question re: upgrading office and saving $$

[Zipppppy]

Hey there, sorry if this has been asked a hundred times before - I did a search and couldn't find a result for my specific question.


I recently bought a laptop (w/ Vista) and my trial version of Office 2007 is running out in a couple days.

I'm trying to save a few bucks and have an idea I want to run by the experts.

My wife has a copy of Office 2003, and I wonder if I could install that on my new computer and then just purchase the Upgrade to Office 2007 instead of the whole thing.

I'm assuming I will have to completely uninstall the trial version of '07 prior to installing '03 - is this true?

Any other things I should know or be considering?

Thanks for the help!

[rond36]

The MS Office license allows it to be installed on two PCs so installing your wifes 03 and upgrading it to 07 should not be a problem. You could even upgrade your wifes install to 07 while you are at it. You are ok as long as a single license is not used on more then two PCs

If it is the Home and Student Edition it allows instalation on three PCs

[Zipppppy]

Great, thanks :)