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Office upgrade
I thought I would ask you folks for your opinions on something I am thinking
of just now: I have Office 2003 Professional installed on my PC (running Windows XP). I bought the Professional version as, at the time, I did quite a bit of stuff on Access. I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) Which version? Now that I no longer use Access very often, would it be OK just to buy the Standard version and continue to (occasionally) use Access 2003 which I have already. I mainly use Word, Outlook and Excel. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. TIA |
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If the upgrade to what you have is less expensive than other options, I
would go with that. Even though it's called "upgrade", it's not missing anything. In fact, you don't even need to have Office already installed -- all you need is to have the media available (e.g., on CD or DVD) to demonstrate that you qualify for the upgrade. Other than needing to see evidence that you qualify, the upgrade version of Office 2007 Professional is identical to the full version. When installing, you can choose to replace all of Office 2003 with 2007, or to leave some applications in place. A lot of product-specific MVPs, for example, chose to leave Excel 2003, Word 2003, or PowerPoint 2003 in place (so we can continue to offer support for those), while installing all of Office 2007. Note that you cannot have Outlook 2003 and 2007 installed at the same time due to the way Outlook works, but you can have the other Office 2007 and 2003 applications installed at the same time. So... since you qualify for the upgrade, I think you should go for the most you can get for the buck. You might not need Access 2007 right now... but if the past is prologue, you might at some point in the not too distant future. The one "economy" option I would stay away from is the Home & Student 2007 version, which does not have Outlook. You can use it with Outlook 2003, but the results often aren't satisfactory. Note: make sure you completely uninstall the trial version (includng the XPS/PDF add-in, if you installed it) before installing the upgrade. Failure to do this has frustrated many Office 2007 users. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "ariana" wrote in message ... I thought I would ask you folks for your opinions on something I am thinking of just now: I have Office 2003 Professional installed on my PC (running Windows XP). I bought the Professional version as, at the time, I did quite a bit of stuff on Access. I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) Which version? Now that I no longer use Access very often, would it be OK just to buy the Standard version and continue to (occasionally) use Access 2003 which I have already. I mainly use Word, Outlook and Excel. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. TIA |
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In addition to what Herb has said, I would strongly advise that you purchase
a boxed retail copy of whatever version you decide to get. Although it is possible to convert the installed trial version into a licensed copy, you do not automatically get media (CDs or DVDs) this way, and if you opt to get them, there is an additional cost. The licensing/product options for these "virtual" copies (whether the trial version was an OEM install or a download) have proved to be very confusing and entirely unsatisfactory if you ever have to reinstall the program(s). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... If the upgrade to what you have is less expensive than other options, I would go with that. Even though it's called "upgrade", it's not missing anything. In fact, you don't even need to have Office already installed -- all you need is to have the media available (e.g., on CD or DVD) to demonstrate that you qualify for the upgrade. Other than needing to see evidence that you qualify, the upgrade version of Office 2007 Professional is identical to the full version. When installing, you can choose to replace all of Office 2003 with 2007, or to leave some applications in place. A lot of product-specific MVPs, for example, chose to leave Excel 2003, Word 2003, or PowerPoint 2003 in place (so we can continue to offer support for those), while installing all of Office 2007. Note that you cannot have Outlook 2003 and 2007 installed at the same time due to the way Outlook works, but you can have the other Office 2007 and 2003 applications installed at the same time. So... since you qualify for the upgrade, I think you should go for the most you can get for the buck. You might not need Access 2007 right now... but if the past is prologue, you might at some point in the not too distant future. The one "economy" option I would stay away from is the Home & Student 2007 version, which does not have Outlook. You can use it with Outlook 2003, but the results often aren't satisfactory. Note: make sure you completely uninstall the trial version (includng the XPS/PDF add-in, if you installed it) before installing the upgrade. Failure to do this has frustrated many Office 2007 users. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "ariana" wrote in message ... I thought I would ask you folks for your opinions on something I am thinking of just now: I have Office 2003 Professional installed on my PC (running Windows XP). I bought the Professional version as, at the time, I did quite a bit of stuff on Access. I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) Which version? Now that I no longer use Access very often, would it be OK just to buy the Standard version and continue to (occasionally) use Access 2003 which I have already. I mainly use Word, Outlook and Excel. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. TIA |
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Thanks once again for your advice - always so helpful!
