I have Office 2007 Pro running on both my computers and have purchased 2010 Pro Plus. Do I have to uninstall 2007 first or can I install over the top (upgrade)? If I have to uninstall first how do I save my emails and diary? :blush:
You should be able to install as a separate program, Den.
Usual practise is to upgrade and get rid of the old version but I can not find anything on the Microsoft site :dunno:
They are generally stand alone products so you can install then uninstall or uninstall then install or simply just install and run them both. Does that make any sense at all? ;D
So, would the new version automatically pick up the data (emails / contacts / calendar, etc) from the old version, Zap?
I thought though, you could only have one version of Outlook. Other programs should be fine. I'm not sure about your diary, but to find the file where your emails are saved go to Mail in Control Panel and then click Data Files. It will then show where your pst file is saved (this is the file which your emails are stored in).
Something else which looks like it should capture everything is if within Outlook you go to File, Import and Export, Export to a file, Personal folder file, and then select Personal Folders at the top and tick include subfolders.
To check, you can load the backup back into outlook alongside the live version and you'll be able to see what it has saved.
In the past you could have more than one version of Outlook running and they ran as two separate products with two separate sets of data files.
AFIAK upgrading to or from any version will indeed require you to use the import/export function. However, in the past Microsoft has added new data tables between versions which means there is no easy way of exporting your existing data.
Summary here http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/outlook/Installing-Office-2010-with-Office-2007-Outlook-Coexistence-Issues.aspx
I upgraded from 2007 to 2010 and it was painless. ;D Office transfered all my settings and is running very smoothly indeed. First impressions are very good. :eyebrow:
Quote from: Den on Jul 24, 2010, 19:48:14
I upgraded from 2007 to 2010 and it was painless. ;D Office transfered all my settings and is running very smoothly indeed. First impressions are very good. :eyebrow:
I was pondering getting this when I upgrade to Windows 7. I noticed that a lot of people are packaging the 2007 Office with a free upgrade to 2010 on pre built systems lately. I assume it's a cheaper way of doing it.
I dislike application that don't perform an upgrade - or at least offer to - when installing a newer version onto a syste that already has an older version on it. Microsoft are generally pretty good at this but other are not - step forward Nero. I installed Nero 10 on my system yesterday and although it was relatively painless (Lots or 'required' MS downloads though) it didn't remove Nero 9 which was already on my system. Why would I want both on the same system at the same time? Does 10 not have all the features of 9?
Quote from: Niall on Jul 25, 2010, 09:02:59
I was pondering getting this when I upgrade to Windows 7. I noticed that a lot of people are packaging the 2007 Office with a free upgrade to 2010 on pre built systems lately. I assume it's a cheaper way of doing it.
See my PM Niall ;D
I've just realised that as my mother is doing a degree, we can use that student site for discount software. Ace!
This coming Friday, I shall save myself about £500. Awesome! The only thing I was wondering about, is the amount of times you can install Windows7. I'm upgrading in a few months, which will be an almost completely new PC, so do you have unlimited installs now? I'm wondering because the Windows XP o/s I bought years ago forced me to call M$ on an install after a few, then they said I wouldn't be able to install it again. Then that new verification process came in to play, and it was installed 3 or 4 more times on my PC as hard drives died, hardware was upgraded, then eventually on my sisters PC I built.
So, the drinks are on you, then, Niall?
Quite the opposite. The money I'm spending on it, is the money I'd normally spend in the pub in the month, so a healthy month with a new operating system and office package instead :D
Quote from: Rik on Jul 25, 2010, 10:58:35
So, the drinks are on you, then, Niall?
I hope so, ;D , why can't they grant these concessionary prices to people who are retired as well?
Hear hear. :)
That would be good. My mum is 60 next year, so I could wangle more discounts :D
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How many home users, use the full features of Office? Most just use Outlook (if included in the package they buy), and maybe Word, a few will use basic Access and Excel, but none will use it to the full potential.
Hasn't that always been the case though, Glenn - the old rule was 80% of users used just 20% of the functionality of a program.
I think with Office, it is around 2% of the functionality is used by the majority.
That wouldn't surprise me. I certainly gloss over its features most of the time.
In all honesty I wouldn't use much of it at all. Occasionally I'll need it to look at something, or type something up for someone. When that happens I use Open Office, but while that is good (well, excellent for free) with power point stuff, it doesn't work correctly. My sisters other half is always using it for his presentations and occasionally asks me to look at them, and as they display incorrectly in Openoffice, I can't really advise him.
For £40 though, I've got it handy. Plus the way things are going in my place, I may well need it to type up a CV soon!
I think everyone should have one to hand these days, Niall. :(
I'm not too concerned actually. While I've only been there five years, my debts are sufficiently reduced for a severance pay out (there are no packages, despite what the media tells the public) to cover my debts completely. I've learned to live off next to nothing in the last 4 years, so I'd be better off if I lost my job ;D
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Quote from: Rik on Jul 25, 2010, 11:19:18
I think everyone should have one to hand these days, Niall. :(
I've always got an up to date CV just in case. I'm extremely happy with my job at the moment, but that doesn't mean I won't consider other opportunities.
I remember those days, Lance. Nowadays I just need a list of medications and medical conditions. ;D
I thought you would like the site Niall and the eligibility is there for most people whether a parent, grandparent or guardian as well as a student or teacher.
For everybody who wonders what the hell we are talking about
http://www.software4students.co.uk/
I know what you're talking about, Den, I'm just wondering what I can persuade Sue to study. ;D
I use Outlook everyday, Word everyday, Excel most days and PowerPoint regularly. I don't use Access, OneNote or Publisher at all though. And what on earth are Groove and InfoPath?
Relics of LPs? ;)
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I don't think its my imagination but since I upgraded from Office 2007 to 2010 my computer seems to be running faster and things such as Quickbooks 2010 Pro loads in a flash. ;D