I should have made it clear, 'pop office 2003 cd in' - forget the 97 cd
"DL" <address[ at ]invalid> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > You don't need to install the qualifying versions in order to upgrade
> Its not entirely clear from your post as to whether Works is installed or
> if you just have a Works cd, if so is it a version that pre dates Office
> 2003?
>
> Assuming you have a Works cd, pop the Office cd in and start its
> installation, when it complains about no qualifying product, swap office
> cd with works cd, and point the installation to it, once confirmed swap
> the cd's and continue the installation
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> "jab" <jab[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:996F9E2D-41E5-4567-9FDF-23A125C0FB98[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> Historically, I have installed boxed version of Office2003 on top of an
>> upgrade to Office 1997 which itself was an upgrade to Works. Recently
>> bought
>> boxed windows XP and installed to SP3 level. Now, when trying to load
>> Office
>> 1997 and then load Office 2003 in the new system i run into a problem
>> getting
>> office 1997 installed before i can move to the office 2003 upgrade
>> (expensive
>> enough). The error message says that my Works has a newer date than
>> Office
>> 1997 and therefore I am ineligible to upgrade to Office 1997. How can I
>> get
>> back to Office 2003 level
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>> jab
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