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In addition to what Herb has said, I would strongly advise that you purchase a boxed retail copy of whatever version you decide to get. Although it is possible to convert the installed trial version into a licensed copy, you do not automatically get media (CDs or DVDs) this way, and if you opt to get them, there is an additional cost. The licensing/product options for these "virtual" copies (whether the trial version was an OEM install or a download) have proved to be very confusing and entirely unsatisfactory if you ever have to reinstall the program(s). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... If the upgrade to what you have is less expensive than other options, I would go with that. Even though it's called "upgrade", it's not missing anything. In fact, you don't even need to have Office already installed -- all you need is to have the media available (e.g., on CD or DVD) to demonstrate that you qualify for the upgrade. Other than needing to see evidence that you qualify, the upgrade version of Office 2007 Professional is identical to the full version. When installing, you can choose to replace all of Office 2003 with 2007, or to leave some applications in place. A lot of product-specific MVPs, for example, chose to leave Excel 2003, Word 2003, or PowerPoint 2003 in place (so we can continue to offer support for those), while installing all of Office 2007. Note that you cannot have Outlook 2003 and 2007 installed at the same time due to the way Outlook works, but you can have the other Office 2007 and 2003 applications installed at the same time. So... since you qualify for the upgrade, I think you should go for the most you can get for the buck. You might not need Access 2007 right now... but if the past is prologue, you might at some point in the not too distant future. The one "economy" option I would stay away from is the Home & Student 2007 version, which does not have Outlook. You can use it with Outlook 2003, but the results often aren't satisfactory. Note: make sure you completely uninstall the trial version (includng the XPS/PDF add-in, if you installed it) before installing the upgrade. Failure to do this has frustrated many Office 2007 users. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "ariana" wrote in message ... I thought I would ask you folks for your opinions on something I am thinking of just now: I have Office 2003 Professional installed on my PC (running Windows XP). I bought the Professional version as, at the time, I did quite a bit of stuff on Access. I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) Which version? Now that I no longer use Access very often, would it be OK just to buy the Standard version and continue to (occasionally) use Access 2003 which I have already. I mainly use Word, Outlook and Excel. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. TIA |
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I have seen Office 2007 Standard Ugrade as a DVD offer on the Internet where
the licence details are shown as "Retail Bulk". Any idea what this means and if it's likely to be OK, please? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In addition to what Herb has said, I would strongly advise that you purchase a boxed retail copy of whatever version you decide to get. Although it is possible to convert the installed trial version into a licensed copy, you do not automatically get media (CDs or DVDs) this way, and if you opt to get them, there is an additional cost. The licensing/product options for these "virtual" copies (whether the trial version was an OEM install or a download) have proved to be very confusing and entirely unsatisfactory if you ever have to reinstall the program(s). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... If the upgrade to what you have is less expensive than other options, I would go with that. Even though it's called "upgrade", it's not missing anything. In fact, you don't even need to have Office already installed -- all you need is to have the media available (e.g., on CD or DVD) to demonstrate that you qualify for the upgrade. Other than needing to see evidence that you qualify, the upgrade version of Office 2007 Professional is identical to the full version. When installing, you can choose to replace all of Office 2003 with 2007, or to leave some applications in place. A lot of product-specific MVPs, for example, chose to leave Excel 2003, Word 2003, or PowerPoint 2003 in place (so we can continue to offer support for those), while installing all of Office 2007. Note that you cannot have Outlook 2003 and 2007 installed at the same time due to the way Outlook works, but you can have the other Office 2007 and 2003 applications installed at the same time. So... since you qualify for the upgrade, I think you should go for the most you can get for the buck. You might not need Access 2007 right now... but if the past is prologue, you might at some point in the not too distant future. The one "economy" option I would stay away from is the Home & Student 2007 version, which does not have Outlook. You can use it with Outlook 2003, but the results often aren't satisfactory. Note: make sure you completely uninstall the trial version (includng the XPS/PDF add-in, if you installed it) before installing the upgrade. Failure to do this has frustrated many Office 2007 users. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "ariana" wrote in message ... I thought I would ask you folks for your opinions on something I am thinking of just now: I have Office 2003 Professional installed on my PC (running Windows XP). I bought the Professional version as, at the time, I did quite a bit of stuff on Access. I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) Which version? Now that I no longer use Access very often, would it be OK just to buy the Standard version and continue to (occasionally) use Access 2003 which I have already. I mainly use Word, Outlook and Excel. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. TIA |
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I don't have any specific knowledge about that, but I'd be wary. "Retail
