Office 97 will install and run just fine in XP. The only issue is that
spell checker remains greyed out. Here is the fix/workaround:
Go to Start/Run/EXPAND X:\i386\CSAPI3T1.DL_ C:\CSAPI3T1.DLL (Where X is your
CD-Rom drive letter). And then copy it to: Program Files\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof