO NOT
|||||||| LOSE THAT
|||||||| OFFICE 2000 CD. (I'm not yelling - I'm strongly emphasizing the
|||||||| need to
|||||||| know
|||||||| exactly where that disk is because without it, you will be up a
|||||||| famous creek
|||||||| without a paddle. You can upgrade and upgrade and upgrade and
|||||||| each time
|||||||| you
|||||||| need to prove that something "way back when" you had a full
|||||||| version.)
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|||||||| "suz4596" <suz4596@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|||||||| news:735A2777-F98C-4DAD-9225-5C3C6B44AF4F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
||||||||| The Office 2000 that is on our Gateway came with the system
||||||||| when we purchased
||||||||| it, can I still buy just the upgrade for Office Pro 2003?
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||||||||| "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
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|||||||||| You cannot purchase an academic student unless you are a
|||||||||| qualified purchaser. As it is, you may find it difficult to
|||||||||| find a 2003 version
|||||||||| now
|||||||||| that 2007 is the latest. To get the best match, try to find
|||||||||| the Office
|||||||||| Pro
|||||||||| 2003 upgrade.
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|||||||||| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
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|||||||||| "suz4596" <suz4596@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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|||||||||| news:13314A36-F1F2-4E93-9897-52CE59E14140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
||||||||||| We have Office 2000 Small Business on our home computer. At
||||||||||| school
||||||||||| they
||||||||||| are
||||||||||| using Office 2003 Professional. I want to upgrade what we
||||||||||| have at home
||||||||||| so
||||||||||| it's easier for my daughter to transition from what she does
||||||||||| at school
||||||||||| to
||||||||||| the
||||||||||| computer here at home. What are my options, do I have to
||||||||||| purchase the
||||||||||| Pro
||||||||||| edition or can I purchase the Academic version or the
||||||||||| Student version?
||||||||||| Thanks

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