MS Office Upgrade

March 7, 2006 10:31 AM

Will I lose files by upgrading my version of MS Office from 2002 to 2003 Professional?

I currently have MS Office 2002 on my system here at work. I want to install MS Office 2003 Professional so that I can use Publisher that comes with it.
Is there anything I need to do before installing the new version to avoid over-writing or losing my current files?

posted by SoftSummerBreeze to technology (8 answers total)

No.
posted by furtive at 10:32 AM on March 7, 2006

You shouldn't have any problems, but if you want to be safe, burn all of your documents to CD. If you don't have a burner, zip them up and email them to yourself.
posted by nitsuj at 10:38 AM on March 7, 2006

no
posted by empath at 10:59 AM on March 7, 2006

Office 2002 i believe is for the MAC.

Office 2003 is for Windows.

If your still using a MAC obviously you cant upgrade to Office 2003. If your using a PC then i see no problems.
posted by Dreamghost at 11:01 AM on March 7, 2006

Dreamghost: Office 2002 = Office XP

And yeah, your Office documents are completely and entirely seperate from Office itself. You could uninstall it completely, and your documents won't go anywhere.
posted by CrayDrygu at 11:05 AM on March 7, 2006

You could do a custom install and install only publisher leaving all your current Office progs as they are.
posted by hmca at 11:06 AM on March 7, 2006

It's never a bad idea to back up your crap, but you're very unlikely to have problems with upgrading Office eating yoru data.
posted by aubilenon at 11:47 AM on March 7, 2006

All's done, and all is well.

Thanks!
posted by SoftSummerBreeze at 11:48 AM on March 7, 2006