I understand that, but are Dell shipping the old version of Office for the
extra $300, or the new version with Word 2003? My point was that I would
have expected the latter.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Dave wrote:
Buy ordering the MS Works Suite with Word 2002 for $20 I can save
about $300 per PC. Most users only need Word at this office. Only a
few need MS Access and Excel.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The Works suite certainly has Word 2002, but I would have though
Dell would have been shipping Office 2003.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Dave wrote:
I am trying to order Dell PC's. One configuration will have MS
Office XP Pro and the other will have MS Works Suite which Dell
states includes Word 2002.


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Are you sure you have your versions correct here? Word 2002 is the
Word component (Word 10) of Office XP. Office 2003 is the current
version (Word 11).

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Dave wrote:
Hello,
I am in the process of upgrading a client's office by ordering new
PC's. Most users only need MS Word with a few needing MS Office XP
Pro. I would like to save them some $$$ by ordering only what they
need. They use a MS Access developed application that uses MS Word
for the custom documents. The data for the custom documents is
pulled from the MS Access application database using mail merge.
Can I use MS Word 2002 on some PC's and MS Office XP Pro on other
PC's and still be able to share the custom documents of this
application or will using MS Office XP Pro save the document in a
format that MS Word 2002 will not be able to use?

Thanks for any help.
Dave