How can I upgrade Office 2002 SP 3 to Office 2007 and keep both versions?

I want to upgrade my existing Office 2002 SP 3 installation to Office 2007
and have downloaded the necessary .exe. from the Home Users Programme which
I qualify for. This allows either upgrade or full installation.

I want to have both O2002 and O2007 on the same PC. It's a family PC and
some users won't want to change, so I need both.

I presume I can do this by installing O2007 in a separate folder in Program
Files. Is this correct?

When I start the process I get all sorts of dire warnings in respect of
Outlook to the effect that you can't have 2 versions of Outlook. I can lose
Outlook 2002 in favour of 2007, as I am the only user, but how do I transfer
all my existing messages, contacts, Tasks etc?

I know that Outlook 2002 use a different file system to Outlook 2007 so
presumably I would need to convert .pst and .ost files ad possibly others
from one to the other.

Any suggestions as to the best/easiest way to do this would be gratefully
received.

When you install Office 2007 you select the option to keep the origonal
version.
By default Office installs to a version specific folder, no need to specify
a path.
Only a single instance of Outlook can be installed, you would be advised to
modify your existing Office 2002 to make outlook unavailable (Thereby
uninstalling Outlook) then reboot prior to installing Ofice 2007.

Uninstalling Outlook doesnt impact on data. When you set up Outlook 2007 use
a new profile with new data file, dont use the old, set up the accounts
(unless you use Exchange there is no ost file) then test. Once Oulook is
running, open your old data file or see;
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ansi-to-unicode.asp

"Chris Mitchell" wrote in message
...
I want to upgrade my existing Office 2002 SP 3 installation to Office 2007
and have downloaded the necessary .exe. from the Home Users Programme which
I qualify for. This allows either upgrade or full installation.

I want to have both O2002 and O2007 on the same PC. It's a family PC and
some users won't want to change, so I need both.

I presume I can do this by installing O2007 in a separate folder in
Program Files. Is this correct?

When I start the process I get all sorts of dire warnings in respect of
Outlook to the effect that you can't have 2 versions of Outlook. I can
lose Outlook 2002 in favour of 2007, as I am the only user, but how do I
transfer all my existing messages, contacts, Tasks etc?

I know that Outlook 2002 use a different file system to Outlook 2007 so
presumably I would need to convert .pst and .ost files ad possibly others
from one to the other.

Any suggestions as to the best/easiest way to do this would be gratefully
received.

"Chris Mitchell" wrote in message
...
I want to upgrade my existing Office 2002 SP 3 installation to Office 2007
and have downloaded the necessary .exe. from the Home Users Programme which
I qualify for. This allows either upgrade or full installation.

I want to have both O2002 and O2007 on the same PC. It's a family PC and
some users won't want to change, so I need both.


You cannot have both, and your existing Office Suite is better than the new
one.

I hate to rag on Office '07, but I've found no good reason to migrate to it.
If you have a new machine that comes with it, AND you do not have a copy of
the older version to load instead, then it is a good program to go with.
But, if you have an existing machine that has Office any earlier version
already loaded and running, there is absolutely no good reason to replace
it.

MSoft seems to realize this, and they offer a patch that lets the earlier
versions open, edit, and save the files that Office '07 creates. In the
past, people using the latest version had to Save As to the earlier version
if the needed to share files with people using the earlier versions -- or
people with the earlier version found that some formatting options might be
stripped out when they opened the newer file.

Whatever. I have used several versions of the Office Suite, and with Office
2007, I see no good reason to migrate away from the earlier version. Keep
what you have and send me the $150 for the upgrade that you don't need to
install.

You cannot have both,
That statement is incorrect

"Jeff Strickland" wrote in message
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"Chris Mitchell" wrote in message
...
I want to upgrade my existing Office 2002 SP 3 installation to Office 2007
and have downloaded the necessary .exe. from the Home Users Programme
which I qualify for. This allows either upgrade or full installation.

I want to have both O2002 and O2007 on the same PC. It's a family PC and
some users won't want to change, so I need both.


You cannot have both, and your existing Office Suite is better than the
new one.

I hate to rag on Office '07, but I've found no good reason to migrate to
it. If you have a new machine that comes with it, AND you do not have a
copy of the older version to load instead, then it is a good program to go
with. But, if you have an existing machine that has Office any earlier
version already loaded and running, there is absolutely no good reason to
replace it.

MSoft seems to realize this, and they offer a patch that lets the earlier
versions open, edit, and save the files that Office '07 creates. In the
past, people using the latest version had to Save As to the earlier
version if the needed to share files with people using the earlier
versions -- or people with the earlier version found that some formatting
options might be stripped out when they opened the newer file.

Whatever. I have used several versions of the Office Suite, and with
Office 2007, I see no good reason to migrate away from the earlier
version. Keep what you have and send me the $150 for the upgrade that you
don't need to install.

Jeff.

I disagree with your opinion of Office 2007. In my limited experience it is
better in many ways. It is more intuitive for me, but the big ticket as far
as I'm concerned is that Excel 2007 is able to handle much larger files than
earlier versions, in some instances doing away with the need for MS Access
which is not part of our standard build. As far as I'm concerned that makes
it a winner. So I will not be sending you $150 :-)

"Jeff Strickland" wrote in message
...

"Chris Mitchell" wrote in message
...
I want to upgrade my existing Office 2002 SP 3 installation to Office 2007
and have downloaded the necessary .exe. from the Home Users Programme
which I qualify for. This allows either upgrade or full installation.

