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MS Office Forum / Word / General MS Word Questions / March 2008XP plus 2007
Hi Everybody, 1. I just bought a new computer with Office 2007 already installed. 2. My wife and I dislike it. 3. The kids like it. 4. Can I install my old XP Office software and still keep version 2007 without a lot of aggravation. Phil >Hi Everybody, >1. I just bought a new computer with Office 2007 already installed. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >without a lot of aggravation. >Phil You can indeed run two versions of Office side by side, with the exception of Outlook. I'm doing that on this computer right now. There's an annoyance with two versions of Word, where each time you start up the "other" version it runs the installer to restore its registry entries. This can be avoided by the steps shown at http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm. I haven't tried installing Office 2003 on a computer that already has 2007. I know it works the other way, where you can tell the 2007 installer not to remove some or all of the previously installed 2003 programs. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. In general, installing older versions of software can mess up already installed newer versions. Although I know of no particular issues I would be very surprised if you didn't have some sort of problem installing XP over 2007. What you need to do is remove 2007 from the computer, install XP, and then install 2007 again - making sure you choose the option to keep the then existing XP version. Before starting make sure you have the installation media for the new version that came with your computer. If you don't already have it the supplier ought to be able to provide it - although some resist it strongly. If you have problems I *think* you should be able to download the trial version from Mirosoft and then use your product key when you install it (assuming you have the product key!) - but do get confirmation of this before relying on it. I will confirm what Jay says - I run XP, 2003, and 2007 almost interchangeably on this computer without any problems and have another computer with 95, 2000, 2003, and 2007 all installed and running (well, to tell the truth, I am not certain that 95 runs - I haven't used it recently :))  SignatureEnjoy, Tony >>Hi Everybody, >>1. I just bought a new computer with Office 2007 already installed. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup > so all may benefit. Hi Tony, Thanks for the advice. Phil Chances are that a pre-installed version of Office 2007 is going to be a trial version and will expire soon anyway? Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > In general, installing older versions of software can mess up already > installed newer versions. Although I know of no particular issues I [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the >> newsgroup so all may benefit. Hi Jay, Thanks for the advice. Phil cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. If you dislike ribbon, you can download free addins to use old classic menu of office-2003 in Office-2007, from below page. http://in.geocities.com/shahshaileshs/menuaddins Regards, Shailesh Shah http://in.geocities.com/shahshaileshs/ If You Can't Excel with Talent, Triumph with Effort. Free Addins Office Menu-2003 for Office-2007 http://in.geocities.com/shahshaileshs/menuaddins > Hi Everybody, > 1. I just bought a new computer with Office 2007 already installed. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > without a lot of aggravation. > Phil
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