Purchase of Access Upgrade

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

I need to purchase Access for home. Looking at the box in the store, the
requirements to use the upgrade states that the user will need ONE of the
listed applications. I have MS Works 7.0 on my laptop; which is one of the
applications listed on the upgrade box. Does that mean I do not have to have
a previous version of Access to purchase the Upgrade Access 2003? If so,
does the Upgrade version have all the functionality of the "full" version of
Access 2003? Thanks.
 
Does that mean I do not have to have
a previous version of Access to purchase the Upgrade Access 2003?
Click to expand...

Correct. Your version of MS Works on the list of all qualifying products
for the upgrade version of Access 2003 on the following Web page:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/access/howtobuy/default.mspx#XSLTsection126121120120
If so,
does the Upgrade version have all the functionality of the "full" version of
Access 2003?
Click to expand...

Yes. It does. The only downside to installing an upgrade version is that
you must keep the qualifying product in order to reinstall the upgrade again
at a later date, should the need ever arise. Usually this means that having
the original CD of the qualifying product handy when the upgrade is installed
is sufficient, but with older products the qualifying product needed to
actually be installed on the computer. I don't think you need to worry about
Access 2003 needing to have Works 7.0 installed, though.

After you install Access 2003, install MS Office 2003 SP-1 for the bug
fixes, but you may want to hold off on installing SP-2 because it won't allow
you to edit linked Excel spreadsheets, should you also have Excel installed
on your computer.

HTH.
Gunny

See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs.
See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips.

(Please remove ZERO_SPAM from my reply E-mail address so that a message will
be forwarded to me.)
- - -
If my answer has helped you, please sign in and answer yes to the question
"Did this post answer your question?" at the bottom of the message, which
adds your question and the answers to the database of answers. Remember that
questions answered the quickest are often from those who have a history of
rewarding the contributors who have taken the time to answer questions
correctly.
 
I need to purchase Access for home. Looking at the box in the store, the
requirements to use the upgrade states that the user will need ONE of the
listed applications. I have MS Works 7.0 on my laptop; which is one of the
applications listed on the upgrade box. Does that mean I do not have to have
a previous version of Access to purchase the Upgrade Access 2003? If so,
does the Upgrade version have all the functionality of the "full" version of
Access 2003? Thanks.
Click to expand...

Both assertions are correct: Works 7.0 will let you buy the upgrade
version, and that version is exactly the same as the full-price
version; only the pricing differs.

John W. Vinson[MVP]
 
Back
Top