Denise, I assume the trial version is the same as the full thing.
If you do a *custom* install, you can tell it to leave the previous versions
in place, and exclude things like Outlook (which can't handle multiple
versions.) In this way, you can have multiple versions of Access installed
at once.
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Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia
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http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
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"Denise" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi...newbie here. I would like to try out the 2007 Access...do I have to
> upgrade to the 2007 Office? I want to download the free trial version but
> don't want to have to upgrade my whole system. Thanks for any help.
>
> Denise