Everything in Word 2007 trial is grayed out

[Martin]

It says the expiration date is August 1, so that's not it. The rest of Office
is fine. Only Word is limited. Can't create a document, or save a document.
Activation went fine.

 

[Martin]

I figured it out and will post it here in case someone else set things up the
way i did and is experiencing the same problem.

I installed the trial version of Office 2007 alongside my existing Office
2003. The reason option was grayed out in Word 2007 was because Word 2003 was
loaded. I was careful not to run both at the same time, but i left Outlook
2003 open which is configured to use Word as its email editor. As soon as i
closed Outlook, Word 2007 came alive. So I guess it makes sense that both
Words cannot be run at the same time.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

FWIW, I routinely use Word 2003 and 2007 simultaneously.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Martin]

Well, then i really don't understand why that worked, but luckily for me it
did.

 

[Graham Mayor]

I suspect it may have had more to do with Outlook than the two versions of
Word. Change Outlook's option to use its own e-mail editor rather than Word.
That may remove the confusion. See also
http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm which explains some registry
changes necessary to ensure more smooth integration of Word 2003/7, but
don't forget to change them back when the trial expires, if you are not
going to buy the application.

Incidentally, if you do decide to buy, do so from a reseller to ensure you
get the installation disc.

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