Upgrading Question

[Confused]

I just bought MS Office 2007 Professional and my friend told me that

Microsoft is going to release a new Office sometime this summer. My question

is, if I install the 2007 Professional now, and later when the 2010 version

comes out, and I buy the Standard version, will I still be able to use MS

Access and Publisher 2007? Or will those programs be deleted when I install

the 2010 Standard version?

 

[20100209]

No. When you install Office 2010, old programs will not be deleted.

You will get an option (like when people installed Office 2007 on Office

2003) to either retain or delete the old programs that are already in

the new version. So, If you buy a standard Version of Office 2010, your

old programs like Access 2007 etc. will remain operative. I have still

kept all my Office 2003 programs with Office 2007 but then I support

students in my college using various versions of applications.



Did you know that you can download Office 2010 beta from Microsoft

website. The download version is licensed to be used until June this

year so it is a good idea to use the beta version if you haven't bought

Office 2007. However, this does not apply to you.







hth





Confused wrote:

>

> I just bought MS Office 2007 Professional and my friend told me that

> Microsoft is going to release a new Office sometime this summer. My question

> is, if I install the 2007 Professional now, and later when the 2010 version

> comes out, and I buy the Standard version, will I still be able to use MS

> Access and Publisher 2007? Or will those programs be deleted when I install

> the 2010 Standard version?

 

[Confused]

Well I haven't opened the package yet, so I could return it and use the beta

version like you said. Thank you very much for the info. Appreciate it!



"20100209" wrote:



> No. When you install Office 2010, old programs will not be deleted.

> You will get an option (like when people installed Office 2007 on Office

> 2003) to either retain or delete the old programs that are already in

> the new version. So, If you buy a standard Version of Office 2010, your

> old programs like Access 2007 etc. will remain operative. I have still

> kept all my Office 2003 programs with Office 2007 but then I support

> students in my college using various versions of applications.

>

> Did you know that you can download Office 2010 beta from Microsoft

> website. The download version is licensed to be used until June this

> year so it is a good idea to use the beta version if you haven't bought

> Office 2007. However, this does not apply to you.

>

>

>

> hth

>

>

> Confused wrote:

> >

> > I just bought MS Office 2007 Professional and my friend told me that

> > Microsoft is going to release a new Office sometime this summer. My question

> > is, if I install the 2007 Professional now, and later when the 2010 version

> > comes out, and I buy the Standard version, will I still be able to use MS

> > Access and Publisher 2007? Or will those programs be deleted when I install

> > the 2010 Standard version?

> .

>