Bulk" sounds to me like wholesale (intended for resellers); do you have to buy more than one copy to qualify for the low price? Or it could be code for an OEM version, which you definitely want to avoid. Perhaps Office MVP Beth Melton, who'd investigated these license details, can get involved here, so I'll copy her on this post. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "ariana" wrote in message ... I have seen Office 2007 Standard Ugrade as a DVD offer on the Internet where the licence details are shown as "Retail Bulk". Any idea what this means and if it's likely to be OK, please? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In addition to what Herb has said, I would strongly advise that you purchase a boxed retail copy of whatever version you decide to get. Although it is possible to convert the installed trial version into a licensed copy, you do not automatically get media (CDs or DVDs) this way, and if you opt to get them, there is an additional cost. The licensing/product options for these "virtual" copies (whether the trial version was an OEM install or a download) have proved to be very confusing and entirely unsatisfactory if you ever have to reinstall the program(s). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... If the upgrade to what you have is less expensive than other options, I would go with that. Even though it's called "upgrade", it's not missing anything. In fact, you don't even need to have Office already installed -- all you need is to have the media available (e.g., on CD or DVD) to demonstrate that you qualify for the upgrade. Other than needing to see evidence that you qualify, the upgrade version of Office 2007 Professional is identical to the full version. When installing, you can choose to replace all of Office 2003 with 2007, or to leave some applications in place. A lot of product-specific MVPs, for example, chose to leave Excel 2003, Word 2003, or PowerPoint 2003 in place (so we can continue to offer support for those), while installing all of Office 2007. Note that you cannot have Outlook 2003 and 2007 installed at the same time due to the way Outlook works, but you can have the other Office 2007 and 2003 applications installed at the same time. So... since you qualify for the upgrade, I think you should go for the most you can get for the buck. You might not need Access 2007 right now... but if the past is prologue, you might at some point in the not too distant future. The one "economy" option I would stay away from is the Home & Student 2007 version, which does not have Outlook. You can use it with Outlook 2003, but the results often aren't satisfactory. Note: make sure you completely uninstall the trial version (includng the XPS/PDF add-in, if you installed it) before installing the upgrade. Failure to do this has frustrated many Office 2007 users. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "ariana" wrote in message ... I thought I would ask you folks for your opinions on something I am thinking of just now: I have Office 2003 Professional installed on my PC (running Windows XP). I bought the Professional version as, at the time, I did quite a bit of stuff on Access. I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) Which version? Now that I no longer use Access very often, would it be OK just to buy the Standard version and continue to (occasionally) use Access 2003 which I have already. I mainly use Word, Outlook and Excel. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. TIA |
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Sounds hinky. Where did you see it and how much was it?
-- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "ariana" wrote in message ... I have seen Office 2007 Standard Ugrade as a DVD offer on the Internet where the licence details are shown as "Retail Bulk". Any idea what this means and if it's likely to be OK, please? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In addition to what Herb has said, I would strongly advise that you purchase a boxed retail copy of whatever version you decide to get. Although it is possible to convert the installed trial version into a licensed copy, you do not automatically get media (CDs or DVDs) this way, and if you opt to get them, there is an additional cost. The licensing/product options for these "virtual" copies (whether the trial version was an OEM install or a download) have proved to be very confusing and entirely unsatisfactory if you ever have to reinstall the program(s). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... If the upgrade to what you have is less expensive than other options, I would go with that. Even though it's called "upgrade", it's not missing anything. In fact, you don't even need to have Office already installed -- all you need is to have the media available (e.g., on CD or DVD) to demonstrate that you qualify for the upgrade. Other than needing to see evidence that you qualify, the upgrade version of Office 2007 Professional is identical to the full version. When installing, you can choose to replace all of Office 2003 with 2007, or to leave some applications in place. A lot of product-specific MVPs, for example, chose to leave Excel 2003, Word 2003, or PowerPoint 2003 in place (so we can continue to offer support for those), while installing all of Office 2007. Note that you cannot have Outlook 2003 and 2007 installed at the same time due to the way Outlook works, but you can have the other Office 2007 and 2003 applications installed at the same time. So... since you qualify for the upgrade, I think you should go for the most you can get for the buck. You might not need Access 2007 right now... but if the past is prologue, you might at some point in the not too distant future. The one "economy" option I would stay away from is the Home & Student 2007 version, which does not have Outlook. You can use it with Outlook 2003, but the results often aren't satisfactory. Note: make sure you completely uninstall the trial version (includng the XPS/PDF add-in, if you installed it) before installing the upgrade. Failure to do this has frustrated many Office 2007 users. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "ariana" wrote in message ... I thought I would ask you folks for your opinions on something I am thinking of just now: I have Office 2003 Professional installed on my PC (running Windows XP). I bought the Professional version as, at the time, I did quite a bit of stuff on Access. I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) Which version? Now that I no longer use Access very often, would it be OK just to buy the Standard version and continue to (occasionally) use Access 2003 which I have already. I mainly use Word, Outlook and Excel. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. TIA |
