Outlook 98

[Howard Kaikow]

My computer came with Office 97 SBE, but I replaced that with the retail
Office 97 Pro upgrade.
Subsequently, I added separate boot partitions, each of which has a more
recent version of Office.

I now see that although the Office 97 components have retail PIDs, Outlook
98 has an OEM PID.
Would not the install of Office 97 have given Outlook a retail PID?

Was Outlook 97 or Outlook 98 bundled as part of the retail Office 97 Pro?
If not, then I guess I got an OEM version with the PC.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook 98 was a separate product, never bundled in the Office suite. I
think your analysis is sound.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

Outlook 97 was bundled in Office 97. Outlook 98 was released later as a
free update which is no longer offered.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

Should we be using Outlook 97 or Outlook 98?

--
http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site.

Outlook 97 was bundled in Office 97. Outlook 98 was released later as a
free update which is no longer offered.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

If this is it for a choice... Outlook 98.

Should we be using Outlook 97 or Outlook 98?

 

[Howard Kaikow]

Thanx.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Neither, if possible. Both are past their support cycle and don't have the
many improvements in later versions. But if that's all you have, Outlook 98
is better.

 

[Howard Kaikow]

I have all the VBA versions of Office, each installed in a separate boot
system.

I almost never use Office 97, other than to compile VB 6 programs automating
some apps, or creating macros that use early binding for those diminishing
cases in which Office 97 support is requested.