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Question about upgrading MS Office
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:38 pm
by teamdaddy
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.
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:41 pm
by tfflivemb2
You shouldn't have any problems loading 97 onto an XP machine.
As far as upgrading from 97 to 03....not sure.
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:52 pm
by laz
According to the MS site, you can use the 2003 upgrade to upgrade from 97.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/edition ... ional.mspx
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:03 am
by whizkid
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.
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:01 am
by jdhurst
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
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:07 pm
by teamdaddy
Thanks for the information. I was wandering all over the MS web site, but didn't see that page until now. Appreciate the help.