[jokelly27]

I have used Word 2000 for a while and have created documents with this. However I have just sent for Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 which will replace this. Do I have to uninstall the old Word 2000 before I attempt the new installation and are there any tips for doing this successfully? Many thanks.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can run Word 2000 and Word 2007 side by side, and I would actually
advise doing this until you become comfortable in Word 2007 (though there
are those who argue that the quickest way to learn Word 2007 is total
immersion). When you install Office 2007, you will be given the choice of
replacing an older version or not. The only drawback to *not* replacing is
that Office will not install Outlook 2007 (because only one version of
Outlook can exist on a given system), but since the Home & Student edition
doesn't include Outlook, this will not be an issue in your case.

The chief drawback is that Word will, by default, open documents in whatever
version of Word you had open last. When you start the other version, you'll
get a message about "Configuring...," but you can get around this with a
Registry edit, described at
http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com/2...03-coexisting/

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"jokelly27" wrote in message
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I have used Word 2000 for a while and have created documents with this.
However I have just sent for Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
which will replace this. Do I have to uninstall the old Word 2000
before I attempt the new installation and are there any tips for doing
this successfully? Many thanks.




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jokelly27