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Will word 2003 clash with word 2007?
I have Office and Word 2003 operating on my desktop.
Can I also install Word 2007 on the same computer, and run the two programs independently? --- or will the two clash and overlap with each other? thanks |
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Will word 2003 clash with word 2007?
On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 17:13:03 -0800, removing all headers and footers
t.com wrote: I have Office and Word 2003 operating on my desktop. Can I also install Word 2007 on the same computer, and run the two programs independently? --- or will the two clash and overlap with each other? thanks You can indeed run both versions simultaneously. The Office 2007 installer will allow you the choice of whether or not to replace the 2003 version, and you can tell it not to replace but to leave 2003 in place. (You can only run one version of Outlook.) Because both versions use some of the same registry entries, this kind of setup will cause either version to try to run the Office setup after the other one has run (to repair the "broken" entries). There is a solution for this, however. If you're running on Windows XP, download http://www.gmayor.com/Zips/NoReReg.zip, unpack it, and double-click the .reg file it contains. If you want to know what it's doing, read http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm. If you're running Windows Vista, there is a similar registry change, but I don't know of a .reg file to make the change easy. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Will word 2003 clash with word 2007?
And because you can only use one version of Outlook, go for Outlook 2007: it
really is a big improvement over OL2003. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... I have Office and Word 2003 operating on my desktop. Can I also install Word 2007 on the same computer, and run the two programs independently? --- or will the two clash and overlap with each other? thanks |
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Will word 2003 clash with word 2007?
Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:12:00 -0500 from Jay Freedman
: Because both versions use some of the same registry entries, this kind of setup will cause either version to try to run the Office setup after the other one has run (to repair the "broken" entries). There is a solution for this, however. Hmm -- it doesn't seem to work that way for me. I set up a Word 2003 shortcut in my Send To foilder, as suggested here. When I send a document to Word 2003, and later close Word, I get "changes have been made that effect the global template Normal.dot" (which is false), but no viisble attempt to run Office setup. If you're running on Windows XP, download http://www.gmayor.com/Zips/NoReReg.zip unpack it, and double-click the .reg file it contains. If you want to know what it's doing, read http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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Will word 2003 clash with word 2007?
Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:53:15 -0400 from Jay Freedman
: On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 08:39:57 -0400, Stan Brown wrote: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:12:00 -0500 from Jay Freedman : Because both versions use some of the same registry entries, this kind of setup will cause either version to try to run the Office setup after the other one has run (to repair the "broken" entries). There is a solution for this, however. Hmm -- it doesn't seem to work that way for me. I set up a Word 2003 shortcut in my Send To folder, as suggested here. When I send a document to Word 2003, and later close Word, I get "changes have been made that effect the global template Normal.dot" (which is false), but no viisble attempt to run Office setup. While I wouldn't rule out the possibility that this message is due to having two versions of Word on the computer (i.e., I've heard of much stranger things), it's more likely to be due to an add-in. Beth Melton discusses this at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...514521033.aspx. It could be an add-in, but in that case it's one that appeared on my computer a the same time I installed Word and Excel 2007. I did not get the message before installing Office 2007, and I began getting it the very first time I ran Word 2003 after installing Office 2007. I've been running both 2003 and 2007 on the same computer for many months and haven't seen the message, so it certainly isn't a necessary result of the setup. I believe you. There seem to be a lot of dark corners here. As I mentioned, unlike Graham I do *not* get any indication that Word 2003 is trying to re-run Office install. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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Will word 2003 clash with word 2007?
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 08:39:57 -0400, Stan Brown
wrote: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:12:00 -0500 from Jay Freedman : Because both versions use some of the same registry entries, this kind of setup will cause either version to try to run the Office setup after the other one has run (to repair the "broken" entries). There is a solution for this, however. Hmm -- it doesn't seem to work that way for me. I set up a Word 2003 shortcut in my Send To foilder, as suggested here. When I send a document to Word 2003, and later close Word, I get "changes have been made that effect the global template Normal.dot" (which is false), but no viisble attempt to run Office setup. While I wouldn't rule out the possibility that this message is due to having two versions of Word on the computer (i.e., I've heard of much stranger things), it's more likely to be due to an add-in. Beth Melton discusses this at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...514521033.aspx. I've been running both 2003 and 2007 on the same computer for many months and haven't seen the message, so it certainly isn't a necessary result of the setup. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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