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Microsoft-Offi...d-2007-upgrade "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... Sounds hinky. Where did you see it and how much was it? -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "ariana" wrote in message ... I have seen Office 2007 Standard Ugrade as a DVD offer on the Internet where the licence details are shown as "Retail Bulk". Any idea what this means and if it's likely to be OK, please? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In addition to what Herb has said, I would strongly advise that you purchase a boxed retail copy of whatever version you decide to get. Although it is possible to convert the installed trial version into a licensed copy, you do not automatically get media (CDs or DVDs) this way, and if you opt to get them, there is an additional cost. The licensing/product options for these "virtual" copies (whether the trial version was an OEM install or a download) have proved to be very confusing and entirely unsatisfactory if you ever have to reinstall the program(s). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... If the upgrade to what you have is less expensive than other options, I would go with that. Even though it's called "upgrade", it's not missing anything. In fact, you don't even need to have Office already installed -- all you need is to have the media available (e.g., on CD or DVD) to demonstrate that you qualify for the upgrade. Other than needing to see evidence that you qualify, the upgrade version of Office 2007 Professional is identical to the full version. When installing, you can choose to replace all of Office 2003 with 2007, or to leave some applications in place. A lot of product-specific MVPs, for example, chose to leave Excel 2003, Word 2003, or PowerPoint 2003 in place (so we can continue to offer support for those), while installing all of Office 2007. Note that you cannot have Outlook 2003 and 2007 installed at the same time due to the way Outlook works, but you can have the other Office 2007 and 2003 applications installed at the same time. So... since you qualify for the upgrade, I think you should go for the most you can get for the buck. You might not need Access 2007 right now... but if the past is prologue, you might at some point in the not too distant future. The one "economy" option I would stay away from is the Home & Student 2007 version, which does not have Outlook. You can use it with Outlook 2003, but the results often aren't satisfactory. Note: make sure you completely uninstall the trial version (includng the XPS/PDF add-in, if you installed it) before installing the upgrade. Failure to do this has frustrated many Office 2007 users. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "ariana" wrote in message ... I thought I would ask you folks for your opinions on something I am thinking of just now: I have Office 2003 Professional installed on my PC (running Windows XP). I bought the Professional version as, at the time, I did quite a bit of stuff on Access. I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) Which version? Now that I no longer use Access very often, would it be OK just to buy the Standard version and continue to (occasionally) use Access 2003 which I have already. I mainly use Word, Outlook and Excel. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. TIA |
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I get "Page Not Responding" on that.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "ariana" wrote in message ... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Microsoft-Offi...d-2007-upgrade "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... Sounds hinky. Where did you see it and how much was it? -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "ariana" wrote in message ... I have seen Office 2007 Standard Ugrade as a DVD offer on the Internet where the licence details are shown as "Retail Bulk". Any idea what this means and if it's likely to be OK, please? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In addition to what Herb has said, I would strongly advise that you purchase a boxed retail copy of whatever version you decide to get. Although it is possible to convert the installed trial version into a licensed copy, you do not automatically get media (CDs or DVDs) this way, and if you opt to get them, there is an additional cost. The licensing/product options for these "virtual" copies (whether the trial version was an OEM install or a download) have proved to be very confusing and entirely unsatisfactory if you ever have to reinstall the program(s). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... If the upgrade to what you have is less expensive than other options, I would go with that. Even though it's called "upgrade", it's not missing anything. In fact, you don't even need to have Office already installed -- all you need is to have the media available (e.g., on CD or DVD) to demonstrate that you qualify for the upgrade. Other than needing to see evidence that you qualify, the upgrade version of Office 2007 Professional is identical to the full version. When installing, you can choose to replace all of Office 2003 with 2007, or to leave some applications in place. A lot of product-specific MVPs, for example, chose to leave Excel 2003, Word 2003, or PowerPoint 2003 in place (so we can continue to offer support for those), while installing all of Office 2007. Note that you cannot have Outlook 2003 and 2007 installed at the same time due to the way Outlook works, but you can have the other Office 2007 and 2003 applications installed at the same time. So... since you qualify for the upgrade, I think you should go for the most you can get for the buck. You might not need Access 2007 right now... but if the past is prologue, you might at some point in the not too distant future. The one "economy" option I would stay away from is the Home & Student 2007 version, which does not have Outlook. You can use it with Outlook 2003, but the results often aren't satisfactory. Note: make sure you completely uninstall the trial version (includng the XPS/PDF add-in, if you installed it) before installing the upgrade. Failure to do this has frustrated many Office 2007 users. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "ariana" wrote in message ... I thought I would ask you folks for your opinions on something I am thinking of just now: I have Office 2003 Professional installed on my PC (running Windows XP). I bought the Professional version as, at the time, I did quite a bit of stuff on Access. I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) Which version? Now that I no longer use Access very often, would it be OK just to buy the Standard version and continue to (occasionally) use Access 2003 which I have already. I mainly use Word, Outlook and Excel. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. TIA |
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Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:00:56 +0100 from ariana
: I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) FWIW, I have seen customers who upgraded Office 2003 to 2007 develop flaky problems in Excel. If you do the upgrade, I would do a detect and repair immediately -- so far that has fixed things for everyone who has reported problems. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ "If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/ |
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eBay - that figures. I wouldn't recommend anyone buy software on eBay.
