Upgrading from 97 to PPt 2003

[Guest]

I currently run Windows Office XP on my laptop and do not have PowerPoint
installed. I do have PowerPoint on an Office 97 cd that I used to run and
want to install ONLY the 97 PowerPoint component on my laptop. I want to then
buy the PowerPoint 2003 UPGRADE (which you can upgrade to if you already have
PowerPoint 97). When I try to install just the PowerPoint component from the
97 cd, the icon shows up on my TaskBar but I cannot open the program and run
it. Why can't I open and run PowerPoint 97 and what can I do?? I'd much
rather pay $109 for the upgrade than over $200 for PPoint 2003. Thanks.

 

[Echo S]

Try just putting in the PPT 2003 upgrade install CD and running the install.
When it asks for a qualifying product, put your 97 CD in. I don't know why
you can't install PPT 97 right now, but you may not have to.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/howtobuy/default.mspx says that
Office 97 Professional, Office 97 Small Business Edition (version 2), Office
97 Small Business Edition (version 1), Office 97 Standard are all upgrade
qualifiers.

That link also says that Office XP Developer, Office XP Professional Special
Edition, Office XP Professional, Office XP Small Business Edition, Office XP
Standard are upgrade qualifiers as well. So probably your Office XP version
(I'm assuming it's Small Business Edition, since you don't have PPT with it)
will qualify in and of itself and so you don't need to worry about the 97
PPT install CD at all.