upgrading one component of Office suite

I have a client who, for cost purposes, would like to upgrade only Word to
2007 yet keep both 2000 and 2003 versions of the other apps (Excel,
Powerpoint, etc) that are installed on separate PC's. Two questions:

1. Can I upgrade only Word to 2007 in both Office 2000 & Office 2003
installations.

2. What forseeable issues am I looking at with this setup besides the
maintenance nightmare of updates and patches?

Yes, they can just get Word 2007. I don't know what kind of issues may
occure because of that.

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


"PASGEN" <PASGEN@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a client who, for cost purposes, would like to upgrade only Word to
> 2007 yet keep both 2000 and 2003 versions of the other apps (Excel,
> Powerpoint, etc) that are installed on separate PC's. Two questions:
>
> 1. Can I upgrade only Word to 2007 in both Office 2000 & Office 2003
> installations.
>
> 2. What forseeable issues am I looking at with this setup besides the
> maintenance nightmare of updates and patches?