Co-existence of Office 2003 and 2007 - Same PC

[Jim May]

I've just bought a powerful HP Laptop - with Vistar Home Premium (64-bit OS).
Can I install both Office versions (2003 and 2007) on this LT (with 285 Gig
Free)?

What are the steps (order sequence) to accomplish, with out a hitch?
What are the pitfalls (if any) of having both on the same machine?

Thanks in advance,,,

 

[Don Guillett]

Best to install 2003 first and then 2007 in SEPARATE folders. Set your
associations to the one desired. I don't use Access much but understand that
ONLY 2007 will now work.

 

[Jon Peltier]

Any versions of Access will work. It's Outlook that only allows one version,

If you've got a powerful computer, I'd advise you to install Virtual PC
(free from Microsoft) or VMWare, and install Office 2007 in a virtual
machine. This guarantees no unexpected problems. No matter how careful you
are, there is no glitch-free way to install multiple versions of Office in
the same machine.

- Jon

 

[cmac3920]

Does anyone know how to set up Word 2003 so it captures the number of
keystrokes? With a new transcriptionist, we want to see her progress.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Don Guillett]

1. This is NOT a word ng
2. High jacking threads is a NO NO!!