I want to have both O2002 and O2007 on the same PC. It's a family PC and
some users won't want to change, so I need both.


You cannot have both, and your existing Office Suite is better than the
new one.

I hate to rag on Office '07, but I've found no good reason to migrate to
it. If you have a new machine that comes with it, AND you do not have a
copy of the older version to load instead, then it is a good program to go
with. But, if you have an existing machine that has Office any earlier
version already loaded and running, there is absolutely no good reason to
replace it.

MSoft seems to realize this, and they offer a patch that lets the earlier
versions open, edit, and save the files that Office '07 creates. In the
past, people using the latest version had to Save As to the earlier
version if the needed to share files with people using the earlier
versions -- or people with the earlier version found that some formatting
options might be stripped out when they opened the newer file.

Whatever. I have used several versions of the Office Suite, and with
Office 2007, I see no good reason to migrate away from the earlier
version. Keep what you have and send me the $150 for the upgrade that you
don't need to install.

Thanks DL.

"DL" wrote in message
...
When you install Office 2007 you select the option to keep the origonal
version.
By default Office installs to a version specific folder, no need to
specify a path.
Only a single instance of Outlook can be installed, you would be advised
to modify your existing Office 2002 to make outlook unavailable (Thereby
uninstalling Outlook) then reboot prior to installing Ofice 2007.

Uninstalling Outlook doesnt impact on data. When you set up Outlook 2007
use a new profile with new data file, dont use the old, set up the
accounts (unless you use Exchange there is no ost file) then test. Once
Oulook is running, open your old data file or see;
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ansi-to-unicode.asp

"Chris Mitchell" wrote in message
...
I want to upgrade my existing Office 2002 SP 3 installation to Office 2007
and have downloaded the necessary .exe. from the Home Users Programme
which I qualify for. This allows either upgrade or full installation.

I want to have both O2002 and O2007 on the same PC. It's a family PC and
some users won't want to change, so I need both.

I presume I can do this by installing O2007 in a separate folder in
Program Files. Is this correct?

When I start the process I get all sorts of dire warnings in respect of
Outlook to the effect that you can't have 2 versions of Outlook. I can
lose Outlook 2002 in favour of 2007, as I am the only user, but how do I
transfer all my existing messages, contacts, Tasks etc?

I know that Outlook 2002 use a different file system to Outlook 2007 so
presumably I would need to convert .pst and .ost files ad possibly others
from one to the other.

Any suggestions as to the best/easiest way to do this would be gratefully
received.

"Chris Mitchell" wrote in message
...
Jeff.

I disagree with your opinion of Office 2007. In my limited experience it
is better in many ways. It is more intuitive for me, but the big ticket
as far as I'm concerned is that Excel 2007 is able to handle much larger
files than earlier versions, in some instances doing away with the need
for MS Access which is not part of our standard build. As far as I'm
concerned that makes it a winner. So I will not be sending you $150 :-)


CRAP!
I've been hanging on the mail box too ...

I guess I don't have the large files that you have, so I've not run into
that particular brick wall yet. I have found that the new arrangement of the
features is confusing and takes up space that I'd rather use as my
workspace.

To each his own, I suppose.

This begs the question though, you said that you have users that will be
confused -- which is a position I echo because I found the confusion factor
to be high -- and you wanted to avoid this problem. Seems to me that YOU
like the suite, but are concerned that others where you work are apt to
share my feelings on the product.

Looks like a cost-benefit-analysis is due. I'd have to come down on your
side, the benefit of handling large files outweighs the cost of the learning
curve. Frankly, I understand Excel already -- and the other Office apps as
well -- and my issue is that the arrangement of the features gives me grief
that I could learn to overcome in a matter of a few hours.

I suppose that I've learned that Word and Excel might not have the same
feature in the same place (in earlier versions) and have never considered it
a problem. I just learn where stuff is and missed the fact that it might be
moved around. I understand that Office '07 fixes this. Even if the stuff is
moved around, once I find it, it's in the same place for all of the Office
apps, and there's benefit to that that I do not appreciate today.

I've only used Office '07 a few times, and found it to be a struggle purely
because I have not picked up on the pattern yet. This is a learning curve
issue, and very well couild be a personal issue for me that does not affect
you.







"Jeff Strickland" wrote in message
...

"Chris Mitchell" wrote in message
...
I want to upgrade my existing Office 2002 SP 3 installation to Office
2007 and have downloaded the necessary .exe. from the Home Users
Programme which I qualify for. This allows either upgrade or full
installation.

I want to have both O2002 and O2007 on the same PC. It's a family PC
and some users won't want to change, so I need both.


You cannot have both, and your existing Office Suite is better than the
new one.

I hate to rag on Office '07, but I've found no good reason to migrate to
it. If you have a new machine that comes with it, AND you do not have a
copy of the older version to load instead, then it is a good program to
go with. But, if you have an existing machine that has Office any
earlier version already loaded and running, there is absolutely no good
reason to replace it.

MSoft seems to realize this, and they offer a patch that lets the earlier
versions open, edit, and save the files that Office '07 creates. In the
past, people using the latest version had to Save As to the earlier
version if the needed to share files with people using the earlier
versions -- or people with the earlier version found that some formatting
options might be stripped out when they opened the newer file.

Whatever. I have used several versions of the Office Suite, and with
Office 2007, I see no good reason to migrate away from the earlier
version. Keep what you have and send me the $150 for the upgrade that you
don't need to install.