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Should old word program be uninstalled
I just got a new comp with word 2007 on it and I transfered data with PC
mover which installed word 2003 on my new system. Is it safe to have both programs on my system? does this use a lot of memory? Should I uninstall old word 03 program? If I uninstall will it cause loss of documents copied to word 2007? -- nk1109 |
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Should old word program be uninstalled
You can have both; it doesn't use any memory if it isn't running;
there are a few things you can do with 2003 that you can't do with 2007 (such as AutoComplete), so if you do those things a lot, it's a reason to keep it. Uninstalling the program won't affect your documents at all. But if you intend to switch between them, there's a registry hack you should do so you don't get the "reconfiguring" message each time you switch. One of the MVPs will point you to it. On Aug 9, 2:58*pm, nk1109 wrote: I just got a new comp with word 2007 on it and I transfered data with PC mover which installed word 2003 on my new system. Is it safe to have both programs on my system? does this use a lot of memory? Should I uninstall old word 03 program? If I uninstall will it cause loss of documents copied to word 2007? -- nk1109 |
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Should old word program be uninstalled
For information on the Registry Hack that Peter Daniels mentioned, see the
following page of fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website: http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm Making that change to the Registry will avoid Word from re-initializing itself (a process that takes a noticeable amount of time) every time you switch from one version to another. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "nk1109" wrote in message ... I just got a new comp with word 2007 on it and I transfered data with PC mover which installed word 2003 on my new system. Is it safe to have both programs on my system? does this use a lot of memory? Should I uninstall old word 03 program? If I uninstall will it cause loss of documents copied to word 2007? -- nk1109 |
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