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September 11th, 2008, 06:22 PM
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Need advice-Upgrade 2003 to 2007?
Hi, I'm a university prof and must keep up with my students. Currently
running Microsoft Pro 2003 & depend heavily on all of its components--Word, Outlook, Excel, etc. OS is Windows XP Pro SP3. I am a qualified educational customer and am ready to buy Office Professional 2007 APA & MLA Edition. Will greatly appreciate answers to the following questions as I can't afford the time to deal with problems. (1) Must I completely uninstall 2003 before installing 2007 (I won't need 2003 anymore)? (2) I have tons of valuable 2003 files (Word, Excel, Access, etc.), will there be compatibility problems? (3) Outlook is my life & contains valuable student records, grades, attachments, etc. I usually just copy the .pst file between laptop & desktop & HD backup using the C:\Documents and Settings\My Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook path--can I just copy the 2003 .pst version to 2007 without losing anything? Thank you, sorry for the length. 
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September 11th, 2008, 07:03 PM
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Need advice-Upgrade 2003 to 2007?
1) Last time I did an upgrade I followed the prompts & 2007 upgraded my 2003
instalation 2) I have had no problems opening old format data files, both 2003 & 2000 file types 3) If you follow the upgrade, OL2007 would under normal circumstances connect your origonal 2003 pst file As in all cases a backup of data is wise "bluehawk" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm a university prof and must keep up with my students. Currently running Microsoft Pro 2003 & depend heavily on all of its components--Word, Outlook, Excel, etc. OS is Windows XP Pro SP3. I am a qualified educational customer and am ready to buy Office Professional 2007 APA & MLA Edition. Will greatly appreciate answers to the following questions as I can't afford the time to deal with problems. (1) Must I completely uninstall 2003 before installing 2007 (I won't need 2003 anymore)? (2) I have tons of valuable 2003 files (Word, Excel, Access, etc.), will there be compatibility problems? (3) Outlook is my life & contains valuable student records, grades, attachments, etc. I usually just copy the .pst file between laptop & desktop & HD backup using the C:\Documents and Settings\My Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook path--can I just copy the 2003 .pst version to 2007 without losing anything? Thank you, sorry for the length.
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September 11th, 2008, 08:49 PM
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Need advice-Upgrade 2003 to 2007?
Thank you DL for your reply--especially for answering directly, completely,
and succinctly. You are very considerate and professional. "DL" wrote: 1) Last time I did an upgrade I followed the prompts & 2007 upgraded my 2003 instalation 2) I have had no problems opening old format data files, both 2003 & 2000 file types 3) If you follow the upgrade, OL2007 would under normal circumstances connect your origonal 2003 pst file As in all cases a backup of data is wise "bluehawk" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm a university prof and must keep up with my students. Currently running Microsoft Pro 2003 & depend heavily on all of its components--Word, Outlook, Excel, etc. OS is Windows XP Pro SP3. I am a qualified educational customer and am ready to buy Office Professional 2007 APA & MLA Edition. Will greatly appreciate answers to the following questions as I can't afford the time to deal with problems. (1) Must I completely uninstall 2003 before installing 2007 (I won't need 2003 anymore)? (2) I have tons of valuable 2003 files (Word, Excel, Access, etc.), will there be compatibility problems? (3) Outlook is my life & contains valuable student records, grades, attachments, etc. I usually just copy the .pst file between laptop & desktop & HD backup using the C:\Documents and Settings\My Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook path--can I just copy the 2003 .pst version to 2007 without losing anything? Thank you, sorry for the length.
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September 11th, 2008, 10:42 PM
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Need advice-Upgrade 2003 to 2007?
Your welcome
"bluehawk" wrote in message ... Thank you DL for your reply--especially for answering directly, completely, and succinctly. You are very considerate and professional. "DL" wrote: 1) Last time I did an upgrade I followed the prompts & 2007 upgraded my 2003 instalation 2) I have had no problems opening old format data files, both 2003 & 2000 file types 3) If you follow the upgrade, OL2007 would under normal circumstances connect your origonal 2003 pst file As in all cases a backup of data is wise "bluehawk" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm a university prof and must keep up with my students. Currently running Microsoft Pro 2003 & depend heavily on all of its components--Word, Outlook, Excel, etc. OS is Windows XP Pro SP3. I am a qualified educational customer and am ready to buy Office Professional 2007 APA & MLA Edition. Will greatly appreciate answers to the following questions as I can't afford the time to deal with problems. (1) Must I completely uninstall 2003 before installing 2007 (I won't need 2003 anymore)? (2) I have tons of valuable 2003 files (Word, Excel, Access, etc.), will there be compatibility problems? (3) Outlook is my life & contains valuable student records, grades, attachments, etc. I usually just copy the .pst file between laptop & desktop & HD backup using the C:\Documents and Settings\My Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook path--can I just copy the 2003 .pst version to 2007 without losing anything? Thank you, sorry for the length.
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September 12th, 2008, 07:54 AM
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Need advice-Upgrade 2003 to 2007?
If you are doing a full instal and not an upgrade ( which would be the better
choice) it is best to uninstall first. Also there were some compatibility problems with documents being done between 03 and 07 but microsoft supplied a fix for it. If you are planning on a clean install save any info you wanted from the old program into one folder on your drive. After installing 07 you can get them out of the folder and use as you wish. "bluehawk" wrote: Hi, I'm a university prof and must keep up with my students. Currently running Microsoft Pro 2003 & depend heavily on all of its components--Word, Outlook, Excel, etc. OS is Windows XP Pro SP3. I am a qualified educational customer and am ready to buy Office Professional 2007 APA & MLA Edition. Will greatly appreciate answers to the following questions as I can't afford the time to deal with problems. (1) Must I completely uninstall 2003 before installing 2007 (I won't need 2003 anymore)? (2) I have tons of valuable 2003 files (Word, Excel, Access, etc.), will there be compatibility problems? (3) Outlook is my life & contains valuable student records, grades, attachments, etc. I usually just copy the .pst file between laptop & desktop & HD backup using the C:\Documents and Settings\My Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook path--can I just copy the 2003 .pst version to 2007 without losing anything? Thank you, sorry for the length.
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