Install Office 2007-Does it delete Office 2003?

[Guest]

Tomorrow is the big day. I am going to purchase Office 2007 professional and
I have acouple questions prior to installing it:
1) Will the installation of Office 2007 remove Office 2003, or should I
remove Office 2003 prior to installing 2007?
2) I noticed that Frontpage is not part of the Office 2007 package. In
regards to question 1, if Office 2003 is automatically deleted when
installing Office 2007, does Office 2007 keep Frontpage 2003, or am I forced
to reinstall frontpage 2003?

 

[Bill Sanderson MVP]

It doesn't do this automatically, but it will ask your permission to do
so--either in part, or in whole. I believe that you can only have one
version of Outlook installed--so if you install Outlook 2007, 2003 will be
removed, otherwise I believe coexistence is possible. Be sure to download
the compatibility pack for 2003 so that 2003 can open and save files in the
2007 formats. In fact, I'd encourage everyone to download that package--

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

I don't know the answer to the second part, but I don't believe that the
older product will be removed unless you make that choice. Be sure to
select custom or whatever the wording is for the install options. Read the
choice screens carefully--they give clear guidance about just what the
different options will do.

 

[Bill Sanderson MVP]

Here are some clearer references from Microsoft on this issue:

Earlier versions of Office are removed when you run the 2007 Office Setup
program http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924618/en-us

More information:

Information about using 2007 Office suites and programs on a computer that
is running another version of Office
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928091/en-us


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