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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / March 2005Mail Merge Compatibility
Hello, I am in the process of upgrading a client’s office by ordering new PC's. Most users only need MS Word with a few needing MS Office XP Pro. I would like to save them some $$$ by ordering only what they need. They use a MS Access developed application that uses MS Word for the custom documents. The data for the custom documents is pulled from the MS Access application database using mail merge. Can I use MS Word 2002 on some PC's and MS Office XP Pro on other PC's and still be able to share the custom documents of this application or will using MS Office XP Pro save the document in a format that MS Word 2002 will not be able to use? Thanks for any help. Dave In my experience, the only way to be sure about this kind of thing is to test the specific configurations you are proposing to use. For example, in this particular case, one factor is the method Word uses to connect to its (Access) data source. If the application requires that the DDE connection method is used (DDE is the default in Word 97/2000 and may be needed for other reasons even with Word/Office XP), then Access must be present on the machine doing the merge. Otherwise, it should not be necessary - it should be enough to have the appropriate bits of the data access kit (MDAC) and Jet installed - but I would still want to verify that on a real system Peter Jamieson > Hello, > I am in the process of upgrading a client's office by ordering new PC's. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Thanks for any help. > Dave I think you are right. I don't think I will feel great about placing the software order unless I have tested this out on a real test PC. Thanks > In my experience, the only way to be sure about this kind of thing is to > test the specific configurations you are proposing to use. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Thanks for any help. > > Dave Are you sure you have your versions correct here? Word 2002 is the Word component (Word 10) of Office XP. Office 2003 is the current version (Word 11).  Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Hello, > I am in the process of upgrading a client's office by ordering new [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Thanks for any help. > Dave I am trying to order Dell PC's. One configuration will have MS Office XP Pro and the other will have MS Works Suite which Dell states includes Word 2002. > Are you sure you have your versions correct here? Word 2002 is the Word > component (Word 10) of Office XP. Office 2003 is the current version (Word [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Thanks for any help. > > Dave The Works suite certainly has Word 2002, but I would have though Dell would have been shipping Office 2003. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > I am trying to order Dell PC's. One configuration will have MS Office > XP Pro and the other will have MS Works Suite which Dell states [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >>> Thanks for any help. >>> Dave Buy ordering the MS Works Suite with Word 2002 for $20 I can save about $300 per PC. Most users only need Word at this office. Only a few need MS Access and Excel. > The Works suite certainly has Word 2002, but I would have though Dell would > have been shipping Office 2003. [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > >>> Thanks for any help. > >>> Dave I understand that, but are Dell shipping the old version of Office for the extra $300, or the new version with Word 2003? My point was that I would have expected the latter. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Buy ordering the MS Works Suite with Word 2002 for $20 I can save > about $300 per PC. Most users only need Word at this office. Only a [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >>>>> Thanks for any help. >>>>> Dave |
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