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Office 2003 Questions Before I Buy.
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I think I'm about to take the plunge and buy a copy of Office 2003. At the moment I'm running 2000 on XP Home Edition. But I have 'a few' queries still: Will my settings in Outlook, Word etc be retained when I install 2003? In Outlook 2000, I have several different Internet connections (including wireless and phone connections). Will the settings for these connections still be there when I install 2003? Will my address book still be there when I install 2003? I've read that Outlook 2003 stores files in a different way. At the moment I archive both my live pst file and my backup pst file. Will I still be able to do this in Outlook 2003? Also, Does the backup tool still work with 2003? Will I be able to open the old 2000 archive pst from Outlook 2003? Will still be able to open and read and retain formatting from a Word 2000 document when I open it in 2003? Conversely, if I create a doc in 2003 will I be able to read it without difficulty on my laptop which still runs Office 2000? Will I have any trouble using 2000 & 2003 on different computers like this? Will my 2000 Word templates still be intact in Word 2003? Or do I need to save them and copy them into 2003? I've read on this newsgroup that there is a conflict between 2003 and Acrobat Reader 7 which affects the normal.dot. How do I resolve this? By uninstalling the adobe software? What cam I use instead? I have moved My Documents, the normal.dot template and other things to a different drive. Will these still be on that different drive when I install Office 2003? I know this is a mammoth list of questions so I will understand completely if nobody wants to take the time to help! Obviously hoping some kind soul has time to spare... -- Many thanks JD |
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"Jackie D" wrote in message ... Hi I think I'm about to take the plunge and buy a copy of Office 2003. At the moment I'm running 2000 on XP Home Edition. But I have 'a few' queries still: Will my settings in Outlook, Word etc be retained when I install 2003? Shoul be In Outlook 2000, I have several different Internet connections (including wireless and phone connections). Will the settings for these connections still be there when I install 2003? Should be still there Will my address book still be there when I install 2003? OL doesnt use Address Book, it uses Contacts I've read that Outlook 2003 stores files in a different way. At the moment I archive both my live pst file and my backup pst file. Will I still be able to do this in Outlook 2003? I believe so Also, Does the backup tool still work with 2003? According to MS, yes Will I be able to open the old 2000 archive pst from Outlook 2003? Yes Will still be able to open and read and retain formatting from a Word 2000 document when I open it in 2003? Conversely, if I create a doc in 2003 will I be able to read it without difficulty on my laptop which still runs Office 2000? Will I have any trouble using 2000 & 2003 on different computers like this? Will my 2000 Word templates still be intact in Word 2003? Or do I need to save them and copy them into 2003? I've read on this newsgroup that there is a conflict between 2003 and Acrobat Reader 7 which affects the normal.dot. How do I resolve this? By uninstalling the adobe software? What cam I use instead? I have moved My Documents, the normal.dot template and other things to a different drive. Will these still be on that different drive when I install Office 2003? I know this is a mammoth list of questions so I will understand completely if nobody wants to take the time to help! Obviously hoping some kind soul has time to spare... -- Many thanks JD |
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Thank you DL for taking the trouble to answer my queries.
-- Many thanks JD "DL" wrote: "Jackie D" wrote in message ... Hi I think I'm about to take the plunge and buy a copy of Office 2003. At the moment I'm running 2000 on XP Home Edition. But I have 'a few' queries still: Will my settings in Outlook, Word etc be retained when I install 2003? Shoul be In Outlook 2000, I have several different Internet connections (including wireless and phone connections). Will the settings for these connections still be there when I install 2003? Should be still there Will my address book still be there when I install 2003? OL doesnt use Address Book, it uses Contacts I've read that Outlook 2003 stores files in a different way. At the moment I archive both my live pst file and my backup pst file. Will I still be able to do this in Outlook 2003? I believe so Also, Does the backup tool still work with 2003? According to MS, yes Will I be able to open the old 2000 archive pst from Outlook 2003? Yes Will still be able to open and read and retain formatting from a Word 2000 document when I open it in 2003? Conversely, if I create a doc in 2003 will I be able to read it without difficulty on my laptop which still runs Office 2000? Will I have any trouble using 2000 & 2003 on different computers like this? Will my 2000 Word templates still be intact in Word 2003? Or do I need to save them and copy them into 2003? I've read on this newsgroup that there is a conflict between 2003 and Acrobat Reader 7 which affects the normal.dot. How do I resolve this? By uninstalling the adobe software? What cam I use instead? I have moved My Documents, the normal.dot template and other things to a different drive. Will these still be on that different drive when I install Office 2003? I know this is a mammoth list of questions so I will understand completely if nobody wants to take the time to help! Obviously hoping some kind soul has time to spare... -- Many thanks JD |
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