Hello World,

I called up a rather large "IT Vendor" yesterday and asked for a quote
on some new desktop PCs, and asked that they have Office 2003 on them
to match the other 40+ machines in the office. The quote came back
with Office 2007 specified, and when I asked, the salesperson claimed
that all new PCs are being sold that way now, but that if we wanted to
run Office 2003 instead, we would be covered by the 2007 license. This
sort of made sense, I mean its a newer product, but it didnt make MS
sense...

So what is the verdict? If I have a license for 2007, can I use an
older version instead, covered by that license? I dont really want to
mix my 2003 & 2007 stuff just yet...

What say ye?

Yes, you can use the Office 2007 license to install Office 2003.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"mhampton" wrote:

| Hello World,
|
| I called up a rather large "IT Vendor" yesterday and asked for a quote
| on some new desktop PCs, and asked that they have Office 2003 on them
| to match the other 40+ machines in the office. The quote came back
| with Office 2007 specified, and when I asked, the salesperson claimed
| that all new PCs are being sold that way now, but that if we wanted to
| run Office 2003 instead, we would be covered by the 2007 license. This
| sort of made sense, I mean its a newer product, but it didnt make MS
| sense...
|
| So what is the verdict? If I have a license for 2007, can I use an
| older version instead, covered by that license? I dont really want to
| mix my 2003 & 2007 stuff just yet...
|
| What say ye?

Rather than take the word of a poster in a public news group, contact Microsoft directly for an authoritative answer on licensing questions. Any information you receive here is worth absolutely nothing.

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reading.

After furious head scratching, mhampton******.com asked:

| Hello World,
|
| I called up a rather large "IT Vendor" yesterday and asked for a quote
| on some new desktop PCs, and asked that they have Office 2003 on them
| to match the other 40+ machines in the office. The quote came back
| with Office 2007 specified, and when I asked, the salesperson claimed
| that all new PCs are being sold that way now, but that if we wanted to
| run Office 2003 instead, we would be covered by the 2007 license.
| This sort of made sense, I mean its a newer product, but it didnt
| make MS sense...
|
| So what is the verdict? If I have a license for 2007, can I use an
| older version instead, covered by that license? I dont really want to
| mix my 2003 & 2007 stuff just yet...
|
| What say ye?