Hi,

You can leave it on and install Office as well, I've seen that on several
machines without conflicts.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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"Jim" <jmlvy1@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Have a Dell laptop that has Microsoft Works installed. Want to install
> Microsoft Office Professional 2003. Do I need to uninstall Works prior to
> installing Office? Can I leave works on mach. and install office too?
> Reason I would like to keep works is I haven't had a chance to use it . It
> came installed on my laptop from Dell. My desktop has the Office
> Professional on it and all my data bases are made in office. Could wait I
> suppose? If anyone has information on this I would appreciate your advise!
> Thank you in advance!
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