Just ordered Office 12

[MaryL]

I just ordered Office 12 from Corel (academic edition). I am currently
using Office 10, running under XP-Home Edition. When the new disk arrives,
should I uninstall my current version or install "on top" of it? What about
the Service Packs? Will I need to download SPs for a brand-new
out-of-the-box edition, and are there any problems with the SPs that should
cause me to wait awhile before using them?

Thanks,
--
MaryL

[Charles Rossiter]

Mary,

You can install WPOffice12, and also keep your version 10. A couple of
things to watch

-- Make sure that you do not install to the identical paths; install
folders WordPerfect10 and WordPerfect12 would be fine; folder
WordPerfect for both would cause problems.

-- You may be prompted to migrate your settings from WPWin10 to
WPWin12. Answer 'No' if you are going to keep WPWin10.

MaryL wrote:

--
Charles Rossiter
(South Africa)
Volunteer C_Tech
{Please reply to group only}

[lemoto]

MaryL:
> If I later
> decide to uninstall WP10, will there be any problems with some WP10 and WP12
> shared files being deleted?
>
No. But a Repair of WPO12 might be a useful precaution.
--
Good wishes!
Roy Lewis
C_Tech volunteer
(UK)

[Charles Rossiter]

Mary,

No problem uninstalling WPWin12. You will need to do a refresh/repair
of your WPWin12 just to make sure that all the registry entries
correctly refer to WPWin12.

To do the repair, close all WPO12 programs, and put the installation
CD#1 in its drive, and start it. Click on the WordPerfect 12 item to
initiate installation. You will soon be prompted for what action to
take. Choose repair.

MaryL wrote:

> Thanks, Charles. I'll keep separate folders, as you suggested. If I later

> decide to uninstall WP10, will there be any problems with some WP10 and WP12
> shared files being deleted?
>

> Mary
>
>
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> "Charles Rossiter" <ct...@corel.ca> wrote in message
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[Chris D]

I think that was meant to be "WPWin10" in the first sentence. Don't want
to confuddle those newbie lurkers!

[MaryL]

Thanks, Charles and Roy. You have given me just the information I needed.
Incidentally, I am not familiar with "repair." Have I missed it all these
years, or is it new with WP11 (which I did not get) or 12? I have been
using WP going clear back to WP4.0 (DOS), and I don't recall seeing this
feature. However, it sounds easy to use and something that I obviously need
to do.

MaryL

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[Charles Rossiter]

Mary,

In earlier versions of WPWin, the equivalent was to run PFReg.exe, which
re-wrote the Windows registry entries.

Hopefully you got ChrisD's correction to my post -- should have referred
to WPWin10 (not WPWin12) first time.

[Chris D]

Oh, forgot. I think WP10 was the first version to use the Microsoft
Installer, which is the program that controls the repair function now.

[Chris D]

Mary,

You had a question about service packs in your first post. The answer is
maybe. Check your version number of WP12, 12.0.0.??? The initial
release is 12.0.0.238. ServicePack1 is . . .288.

BTW, that education edition has a nice bonus, Paradox database.

[MaryL]

Thanks, Charles. I'll keep separate folders, as you suggested. If I later
decide to uninstall WP10, will there be any problems with some WP10 and WP12
shared files being deleted?

Mary

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