I developed a serious problem with Office 2000 Word (program would hang up
and never did open) I couldn't resolve over three days of troubleshooting so
I dumped 2002 and installed Office 2003 and the problem went away. However,
my contact management software doesn't recognize any version of Word newer
than 2002 so I'm wondering if it's possible to have a standalone version of
Word 2002 installed alongside that included with Office 2003 hoping that the
contact management software can distinguish between the two. I would be
grateful for any help or suggestions you can send my way.

Thanks in advance, I appreciate what you do for the community.
--
Juan Muzquiz
Investment Realty Resources, Inc.

As long as you install to two different directories - Such as Office
2000 and Office 2003 - then you should be ok. You will notice a delay
when opening the two versions of Word unless you edit your registry
settings. Here is a tutorial on how to use Word 2007 and Word 2003
together, the process will be the same, the editions of word will be
lower numbers depending on which versions you work with.

http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com/2...03-coexisting/


--
Dawn Crosier
Microsoft MVP
"Education Lasts a Lifetime"
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"Juandini" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2FCD21E1-2785-4797-95E5-(E-Mail Removed):

> I developed a serious problem with Office 2000 Word (program would hang up
> and never did open) I couldn't resolve over three days of troubleshooting so
> I dumped 2002 and installed Office 2003 and the problem went away. However,
> my contact management software doesn't recognize any version of Word newer
> than 2002 so I'm wondering if it's possible to have a standalone version of
> Word 2002 installed alongside that included with Office 2003 hoping that the
> contact management software can distinguish between the two. I would be
> grateful for any help or suggestions you can send my way.
>
> Thanks in advance, I appreciate what you do for the community.
> --
> Juan Muzquiz
> Investment Realty Resources, Inc.


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Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.2/1273 - Release Date:
2/12/2008 9:31 AM

However, if Word is not using the folders that the management software
expects it may still not work.
It may be worth asking the software writer of the management software for a
patch to enable it to work with the later version. The software is so
similar it will either be looking for a reference to Word 10.0 rather than
11.0 or looking for a particular folder - dare I suggest the Office startup
folder which has a different location for Office 10 and 11?

Word 2003 - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\STARTUP
Word 2002 - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE10\STARTUP

If you have an add-in associated with your software in the latter folder,
try moving it to the former.

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Dawn Crosier, Word MVP wrote:
> As long as you install to two different directories - Such as Office
> 2000 and Office 2003 - then you should be ok. You will notice a delay
> when opening the two versions of Word unless you edit your registry
> settings. Here is a tutorial on how to use Word 2007 and Word 2003
> together, the process will be the same, the editions of word will be
> lower numbers depending on which versions you work with.
>
> http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com/2...03-coexisting/
>
>
>
>> I developed a serious problem with Office 2000 Word (program would
>> hang up and never did open) I couldn't resolve over three days of
>> troubleshooting so I dumped 2002 and installed Office 2003 and the
>> problem went away. However, my contact management software doesn't
>> recognize any version of Word newer than 2002 so I'm wondering if
>> it's possible to have a standalone version of Word 2002 installed
>> alongside that included with Office 2003 hoping that the contact
>> management software can distinguish between the two. I would be
>> grateful for any help or suggestions you can send my way. Thanks in
>> advance, I appreciate what you do for the community.
>> --
>> Juan Muzquiz
>> Investment Realty Resources, Inc.
>
>
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.2/1273 - Release Date:
> 2/12/2008 9:31 AM

--
Juan Muzquiz
Investment Realty Resources, Inc.


"Dawn Crosier, Word MVP" wrote:

> As long as you install to two different directories - Such as Office
> 2000 and Office 2003 - then you should be ok. You will notice a delay
> when opening the two versions of Word unless you edit your registry
> settings. Here is a tutorial on how to use Word 2007 and Word 2003
> together, the process will be the same, the editions of word will be
> lower numbers depending on which versions you work with.
>
> http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com/2...03-coexisting/
>
>
> --
> Dawn Crosier
> Microsoft MVP
> "Education Lasts a Lifetime"
> This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions
> to the newsgroup so that others can learn as well.
>
>
>
>
> "Juandini" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:2FCD21E1-2785-4797-95E5-(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > I developed a serious problem with Office 2000 Word (program would hang up
> > and never did open) I couldn't resolve over three days of troubleshooting so
> > I dumped 2002 and installed Office 2003 and the problem went away. However,
> > my contact management software doesn't recognize any version of Word newer
> > than 2002 so I'm wondering if it's possible to have a standalone version of
> > Word 2002 installed alongside that included with Office 2003 hoping that the
> > contact management software can distinguish between the two. I would be
> > grateful for any help or suggestions you can send my way.
> >
> > Thanks in advance, I appreciate what you do for the community.
> > --
> > Juan Muzquiz
> > Investment Realty Resources, Inc.
>
>
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.2/1273 - Release Date:
> 2/12/2008 9:31 AM
>
> Thanks so much for your help!

Juan
>

--
Juan Muzquiz
Investment Realty Resources, Inc.


"Juandini" wrote:

> I developed a serious problem with Office 2000 Word (program would hang up
> and never did open) I couldn't resolve over three days of troubleshooting so
> I dumped 2002 and installed Office 2003 and the problem went away. However,
> my contact management software doesn't recognize any version of Word newer
> than 2002 so I'm wondering if it's possible to have a standalone version of
> Word 2002 installed alongside that included with Office 2003 hoping that the
> contact management software can distinguish between the two. I would be
> grateful for any help or suggestions you can send my way.
>
> Thanks in advance, I appreciate what you do for the community.
> --
> Juan Muzquiz
> Investment Realty Resources, Inc.

Thank you all for your help!

Juan