office 2007 beta

I have office 20003 installed on my box. I wish to preview next version
2007. Can I install side by side 2007, keeping 2003....

thanks

I wouldn't recommend it. You need to remember that it's a *beta* version.
There's no support available and there are no guarantees about anything. My
understanding is that a separate partition is recommended if you're putting
it on your regular system. (And even then I wouldn't be too comfortable.)

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"abcd" wrote in message
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I have office 20003 installed on my box. I wish to preview next version
2007. Can I install side by side 2007, keeping 2003....

thanks

I have office XP instaled and when i installed 2007 it gave me the option to
keep the older version and run both.... So far no problems

I am impressed with this version, the differences between 2000 and XP were
from my standpoint minimal, then 2002 to 2003 were negative...now it seems
2007 is much better.

It is worth checking out, but make sure you back up your software and
documents first.

"abcd" wrote:

I have office 20003 installed on my box. I wish to preview next version
2007. Can I install side by side 2007, keeping 2003....

thanks

On Tue, 23 May 2006 11:37:34 -0700, "abcd" wrote:

I have office 20003 installed on my box. I wish to preview next version
2007. Can I install side by side 2007, keeping 2003....

thanks

If you have the option to install Office 2007 Beta 2 on a test machine
I think that would be preferable.

I know that some people have Beta 2 running alongside Office 2003 but
there is always some risk involved. Of course, you won't be able to
run two versions of Outlook on one machine.

I haven't installed side by side yet, personally, but will probably do
so fairly soon, assuming that Beta 2 looks really stable during
initial testing on a test machine.

Andrew Watt MVP

Is it possible to run Outlook 2003 and 2007 Beta 2 on the same computer
provided I don't run them simultaneously? Or does Outlook 2007 mess up the
outlook 2003 data files?
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With kindest regards,

Dick Smith


"Andrew Watt [MVP]" wrote in message
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On Tue, 23 May 2006 11:37:34 -0700, "abcd" wrote:

I have office 20003 installed on my box. I wish to preview next version
2007. Can I install side by side 2007, keeping 2003....

thanks

If you have the option to install Office 2007 Beta 2 on a test machine
I think that would be preferable.

I know that some people have Beta 2 running alongside Office 2003 but
there is always some risk involved. Of course, you won't be able to
run two versions of Outlook on one machine.

I haven't installed side by side yet, personally, but will probably do
so fairly soon, assuming that Beta 2 looks really stable during
initial testing on a test machine.

Andrew Watt MVP

No, you can never run 2 versions of Outlook, no matter what version, on the
same OS partition. You can run them on separate Operating System partitions
without problems and share data as long as the file formats are the same,
however.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, AA Smith asked:

| Is it possible to run Outlook 2003 and 2007 Beta 2 on the same
| computer provided I don't run them simultaneously? Or does Outlook
| 2007 mess up the outlook 2003 data files?
|
| "Andrew Watt [MVP]" wrote in message
| ...
|| On Tue, 23 May 2006 11:37:34 -0700, "abcd" wrote:
||
||| I have office 20003 installed on my box. I wish to preview next
||| version 2007. Can I install side by side 2007, keeping 2003....
|||
||| thanks
||
|| If you have the option to install Office 2007 Beta 2 on a test
|| machine I think that would be preferable.
||
|| I know that some people have Beta 2 running alongside Office 2003 but
|| there is always some risk involved. Of course, you won't be able to
|| run two versions of Outlook on one machine.
||
|| I haven't installed side by side yet, personally, but will probably
|| do so fairly soon, assuming that Beta 2 looks really stable during
|| initial testing on a test machine.
||
|| Andrew Watt MVP

Ok, thanks, Milly!
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With kindest regards,

Dick Smith
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
wrote in message
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No, you can never run 2 versions of Outlook, no matter what version, on
the
same OS partition. You can run them on separate Operating System
partitions
without problems and share data as long as the file formats are the same,
however.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, AA Smith asked:

| Is it possible to run Outlook 2003 and 2007 Beta 2 on the same
| computer provided I don't run them simultaneously? Or does Outlook
| 2007 mess up the outlook 2003 data files?
|
| "Andrew Watt [MVP]" wrote in message
| ...
|| On Tue, 23 May 2006 11:37:34 -0700, "abcd" wrote:
||
||| I have office 20003 installed on my box. I wish to preview next
||| version 2007. Can I install side by side 2007, keeping 2003....
|||
||| thanks
||
|| If you have the option to install Office 2007 Beta 2 on a test
|| machine I think that would be preferable.
||
|| I know that some people have Beta 2 running alongside Office 2003 but
|| there is always some risk involved. Of course, you won't be able to
|| run two versions of Outlook on one machine.
||
|| I haven't installed side by side yet, personally, but will probably
|| do so fairly soon, assuming that Beta 2 looks really stable during
|| initial testing on a test machine.
||
|| Andrew Watt MVP