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2000 & 2003 Compatible?
I just bought a laptop with a trial version of Office 2003 although I have
been quite satified with the Office 2000 I have been using. Are the file formats with the 2 versions compatible? If I don't want to keep the 2003 can I just install my 2000 over it? Anyone have any preferences? -- Thanks in advance... Bob |
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2000 & 2003 Compatible?
I've used Office 5, 95, 97, 2000, 2002 (sometimes called XP), and 2003.
****** Keep in mind that this is my opinion, and may not reflect a majority opinion. For the casual user of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, there is little to recommend the current version over any earlier version. Power users of those programs find that each new version has added or improved features which may or may not justify spending $300 every other year to keep up with. Access for 2000 / 2002 / 2003 is greatly improved over previous versions. ***** No longer my opinion: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint file formats are unchanged and fully transparent among Office 2000 / 2002 / 2003. Any files you create using Office 2003 open without fuss in Office 2000. From experience, I can tell you -- DO NOT install Office 2000 on a machine that is running Office 2002 / 2003. Use Add/Remove software wizard in Control Panel to completely remove Office 2003, then install Office 2000. steve "Bob Newman" wrote in message ... I just bought a laptop with a trial version of Office 2003 although I have been quite satified with the Office 2000 I have been using. Are the file formats with the 2 versions compatible? If I don't want to keep the 2003 can I just install my 2000 over it? Anyone have any preferences? -- Thanks in advance... Bob |
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2000 & 2003 Compatible?
As the prev. post stated you have to uninstall 2003 first
"Bob Newman" wrote in message ... Assuming that I want to use 2000, would I be able to install over the 2003 trial or have to uninstall 1st? Bob "joust in jest" joust in wrote in message ... I've used Office 5, 95, 97, 2000, 2002 (sometimes called XP), and 2003. ****** Keep in mind that this is my opinion, and may not reflect a majority opinion. For the casual user of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, there is little to recommend the current version over any earlier version. Power users of those programs find that each new version has added or improved features which may or may not justify spending $300 every other year to keep up with. Access for 2000 / 2002 / 2003 is greatly improved over previous versions. ***** No longer my opinion: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint file formats are unchanged and fully transparent among Office 2000 / 2002 / 2003. Any files you create using Office 2003 open without fuss in Office 2000. From experience, I can tell you -- DO NOT install Office 2000 on a machine that is running Office 2002 / 2003. Use Add/Remove software wizard in Control Panel to completely remove Office 2003, then install Office 2000. steve "Bob Newman" wrote in message ... I just bought a laptop with a trial version of Office 2003 although I have been quite satified with the Office 2000 I have been using. Are the file formats with the 2 versions compatible? If I don't want to keep the 2003 can I just install my 2000 over it? Anyone have any preferences? -- Thanks in advance... Bob |
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2000 & 2003 Compatible?
I repeat: DO NOT install Office 2000 on a machine that is running Office
2002 / 2003. Use Add/Remove software wizard in Control Panel to completely remove Office 2003, then install Office 2000. If you INSIST on installing 2000 over 2003, here is what will happen: The 2000 version of Office registration mugs the 2002/2003 version of Office registration. Office 2002/2003 thinks it is not registered and, after two or three warnings, neither version of Office will run. If you happen to also be using Windows XP, the stop code for Office causes XP to stop during the boot process. steve "Bob Newman" wrote in message ... Assuming that I want to use 2000, would I be able to install over the 2003 trial or have to uninstall 1st? Bob "joust in jest" joust in wrote in message ... I've used Office 5, 95, 97, 2000, 2002 (sometimes called XP), and 2003. ****** Keep in mind that this is my opinion, and may not reflect a majority opinion. For the casual user of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, there is little to recommend the current version over any earlier version. Power users of those programs find that each new version has added or improved features which may or may not justify spending $300 every other year to keep up with. Access for 2000 / 2002 / 2003 is greatly improved over previous versions. ***** No longer my opinion: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint file formats are unchanged and fully transparent among Office 2000 / 2002 / 2003. Any files you create using Office 2003 open without fuss in Office 2000. From experience, I can tell you -- DO NOT install Office 2000 on a machine that is running Office 2002 / 2003. Use Add/Remove software wizard in Control Panel to completely remove Office 2003, then install Office 2000. steve "Bob Newman" wrote in message ... I just bought a laptop with a trial version of Office 2003 although I have been quite satified with the Office 2000 I have been using. Are the file formats with the 2 versions compatible? If I don't want to keep the 2003 can I just install my 2000 over it? Anyone have any preferences? -- Thanks in advance... Bob |
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