(Well, maybe a few people I know because I'd love to see them get burned.) You're talking about that one that's selling for £1.24, aren't you? Sure, go ahead and give them your money. Amazon.com has great prices and they want ~£99. Do you really think that other version is legitimate? If so, I have a lovely piece of oceanfront property in Kansas I'd like to sell you. -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "ariana" wrote in message ... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Microsoft-Offi...d-2007-upgrade "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... Sounds hinky. Where did you see it and how much was it? -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "ariana" wrote in message ... I have seen Office 2007 Standard Ugrade as a DVD offer on the Internet where the licence details are shown as "Retail Bulk". Any idea what this means and if it's likely to be OK, please? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In addition to what Herb has said, I would strongly advise that you purchase a boxed retail copy of whatever version you decide to get. Although it is possible to convert the installed trial version into a licensed copy, you do not automatically get media (CDs or DVDs) this way, and if you opt to get them, there is an additional cost. The licensing/product options for these "virtual" copies (whether the trial version was an OEM install or a download) have proved to be very confusing and entirely unsatisfactory if you ever have to reinstall the program(s). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... If the upgrade to what you have is less expensive than other options, I would go with that. Even though it's called "upgrade", it's not missing anything. In fact, you don't even need to have Office already installed -- all you need is to have the media available (e.g., on CD or DVD) to demonstrate that you qualify for the upgrade. Other than needing to see evidence that you qualify, the upgrade version of Office 2007 Professional is identical to the full version. When installing, you can choose to replace all of Office 2003 with 2007, or to leave some applications in place. A lot of product-specific MVPs, for example, chose to leave Excel 2003, Word 2003, or PowerPoint 2003 in place (so we can continue to offer support for those), while installing all of Office 2007. Note that you cannot have Outlook 2003 and 2007 installed at the same time due to the way Outlook works, but you can have the other Office 2007 and 2003 applications installed at the same time. So... since you qualify for the upgrade, I think you should go for the most you can get for the buck. You might not need Access 2007 right now... but if the past is prologue, you might at some point in the not too distant future. The one "economy" option I would stay away from is the Home & Student 2007 version, which does not have Outlook. You can use it with Outlook 2003, but the results often aren't satisfactory. Note: make sure you completely uninstall the trial version (includng the XPS/PDF add-in, if you installed it) before installing the upgrade. Failure to do this has frustrated many Office 2007 users. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "ariana" wrote in message ... I thought I would ask you folks for your opinions on something I am thinking of just now: I have Office 2003 Professional installed on my PC (running Windows XP). I bought the Professional version as, at the time, I did quite a bit of stuff on Access. I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) Which version? Now that I no longer use Access very often, would it be OK just to buy the Standard version and continue to (occasionally) use Access 2003 which I have already. I mainly use Word, Outlook and Excel. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. TIA |
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So... the rumors about the big earthquake are true??? ;-)
-- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message news eBay - that figures. I wouldn't recommend anyone buy software on eBay. (Well, maybe a few people I know because I'd love to see them get burned.) You're talking about that one that's selling for £1.24, aren't you? Sure, go ahead and give them your money. Amazon.com has great prices and they want ~£99. Do you really think that other version is legitimate? If so, I have a lovely piece of oceanfront property in Kansas I'd like to sell you. -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "ariana" wrote in message ... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Microsoft-Offi...d-2007-upgrade "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... Sounds hinky. Where did you see it and how much was it? -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "ariana" wrote in message ... I have seen Office 2007 Standard Ugrade as a DVD offer on the Internet where the licence details are shown as "Retail Bulk". Any idea what this means and if it's likely to be OK, please? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In addition to what Herb has said, I would strongly advise that you purchase a boxed retail copy of whatever version you decide to get. Although it is possible to convert the installed trial version into a licensed copy, you do not automatically get media (CDs or DVDs) this way, and if you opt to get them, there is an additional cost. The licensing/product options for these "virtual" copies (whether the trial version was an OEM install or a download) have proved to be very confusing and entirely unsatisfactory if you ever have to reinstall the program(s). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... If the upgrade to what you have is less expensive than other options, I would go with that. Even though it's called "upgrade", it's not missing anything. In fact, you don't even need to have Office already installed -- all you need is to have the media available (e.g., on CD or DVD) to demonstrate that you qualify for the upgrade. Other than needing to see evidence that you qualify, the upgrade version of Office 2007 Professional is identical to the full version. When installing, you can choose to replace all of Office 2003 with 2007, or to leave some applications in place. A lot of product-specific MVPs, for example, chose to leave Excel 2003, Word 2003, or PowerPoint 2003 in place (so we can continue to offer support for those), while installing all of Office 2007. Note that you cannot have Outlook 2003 and 2007 installed at the same time due to the way Outlook works, but you can have the other Office 2007 and 2003 applications installed at the same time. So... since you qualify for the upgrade, I think you should go for the most you can get for the buck. You might not need Access 2007 right now... but if the past is prologue, you might at some point in the not too distant future. The one "economy" option I would stay away from is the Home & Student 2007 version, which does not have Outlook. You can use it with Outlook 2003, but the results often aren't satisfactory. Note: make sure you completely uninstall the trial version (includng the XPS/PDF add-in, if you installed it) before installing the upgrade. Failure to do this has frustrated many Office 2007 users. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "ariana" wrote in message ... I thought I would ask you folks for your opinions on something I am thinking of just now: I have Office 2003 Professional installed on my PC (running Windows XP). I bought the Professional version as, at the time, I did quite a bit of stuff on Access. I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) Which version? Now that I no longer use Access very often, would it be OK just to buy the Standard version and continue to (occasionally) use Access 2003 which I have already. I mainly use Word, Outlook and Excel. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. TIA |
