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I am helping an OP with a large project. He is 1000 miles away so

everything is long distance or email. I have Excel 2002, he has 2003. This

has caused no problems throughout the project development until now.

One problem has cropped up that appears (just "appears" at this point)

to be version related. I won't go into the details of the problem because I

haven't defined it sufficiently at this point.

I have a copy of 2003 that I installed once over my 2002, but I elected

to revert back to the 2002 because of the Help changes and the fact that

comments in these newsgroups indicated that the benefits of 2003 over 2002

were not worth the Help hassle of 2003.

All that said, I want to install 2003 on my stand-alone computer along

side my 2002 so that I can properly troubleshoot this one problem. I know

that many of you have multiple versions installed so I know it can be done.

I am asking for some guidance from those of you that have already done

this so that I might avoid some of the pitfalls. For instance, should I

install 2003 in a folder outside of Program Files (where 2002 resides)?

Should I avoid running both at the same time?

Should I avoid saving my 2002 file under 2003 or should I make a copy of it

under another name and save it under 2003?

Have you run into any "mines" with this that I should avoid stepping on?

I am aware of the file association problem and I can work with that.

Thanks for your help. Otto


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Otto,



I don't have 202 and 2003, but I do have 97, 2000 and 2002 on my desktop. I

have them all installed in 'Program Files\Microsoft Office', with

sub-directories of Office, Office 97, Office 10. The version that you want

as your default should be installed last. I also have run all 3 at the same

time, the only thing I get is a message that Personal.xls is already open,

so it will open read-only.



Obviously, double-clicking an Excel file will open in the default, so in the

others you need to drag-and-drop, or open via the menu.



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HTH



RP

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"Otto Moehrbach" <ottokmnop@comcast.net>wrote in message



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Bob

Thanks for that information. I'll install 2003 and follow what you did.

Otto

"Bob Phillips" <bob.phillips@notheretiscali.co.uk>wrote in message



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I also have xl95,xl97 and xl2002 all on the same computer, in different

directories.



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Don Guillett

SalesAid Software

donaldb@281.com

"Otto Moehrbach" <ottokmnop@comcast.net>wrote in message



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Thanks Don. I'll do the same. Otto

"Don Guillett" <donaldb@281.com>wrote in message



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Hi Otto



on this machine i have 2002 & 2003 .. on my other 97, 2000, 2002 ... all

work fine - the only thing i did was install them in order(oldest to newest)

and put them in separate directories.



I have had 2002 & 2003 open at the same time and the only problem (as Bob

has already said) was that when i opened the 2nd one (whichever) i got a

message about personal.xls being read only.

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Cheers

JulieD



"Otto Moehrbach" <ottokmnop@comcast.net>wrote in message



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95!



"Don Guillett" <donaldb@281.com>wrote in message



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Bob & Julie,



re Personal.xls Read only



FWIW, I have individual Persona's in respective default startup directories

for each xl version, to avoid the read only problem. But I appreciate if you

are often updating Personal you would only want the one file.



Regards,

Peter T





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Hi Peter,



Yeah, I know I could get around it, but



a) I can't be a*!#ed,

b) I want my customisations in all versions, and

c) I can control my updates and so in the default version



Regards



Bob





"Peter T" <peter_t@discussions>wrote in message



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I do some development work for ING for point of sale software for salesmen.

Some only have xl95 so I have to write the program for the "lowest common

denominator". They pay well.

I have even had calls from some wondering why the program won't work when

the install instructions sent out by the company tells them they must have

excel installed..



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Don Guillett

SalesAid Software

donaldb@281.com

"Bob Phillips" <bob.phillips@notheretiscali.co.uk>wrote in message



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It's a wonderful world ;-)



is that ING Bank, the outfit that bought Barings Bank for a £1 (IIRC)?



Regards



Bob



"Don Guillett" <donaldb@281.com>wrote in message



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I guess so. They are into Insurance, banking, etc. I was once a Regional

Manager for their Life insurance business.



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Don Guillett

SalesAid Software

donaldb@281.com

"Bob Phillips" <bob.phillips@notheretiscali.co.uk>wrote in message



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