Word 2003 with Office XP

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I already have Office XP Pro installed. Is it possible to install Word 2003 so that it "co-exists" on the same hard drive and independent from Word in my Office XP, or do I have to replace Office XP with Office 2003?

All I really use is Word, so I thought I'd save myself the expense of a full upgrade.

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Bob
 
Robert said:
I already have Office XP Pro installed. Is it possible to install
Word 2003 so that it "co-exists" on the same hard drive and
independent from Word in my Office XP, or do I have to replace Office
XP with Office 2003?

All I really use is Word, so I thought I'd save myself the expense of
a full upgrade.
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The coexistence story is a bit fractured - if you install Word 2003 along
side Word 2002 then some of the shared components get upgraded and you won't
have a "pure" Word 2002. I understand there are also issues with the wrong
help files being invoked from Word 2002 if Word 2003 is installed.

You can install Word 2003 and have it replace the Word 2002 that is there.
If you also use Outlook, then your Word version must match for WordMail, so
Outlook 2003 would also be necessary.

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I forgot to ask - is there any particular reason you do want to upgrade
Word?
 
The improvements offered by Word 2003 over 2002 are not huge. There will be
some cross pollination if you have both installed, and it is hardly
necessary to do so. If for reasons of support you need both then the best
plan is either a dual boot system or a Virtual PC installation - such as
that provided by Connectix.

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No particular reason, other than curiosity. I'm a tech writer, and I use Word every day. I'd like to see if there are any new bells and whistles in 2003 that I can use to my advantage. But, as I said earlier, I really don't want to purchase an upgrade for 5 applications when I really only need the 1.

Btw, thanks for the tip about using Word as the Outlook editor. I didn't think of that.
 
Do you happen to know if the Master and Subdocuments feature is more stable in Word 2003. I know many tech writers who struggle with this. Large documents (many subdocuments) tend to make Word unstable and often crash it

I produce lengthy books all the time, but I always use RD fields to generate tables of contents and indexes instead of relying on the Master document feature

Just curious
 
No one who is using Word 2003 seems to have indicated that the Master
Document feature has changed in any way in that version. Sorry. It's really
orphaned technology that I suspect MS would love to back away from entirely
but has to retain to humor a few large corporate customers.

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Robert P. Mohr said:
Do you happen to know if the Master and Subdocuments feature is more
Click to expand...
stable in Word 2003. I know many tech writers who struggle with this. Large
documents (many subdocuments) tend to make Word unstable and often crash it.
I produce lengthy books all the time, but I always use RD fields to
Click to expand...
generate tables of contents and indexes instead of relying on the Master
document feature.
 
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