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Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... So... the rumors about the big earthquake are true??? ;-) -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message news eBay - that figures. I wouldn't recommend anyone buy software on eBay. (Well, maybe a few people I know because I'd love to see them get burned.) You're talking about that one that's selling for £1.24, aren't you? Sure, go ahead and give them your money. Amazon.com has great prices and they want ~£99. Do you really think that other version is legitimate? If so, I have a lovely piece of oceanfront property in Kansas I'd like to sell you. -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "ariana" wrote in message ... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Microsoft-Offi...d-2007-upgrade "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... Sounds hinky. Where did you see it and how much was it? -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "ariana" wrote in message ... I have seen Office 2007 Standard Ugrade as a DVD offer on the Internet where the licence details are shown as "Retail Bulk". Any idea what this means and if it's likely to be OK, please? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In addition to what Herb has said, I would strongly advise that you purchase a boxed retail copy of whatever version you decide to get. Although it is possible to convert the installed trial version into a licensed copy, you do not automatically get media (CDs or DVDs) this way, and if you opt to get them, there is an additional cost. The licensing/product options for these "virtual" copies (whether the trial version was an OEM install or a download) have proved to be very confusing and entirely unsatisfactory if you ever have to reinstall the program(s). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... If the upgrade to what you have is less expensive than other options, I would go with that. Even though it's called "upgrade", it's not missing anything. In fact, you don't even need to have Office already installed -- all you need is to have the media available (e.g., on CD or DVD) to demonstrate that you qualify for the upgrade. Other than needing to see evidence that you qualify, the upgrade version of Office 2007 Professional is identical to the full version. When installing, you can choose to replace all of Office 2003 with 2007, or to leave some applications in place. A lot of product-specific MVPs, for example, chose to leave Excel 2003, Word 2003, or PowerPoint 2003 in place (so we can continue to offer support for those), while installing all of Office 2007. Note that you cannot have Outlook 2003 and 2007 installed at the same time due to the way Outlook works, but you can have the other Office 2007 and 2003 applications installed at the same time. So... since you qualify for the upgrade, I think you should go for the most you can get for the buck. You might not need Access 2007 right now... but if the past is prologue, you might at some point in the not too distant future. The one "economy" option I would stay away from is the Home & Student 2007 version, which does not have Outlook. You can use it with Outlook 2003, but the results often aren't satisfactory. Note: make sure you completely uninstall the trial version (includng the XPS/PDF add-in, if you installed it) before installing the upgrade. Failure to do this has frustrated many Office 2007 users. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "ariana" wrote in message ... I thought I would ask you folks for your opinions on something I am thinking of just now: I have Office 2003 Professional installed on my PC (running Windows XP). I bought the Professional version as, at the time, I did quite a bit of stuff on Access. I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) Which version? Now that I no longer use Access very often, would it be OK just to buy the Standard version and continue to (occasionally) use Access 2003 which I have already. I mainly use Word, Outlook and Excel. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. TIA |
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Well, you know that London Bridge is in Lake Havasu City, Arizona!
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... So... the rumors about the big earthquake are true??? ;-) -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message news eBay - that figures. I wouldn't recommend anyone buy software on eBay. (Well, maybe a few people I know because I'd love to see them get burned.) You're talking about that one that's selling for £1.24, aren't you? Sure, go ahead and give them your money. Amazon.com has great prices and they want ~£99. Do you really think that other version is legitimate? If so, I have a lovely piece of oceanfront property in Kansas I'd like to sell you. -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "ariana" wrote in message ... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Microsoft-Offi...d-2007-upgrade "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... Sounds hinky. Where did you see it and how much was it? -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "ariana" wrote in message ... I have seen Office 2007 Standard Ugrade as a DVD offer on the Internet where the licence details are shown as "Retail Bulk". Any idea what this means and if it's likely to be OK, please? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In addition to what Herb has said, I would strongly advise that you purchase a boxed retail copy of whatever version you decide to get. Although it is possible to convert the installed trial version into a licensed copy, you do not automatically get media (CDs or DVDs) this way, and if you opt to get them, there is an additional cost. The licensing/product options for these "virtual" copies (whether the trial version was an OEM install or a download) have proved to be very confusing and entirely unsatisfactory if you ever have to reinstall the program(s). