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Summary: Various issues are leading people to wonder if Office 2003 will work on Windows Vista. Yes, it will. We'll look at some of the possible problems.
Yes, Microsoft Office 2003 is compatible with Windows Vista. You didn't say what happens when you try to open a document or what error message is produced, so I'll have to make some wild guesses. Most of the confusion that I see is actually not about Windows Vista, but rather the file format changes between Office 2003 and Office 2007. The newer version now saves into a file format that can't be read by the old. However there are solutions. • Here are some of the most common things that might be going wrong: You don't have Office installed. Some people are surprised to find that Windows Vista doesn't include Microsoft Office. They are two separate products, and if you don't have Office then you'll need to purchase and install it separately. Your Upgrade to Windows Vista was really a fresh install. If you have Windows XP with Microsoft Office installed, an upgrade to Windows Vista should leave you with Office still installed in Vista. However, if instead you performed an install of Vista instead of an upgrade, then Windows Vista has been installed "from scratch" and you'll need to re-install all of your programs, including Microsoft Office. "... Office 2003 and Windows Vista can certainly
peacefully co-exist ..."
You've received a document in Office 2007 format, but you only have Office 2003. This will fail, unless you install the Office Compatibility Pack. This free download adds support for the newer file formats to the older versions of Office. After installing you'll be able to open these files without completely upgrading to the newer version of Office. (You can also ask the sender of the document to save the document in the older format and resend the document instead.) The ".doc" file association has somehow been lost. There are two approaches: reinstalling Office should actually fix this for all the file types it supports, or you can repair the file association manually. It's only email that's broken. One workaround if it's only documents in email that are causing you a problem is instead of opening the document directly from email, save it to a location on your hard drive instead. Then fire up Word and use File, Open... to locate and open the document, or locate the document in Windows Explorer and double click on it. The bottom line, though, is that Office 2003 and Windows Vista can certainly peacefully co-exist just as Office 2007 can run on Windows XP. Neither requires an update to the other. Related:
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how do i install office 2003 on vista when it says error executing file this operation requires elevation Posted by: doug fishwick at September 16, 2007 05:27 PMI have vista xp 2007 i send a attachment to another mail addy and they cannot open it. Please help Jason Posted by: jason Hobbs at October 1, 2007 11:39 AMMy 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. Posted by: Rick Wallace at November 4, 2007 06:17 AMOffice 2003 works fine for me. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- You might try using the office compatability pack: Leo
iD8DBQFHWtXKCMEe9B/8oqERAiw1AJ0URtAt2YLB84P/XutmXrcqFHeTlgCaAkQ8 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, I recently purchased a new laptop with Windows Vista and a trial version of Office 2007; Hi, Hi Leo, I have just bought a laptop with Vista business on it. I have Office2003 running successfully on my other XP machine. When I loaded it onto the Vista machine, the following problems occur - I have the latest upgrades for Office 2003. These small things are frustrating and suggest to me that Outlook 2003 is not completely compatible with Vista. I have 2 choices - upgrade to Office 2007 or downgrade from Vista to XP Professional (the discs to do this came with the machine). What do you think I should do? Posted by: Bob at June 2, 2008 09:12 PMPost a comment on "Is Office 2003 compatible with Widows Vista?":
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