outlook 2003

[mrpergo]

Simple question, can I install Outlook 2003 with Office 2010.
My Granddaughters school is now using 2010 so I'm upgrading our software from 2003.
I use outlook on my pc and the office 2010 does not come with outlook.

 

[radhak]

Should work, with a few quirks. I'm not sure any DLLs will share the same names; hopefully not.

Do you currently have the full Office 2003? Then you might have to selectively un-install it - retaining the Outlook 2003 part. Or you could try skipping that and just install 2010 separately (in different folders) and allow both Office versions live concurrently.

Do you have Word as the editor for Outlook currently? That may not work with 2010, so you might want to de-link that first (ie, edit Outlook stuff with its own editor).

What OS do you have? Windows 7 or earlier?

 

[mrpergo]

yes Windows 7 64bit
Full Office 2003 and word is the Outlook editor.
I don't know why they want a hundred and twenty bucks for a stand alone Outlook anyway. Geez.
Maybe I'll try to install 2010 on its own and see what happens. It might try to uninstall 03 on its own

 

[radhak]

If you can (ie, no disk-space issues), you could have 2010 co-exist with Office 2003. You should just read up on it and do it carefully.

These links should get you started :

http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-install-office-2010-and-keep-office-2007-side-by-side-together/ (is about 2007, but should be useful for you too).

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...ice-2010/bc7230c5-eb25-4d1d-a264-8080958c9b97

Looks like the only issue would be if you install Outlook 2010, as it can't live with Outlook 2003, but you don't have that problem.