When I bought my Dell computer, I had Office 2003 Basic pre-loaded (no
Powerpoint). I recently bought Office 2003 SBE. Do I have to unintall
Office Basic to install Office SBE? I'm sure I'll have to back up Outlook e-
mail otherwise I'll lose that, correct?

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Hi Tom,

When I bought my Dell computer, I had Office 2003 Basic pre-loaded (no
Powerpoint). I recently bought Office 2003 SBE. Do I have to unintall
Office Basic to install Office SBE? I'm sure I'll have to back up Outlook e-
mail otherwise I'll lose that, correct?

The office.setup group would probably have been the better place to ask this.

Your Outlook content will be stored in a *.pst file, which you can certainly
copy/backup. You should ask in an Outlook newsgroup about keeping the profile
information.

I think it would probably be better to uninstall the current Office, before
installing the other version.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or
reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

Microsoft tries its damnedest to retain user settings when upgrading its
software, which can be as irritating as it is useful. I would think it
extremely unlikely that you would need to uninstall the installed OEM
version of Office in order to install the SBE version in the same folder.
The individual components in the Office programs are all the same, the
versions are merely concerned with marketing. When you install the new
version it should recognize the existing version and give you the
opportunity to add the missing bits. You will then need to check on-line for
any updates.

It is worth backing up important data and user settings which in the case of
Outlook is its associated PST file.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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





Tom Archuleta via OfficeKB.com wrote:
When I bought my Dell computer, I had Office 2003 Basic pre-loaded (no
Powerpoint). I recently bought Office 2003 SBE. Do I have to unintall
Office Basic to install Office SBE? I'm sure I'll have to back up
Outlook e- mail otherwise I'll lose that, correct?