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... If the upgrade to what you have is less expensive than other options, I would go with that. Even though it's called "upgrade", it's not missing anything. In fact, you don't even need to have Office already installed -- all you need is to have the media available (e.g., on CD or DVD) to demonstrate that you qualify for the upgrade. Other than needing to see evidence that you qualify, the upgrade version of Office 2007 Professional is identical to the full version. When installing, you can choose to replace all of Office 2003 with 2007, or to leave some applications in place. A lot of product-specific MVPs, for example, chose to leave Excel 2003, Word 2003, or PowerPoint 2003 in place (so we can continue to offer support for those), while installing all of Office 2007. Note that you cannot have Outlook 2003 and 2007 installed at the same time due to the way Outlook works, but you can have the other Office 2007 and 2003 applications installed at the same time. So... since you qualify for the upgrade, I think you should go for the most you can get for the buck. You might not need Access 2007 right now... but if the past is prologue, you might at some point in the not too distant future. The one "economy" option I would stay away from is the Home & Student 2007 version, which does not have Outlook. You can use it with Outlook 2003, but the results often aren't satisfactory. Note: make sure you completely uninstall the trial version (includng the XPS/PDF add-in, if you installed it) before installing the upgrade. Failure to do this has frustrated many Office 2007 users. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "ariana" wrote in message ... I thought I would ask you folks for your opinions on something I am thinking of just now: I have Office 2003 Professional installed on my PC (running Windows XP). I bought the Professional version as, at the time, I did quite a bit of stuff on Access. I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) Which version? Now that I no longer use Access very often, would it be OK just to buy the Standard version and continue to (occasionally) use Access 2003 which I have already. I mainly use Word, Outlook and Excel. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. TIA |
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Yes but no one is supposed to know about The Big One yet.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, you know that London Bridge is in Lake Havasu City, Arizona! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... So... the rumors about the big earthquake are true??? ;-) -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message news eBay - that figures. I wouldn't recommend anyone buy software on eBay. (Well, maybe a few people I know because I'd love to see them get burned.) You're talking about that one that's selling for £1.24, aren't you? Sure, go ahead and give them your money. Amazon.com has great prices and they want ~£99. Do you really think that other version is legitimate? If so, I have a lovely piece of oceanfront property in Kansas I'd like to sell you. -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "ariana" wrote in message ... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Microsoft-Offi...d-2007-upgrade "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... Sounds hinky. Where did you see it and how much was it? -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "ariana" wrote in message ... I have seen Office 2007 Standard Ugrade as a DVD offer on the Internet where the licence details are shown as "Retail Bulk". Any idea what this means and if it's likely to be OK, please? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In addition to what Herb has said, I would strongly advise that you purchase a boxed retail copy of whatever version you decide to get. Although it is possible to convert the installed trial version into a licensed copy, you do not automatically get media (CDs or DVDs) this way, and if you opt to get them, there is an additional cost. The licensing/product options for these "virtual" copies (whether the trial version was an OEM install or a download) have proved to be very confusing and entirely unsatisfactory if you ever have to reinstall the program(s). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... If the upgrade to what you have is less expensive than other options, I would go with that. Even though it's called "upgrade", it's not missing anything. In fact, you don't even need to have Office already installed -- all you need is to have the media available (e.g., on CD or DVD) to demonstrate that you qualify for the upgrade. Other than needing to see evidence that you qualify, the upgrade version of Office 2007 Professional is identical to the full version. When installing, you can choose to replace all of Office 2003 with 2007, or to leave some applications in place. A lot of product-specific MVPs, for example, chose to leave Excel 2003, Word 2003, or PowerPoint 2003 in place (so we can continue to offer support for those), while installing all of Office 2007. Note that you cannot have Outlook 2003 and 2007 installed at the same time due to the way Outlook works, but you can have the other Office 2007 and 2003 applications installed at the same time. So... since you qualify for the upgrade, I think you should go for the most you can get for the buck. You might not need Access 2007 right now... but if the past is prologue, you might at some point in the not too distant future. The one "economy" option I would stay away from is the Home & Student 2007 version, which does not have Outlook. You can use it with Outlook 2003, but the results often aren't satisfactory. Note: make sure you completely uninstall the trial version (includng the XPS/PDF add-in, if you installed it) before installing the upgrade. Failure to do this has frustrated many Office 2007 users. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "ariana" wrote in message ... I thought I would ask you folks for your opinions on something I am thinking of just now: I have Office 2003 Professional installed on my PC (running Windows XP). I bought the Professional version as, at the time, I did quite a bit of stuff on Access. I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) Which version? Now that I no longer use Access very often, would it be OK just to buy the Standard version and continue to (occasionally) use Access 2003 which I have already. I mainly use Word, Outlook and Excel. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. TIA |
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Just what I thought! I wish Amazon UK had the £99 price!
