MS has a KB about installing and running multi versions of office...a search should turn it up
Always start with the oldest first...and install them into seperate folders...
Default is C:\program Files> MS Office (I think...no MS office on this machine...)
I change the dir names during install...office 97, office 2k office xp etc
Although I just had an issue where I had to install a feature for access 97........after I been running Word\excel 2000\Outlook 2003..along with access 97 for a while...stuck in the office 97 disk.......added the feature for access
which totally f%^ked my install...outlook started acting up...couldnt even run excel
fought with it for a day or so...(while doing other work related things)
I lost patience...
Format fixed it...made sure I had ALL features first time around this time
All has to do with vb and dll versions........left word and excel at 97 version...for now
Format cleans things up anyway.....
MLF