Is Office 2003 compatible with Widows Vista?

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Your article on Office 2007 was great but it scares me.I had downloaded the trial version but anything I forwares using Word was unreadable by aany of the recipents so Microsoft said it was because it was the trial version so I "bit the bullet" and paid for the real thing though I am still using the trial. I know most of my friends(who never download things) will not even try to download a compatability pack so I see lots of problems ahead.Guess I should have stuck with the old version even if it meant difficulties with any power point attachments.

how do i install office 2003 on vista when it says error executing file this operation requires elevation

I have vista xp 2007 i send a attachment to another mail addy and they cannot open it.

Please help

Jason

My 2003 installed but it always ask me to agree to the terms each time. When the 2007 trial was up I uninstalled it and now it 'sets up 2003 every time I use it. It works but I have to wait 5 minutes to use it. I have repaired and reinstalled to no avail. Hope someone has better luck than me.

Office 2003 works fine for me.
Vista Ultimate
The only thing, though, when I had office 2007 on there, I opened all my documents with it and now once it's uninstalled (too flashy and slow) and installed 2003, I can't choose winword.exe 2003 version to open my documents by default. It wont let me, sadly. Looking for a solution now.

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You might try using the office compatability pack:
http://ask-leo.com/how_can_i_open_office_2007_files_in_older_versions_of_office.html

Leo

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Hi Leo,

I tecently purchased a HP laptop with Windows Vista Home edition. I had Office 2007 trial version, I've uninstalled that and have office 2003 installed on that, now when i open any word or excel document, it literally takes 5-6 minutes to open. Please let me know if it's a compatibilty issue with Vista.

Regards,
Sandeep G

I recently purchased a new laptop with Windows Vista and a trial version of Office 2007;
I uninstalled the trial version and installed Office 2003. It works fine except it asks me to accept the terms everytime I open a document.
Any fix for this?

Hi,
Why can't I design a report on the access 2003 with Vista OS? Even after saving from 2007 to 2003, the report still could not be opened.
Thanks

Hi Leo,
I install office 2003 on my new laptop with win vista, now whenever i open my documents with office there will be a prompt appeared,"Office version does not match". Although the file can be open,but whenever i open them this massage will appear. Is there anyway i can solve it?
Thanks.

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