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 (7 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

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

Response by poster: All's done, and all is well.

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