DL
Wed May 07 09:24:03 PDT 2008
Firstly you should allways have backups of data.
Uninstalling Outlook, or any other office app has no impact on data, that is
still retained
"Mellie" <Mellie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I definitely want Outlook. But if I uninstall outlook 2003 first won't I
>lose
> all my data? I'd like to try out 2007 with all my data intact.
>
> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> if you want to try office 2007 and outlook, uninstall office 2003 first.
>> if
>> you want office but not outlook 2007, use a custom install and don't
>> install
>> outlook. Or install it into a virtual machine - use vmware or virtual pc
>> from microsoft
>>
>> --
>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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>> "Mellie" <Mellie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A38E593F-D804-40D8-8F69-435D7DF795C0@microsoft.com...
>> > So then I can't actually take advantage of a test drive? Why didn't
>> > they
>> > program the trial to handle the dual outlook issue?
>> >
>> > "DL" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I upgraded with a full retail edition & it proceeded with no problems.
>> >> Installing the trial, when you allready have an Office version can
>> >> cause
>> >> problems. Outlook, in particular, you have to uninstall the earlier
>> >> version
>> >> of Outlook, before you can install the trial version
>> >>
>> >> "Mellie" <Mellie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1346C844-93BA-4137-9A43-F9D0412D32A5@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I have used 2003 for years. When I downloaded this trial, I lost my
>> >> >2003
>> >> > Outlook and the 2007 Outlook didn't install. There was no help at
>> >> > microsoft
>> >> > unless I wanted to pay $119.99- great support- thanks. Fortunately a
>> >> > wonderful young man at Dell helped me restore my system to its
>> >> > pre-2007
>> >> > download condition. My problem is eventually I'll want to update my
>> >> > Office
>> >> > Suite- only I'm still too fragile to make that attempt right now.
>> >> > Has
>> >> > anyone
>> >> > had a similar problem? and if so how did you solve it?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>