Question about upgrading MS Office

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teamdaddy · #1 Post by **teamdaddy** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:38 pm

I've just had to replace the HDD on my T23. Now that I've got that done I'm reloading all of my software. I am wanting to upgrade my copy of MS Office 97 Pro to the current 2003 version, but before I buy, I wanted to make sure that the current upgrade would in fact upgrade from the 97 version. Anybody know for sure? Also, before I start re-loading Office 97 back on to my computer, was wondering if there would be any issues with loading it to a computer running Win XP. It was previously on a machine with Win 98. Thanks for your help.

Website · #2 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:41 pm

You shouldn't have any problems loading 97 onto an XP machine.

As far as upgrading from 97 to 03....not sure.

laz · #3 Post by **laz** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:52 pm

According to the MS site, you can use the 2003 upgrade to upgrade from 97.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/edition ... ional.mspx

whizkid · #4 Post by **whizkid** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:03 am

Yep. That page says you can get the upgrade version and that version will upgrade from Office 97 or later (as well as Works 6 or later).

But I wonder if the retail version (with the higher price) would upgrade from Office 95...

Don't mind me.

#5 Post by **jdhurst** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:01 am

I have a full license for Office 97 and the CD. From that base, I have been able to install all future versions of Office as upgrades as 2003. You don't need to have Office 97 installed - just provide the CD when it asks for it. ... JD Hurst

teamdaddy · #6 Post by **teamdaddy** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:07 pm

Thanks for the information. I was wandering all over the MS web site, but didn't see that page until now. Appreciate the help.

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