Word 97

[marty nash]

How can I transfer Word 97 ...that I love ...my old
machine with Windows 95 to a new machine that has XP and
Corel (which I hate)

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You need the original installation disk, and Word97 will run fine in
WindowsXP. If it came on your Win95 system preinstalled, you will not be
able to transfer it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"marty nash" > wrote in message
...
> How can I transfer Word 97 ...that I love ...my old
> machine with Windows 95 to a new machine that has XP and
> Corel (which I hate)

[BobDelaney]

You can just use your original Office 97 CD, and run all the many, many
updates since then. However, Office has been revamped three times since
then, and you might want to move to Office 2003 if you have a new machine.
There is a familiar look and feel to your Word application, but new power
that you couldn't dream of back in 1997. Take it from an Office beta tester,
this is a nice version of Word.
--
Bob Delaney
Microsoft Desktop Systems MVP
"marty nash" > wrote in message
...
> How can I transfer Word 97 ...that I love ...my old
> machine with Windows 95 to a new machine that has XP and
> Corel (which I hate)

[Dwight Stewart]

"BobDelaney" wrote:
> (snip) However, Office has been revamped three
> times since then, and you might want to move to
> Office 2003 if you have a new machine. There is a
> familiar look and feel to your Word application, but
> new power that you couldn't dream of back in 1997.
> Take it from an Office beta tester, this is a nice
> version of Word.


Where can I find out about some of the differences between Office XP
(2002) and Office 2003, Bob? My copy of Office XP is only about three months
old and has already been replaced with the newer version. I'm curious
whether the new version is even worth my attention at this point or whether
I should just stick with the version I have.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

[Rob Schneider]

Dwight Stewart wrote:

> "BobDelaney" wrote:
>
>> (snip) However, Office has been revamped three
>>times since then, and you might want to move to
>>Office 2003 if you have a new machine. There is a
>>familiar look and feel to your Word application, but
>>new power that you couldn't dream of back in 1997.
>>Take it from an Office beta tester, this is a nice
>>version of Word.
>
>
>
> Where can I find out about some of the differences between Office XP
> (2002) and Office 2003, Bob? My copy of Office XP is only about three months
> old and has already been replaced with the newer version. I'm curious
> whether the new version is even worth my attention at this point or whether
> I should just stick with the version I have.
>
>
> Dwight Stewart (W5NET)
>
> http://www.qsl.net/w5net/
>
>

When you bought XP, 2003 had already been announced and known to be
released on October. Happened as planned.

See www.microsoft.com/office. There are also lots of reviews published.

Consensus seems to be that only Outlook had some minor changes (better
spam detection) and everything else cosmetic. Some enhancmenets that
large organisations would want (document protection). My hunch is XP
to 2003 not worth it for most people.

[Gord Dibben]

Dwight

http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/faq.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/topten.mspx

Gord Dibben XL2002

On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 07:26:48 GMT, "Dwight Stewart"
> wrote:

>
>"BobDelaney" wrote:
>> (snip) However, Office has been revamped three
>> times since then, and you might want to move to
>> Office 2003 if you have a new machine. There is a
>> familiar look and feel to your Word application, but
>> new power that you couldn't dream of back in 1997.
>> Take it from an Office beta tester, this is a nice
>> version of Word.
>
>
> Where can I find out about some of the differences between Office XP
>(2002) and Office 2003, Bob? My copy of Office XP is only about three months
>old and has already been replaced with the newer version. I'm curious
>whether the new version is even worth my attention at this point or whether
>I should just stick with the version I have.
>
>
>Dwight Stewart (W5NET)
>
>http://www.qsl.net/w5net/
>

[Dwight Stewart]

"Rob Schneider" wrote:
>
> When you bought XP, 2003 had already been announced
> and known to be released on October. Happened as planned.


Actually, I didn't buy this computer or Office - the VA did (disabled vet
rehabilitation program).


> Consensus seems to be that only Outlook had some minor
> changes (better spam detection) and everything else cosmetic.
> Some enhancmenets that large organisations would want
> (document protection). My hunch is XP to 2003 not worth
> it for most people.


That's my take on things at the moment. Thanks for the information.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

[Dwight Stewart]

<Gord Dibben> wrote:
> Dwight
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/faq.mspx
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/topten.mspx


Thanks for the links, Gord. I searched MS's web site before but must have
used the wrong search words.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/