Is Office 2003 compatible with Windows Vista?

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I have a new Dell, Vista was on it. I installed Office 2007 and now I am trying to open some old 2003 word documents and it is not working! Help!

I have a new laptop an HP pavilion 64bbit tha came with a trial of office2007. I unistalled 2oo7 tried to install my 2003 and it says cannot locate install log file. and will not install at all.i amon a netwok with 3 other pc's 2 xp and vista 64's i've not messed with one vista machine yet, out of fear. What can be done?

Just bought a Dell Studio 15 with Vista as OS. I installed Office 2003 Professional after receiving the laptop. My problem is that it takes way too long to open a document and then way to long to print it. I didn't have this problem with the same software installed on my wife's Toshiba with Vista. I uninstalled the software and re-installed it but the problem still exists. Any suggestions?

I just purchased a Dell Studio with Vista in it. I don't like Office 2007 so I purchased a copy of office 2003. Now I am having problems with Power Point. Word and Excel are ok but PPT is giving me problems. It freezes all the time and when I save the file it's about 3 times the size it should be.

I do beleive that you have actually used windows vista and office 2003 on it. Office 2003 has serious compatibility issues with the operating system. The programs will randomily crash and create unrecoverable errors in the office file itself. I do not suggest using office 2003 on Windows Vista and not using Windows Vista at all since not even Internet Explorer runs stable on it.

Leo,
You say that all versions of MS Office will work on Vista, but my husband can NOT use Outlook 2000 on Vista. He can use Excel, word, but not Outlook. Lots of stuff on the internet about what to try to do to fix but so far nothing has worked - we put 2 missing dlls into the right directory. Now when you open it, 5 seconds later it just simply closes.
Any ideas?

Hi Leo,

Microsoft excel, along with the other applications, works fine when I first open it up. But when I save the actual document, then re-open it, the microsoft office application hangs and i cannot open it anymore. Can you help me out?

I have microsoft office 2007 on my dell latitude e6500 laptop with windows vista installed. How can i get microsoft office 2003 instead? Or can I get the features of Microsoft office word 2003 on the 2007 edition?

Even though it looks different, I believe all the features of Office 2003 are in 2007. (Only way to downgrade, that I know of, is to find and purchase a copy of Office 2003 and install it. I recommend getting comfortale with 2007.)

26-Aug-2009

I have been trying to install Office Pro 2003 on my new HP Pavilion with Windows Vista. I get to the "Now installing Office" but it never advances. The CD is good - what can I do?

I have been trying to use Office Professional 2003 with my Vista computers. I have no issues with programs since installing updates except for one:
1) Outlook e-mail keeps on hanging up after opening. It does begin running again, but it tales a minute or so.
2)It also stalls when opening replies and while writing e-mails.

FYI - There are nos issues with the calendar or contatcts.

Please help.

Randy

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