"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message news eBay - that figures. I wouldn't recommend anyone buy software on eBay. (Well, maybe a few people I know because I'd love to see them get burned.) You're talking about that one that's selling for £1.24, aren't you? Sure, go ahead and give them your money. Amazon.com has great prices and they want ~£99. Do you really think that other version is legitimate? If so, I have a lovely piece of oceanfront property in Kansas I'd like to sell you. -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "ariana" wrote in message ... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Microsoft-Offi...d-2007-upgrade "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... Sounds hinky. Where did you see it and how much was it? -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "ariana" wrote in message ... I have seen Office 2007 Standard Ugrade as a DVD offer on the Internet where the licence details are shown as "Retail Bulk". Any idea what this means and if it's likely to be OK, please? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In addition to what Herb has said, I would strongly advise that you purchase a boxed retail copy of whatever version you decide to get. Although it is possible to convert the installed trial version into a licensed copy, you do not automatically get media (CDs or DVDs) this way, and if you opt to get them, there is an additional cost. The licensing/product options for these "virtual" copies (whether the trial version was an OEM install or a download) have proved to be very confusing and entirely unsatisfactory if you ever have to reinstall the program(s). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... If the upgrade to what you have is less expensive than other options, I would go with that. Even though it's called "upgrade", it's not missing anything. In fact, you don't even need to have Office already installed -- all you need is to have the media available (e.g., on CD or DVD) to demonstrate that you qualify for the upgrade. Other than needing to see evidence that you qualify, the upgrade version of Office 2007 Professional is identical to the full version. When installing, you can choose to replace all of Office 2003 with 2007, or to leave some applications in place. A lot of product-specific MVPs, for example, chose to leave Excel 2003, Word 2003, or PowerPoint 2003 in place (so we can continue to offer support for those), while installing all of Office 2007. Note that you cannot have Outlook 2003 and 2007 installed at the same time due to the way Outlook works, but you can have the other Office 2007 and 2003 applications installed at the same time. So... since you qualify for the upgrade, I think you should go for the most you can get for the buck. You might not need Access 2007 right now... but if the past is prologue, you might at some point in the not too distant future. The one "economy" option I would stay away from is the Home & Student 2007 version, which does not have Outlook. You can use it with Outlook 2003, but the results often aren't satisfactory. Note: make sure you completely uninstall the trial version (includng the XPS/PDF add-in, if you installed it) before installing the upgrade. Failure to do this has frustrated many Office 2007 users. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "ariana" wrote in message ... I thought I would ask you folks for your opinions on something I am thinking of just now: I have Office 2003 Professional installed on my PC (running Windows XP). I bought the Professional version as, at the time, I did quite a bit of stuff on Access. I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) Which version? Now that I no longer use Access very often, would it be OK just to buy the Standard version and continue to (occasionally) use Access 2003 which I have already. I mainly use Word, Outlook and Excel. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. TIA |
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Office upgrade
I didn't come across any type of license called "Retail Bulk" when I
researched this. I agree with everyone else's assessment, sounds too good to be true. Personally, with the added Microsoft Genuine Advantage on microsoft.com I wouldn't risk my money. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I don't have any specific knowledge about that, but I'd be wary. "Retail Bulk" sounds to me like wholesale (intended for resellers); do you have to buy more than one copy to qualify for the low price? Or it could be code for an OEM version, which you definitely want to avoid. Perhaps Office MVP Beth Melton, who'd investigated these license details, can get involved here, so I'll copy her on this post. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "ariana" wrote in message ... I have seen Office 2007 Standard Ugrade as a DVD offer on the Internet where the licence details are shown as "Retail Bulk". Any idea what this means and if it's likely to be OK, please? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In addition to what Herb has said, I would strongly advise that you purchase a boxed retail copy of whatever version you decide to get. Although it is possible to convert the installed trial version into a licensed copy, you do not automatically get media (CDs or DVDs) this way, and if you opt to get them, there is an additional cost. The licensing/product options for these "virtual" copies (whether the trial version was an OEM install or a download) have proved to be very confusing and entirely unsatisfactory if you ever have to reinstall the program(s). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... If the upgrade to what you have is less expensive than other options, I would go with that. Even though it's called "upgrade", it's not missing anything. In fact, you don't even need to have Office already installed -- all you need is to have the media available (e.g., on CD or DVD) to demonstrate that you qualify for the upgrade. Other than needing to see evidence that you qualify, the upgrade version of Office 2007 Professional is identical to the full version. When installing, you can choose to replace all of Office 2003 with 2007, or to leave some applications in place. A lot of product-specific MVPs, for example, chose to leave Excel 2003, Word 2003, or PowerPoint 2003 in place (so we can continue to offer support for those), while installing all of Office 2007. Note that you cannot have Outlook 2003 and 2007 installed at the same time due to the way Outlook works, but you can have the other Office 2007 and 2003 applications installed at the same time. So... since you qualify for the upgrade, I think you should go for the most you can get for the buck. You might not need Access 2007 right now... but if the past is prologue, you might at some point in the not too distant future. The one "economy" option I would stay away from is the Home & Student 2007 version, which does not have Outlook. You can use it with Outlook 2003, but the results often aren't satisfactory. Note: make sure you completely uninstall the trial version (includng the XPS/PDF add-in, if you installed it) before installing the upgrade. Failure to do this has frustrated many Office 2007 users. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "ariana" wrote in message ... I thought I would ask you folks for your opinions on something I am thinking of just now: I have Office 2003 Professional installed on my PC (running Windows XP). I bought the Professional version as, at the time, I did quite a bit of stuff on Access. I have recently downloaded a Trial Office 2007 which I quite like. When the Trial version runs out in November, I need to decide on the options, i.e. Purchase a full version of Office 2007 Purchase an upgrade to Office 2007 (this is less expensive but are there disadvantages?) Which version? Now that I no longer use Access very often, would it be OK just to buy the Standard version and continue to (occasionally) use Access 2003 which I have already. I mainly use Word, Outlook and Excel. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. TIA |
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