Microsoft Office 2007 over Microsoft Office 2002?

I currently have Microsoft Office 2002. I am thinking about upgrading to Office
2007. I'm not sure that I have a fully licensed product so I think that I will
buy the Office 2007 Professional full version (pricey). If I do this, do I need
to completely uninstall 2002 first?

May I ask for a little clarity? You're not sure if you have a fully licensed
version - why don't you know? You either purchased it or not.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Tommy Flynn" <noreply@nodomain.com> wrote in message
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>I currently have Microsoft Office 2002. I am thinking about upgrading to
>Office
> 2007. I'm not sure that I have a fully licensed product so I think that I
> will
> buy the Office 2007 Professional full version (pricey). If I do this, do
> I need
> to completely uninstall 2002 first?

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:28:21 -0400, "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotnospammail.com>
wrote:

I worked for a company that gave us a home copy of Office, so it's registered to
my ex company, not me. I'm sure that if I tried to upgrade, this would be an
issue.

>May I ask for a little clarity? You're not sure if you have a fully licensed
>version - why don't you know? You either purchased it or not.

Maybe not on your current computer but if/when you get another computer, you
will no longer have a qualifying product.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Tommy Flynn" <noreply@nodomain.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:28:21 -0400, "JoAnn Paules"
> <jl_paules@hotnospammail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I worked for a company that gave us a home copy of Office, so it's
> registered to
> my ex company, not me. I'm sure that if I tried to upgrade, this would be
> an
> issue.
>
>>May I ask for a little clarity? You're not sure if you have a fully
>>licensed
>>version - why don't you know? You either purchased it or not.

So, with my current computer, if I buy the full version of Office 2007, do I
need to uninstall Office 2002?

I read in another thread that Microsoft was no longer offering Office 2007 for
XP. If that is true, then I guess that I will have to wait until I buy another
computer.

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:47:28 -0400, "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotnospammail.com>
wrote:

>Maybe not on your current computer but if/when you get another computer, you
>will no longer have a qualifying product.

You misread something. Office 2007 will run on XP, period. I would suggest
uninstalling the older version before you install the newer one.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Tommy Flynn" <noreply@nodomain.com> wrote in message
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> So, with my current computer, if I buy the full version of Office 2007, do
> I
> need to uninstall Office 2002?
>
> I read in another thread that Microsoft was no longer offering Office 2007
> for
> XP. If that is true, then I guess that I will have to wait until I buy
> another
> computer.
>
> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:47:28 -0400, "JoAnn Paules"
> <jl_paules@hotnospammail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Maybe not on your current computer but if/when you get another computer,
>>you
>>will no longer have a qualifying product.

There's only one version of Office 2007 and it can be installed on Windows
XP or Windows Vista. I suspect the confusion lies in the name of the version
of Office you are currently using, which is Office XP-- not Office 2002. The
individual applications use '2002' in their names but the entire suite uses
'XP' in its name.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton

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"Tommy Flynn" <noreply@nodomain.com> wrote in message
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> I read in another thread that Microsoft was no longer offering Office 2007
> for
> XP. If that is true, then I guess that I will have to wait until I buy
> another
> computer.