Is it possible/safe to have office/excel 2003 and office/excel 2010 on the same pc?

[mjp155]

Hello,

I currently have office 2003 on my work pc where I use excel quite often. I need to get office 2010 for part of my work, but also need 2003 for another part of my work.

Is it possible/safe to have both office 2003 AND office 2010 on my computer? If so, what is the safest way to go about this?

Thanks!

 

[RoryA]

Yes - make sure you install the oldest version first (shouldn't be a problem for you) and you can only have one version of Outlook. Also, install to separate folders.
I have 2003, 2007 and 2010 installed on my work machine.

 

[Jon Peltier]

Rory -

The 2010 beta messed up the VBA editor in earlier versions. Has this been fixed in the production version?

 

[RoryA]

Hi Jon,
Yes - there's none of the gobbledygook appearing that the beta had. I think it was actually fixed in the RC version in fact.

 

[Jon Peltier]

Good. I'm tired of having to fire up VM Ware to run 2010.

 

[mjp155]

Rory...so I already have Office 2003 installed in my current laptop...if I buy office 2010 and install it into a different folder...I should be able to use both versions without any issues?

 

[RoryA]

Yes, you should.

 

[Jon Peltier]

Since my last post I've installed 2010 on top of the 2003 and 2007 which were already there. Nothing funny yet.