The full update does not require the original Office setup CD, while the standard update will ask you to insert your Office setup CD during the update process.
I still haven't installed the Office SP3. I'm waiting for more discussion by those who have updated. I want to know how others have survived the upgrade.
I started the installation of OfficeXP SP3 to see what was in them. I found 3 files: Art 20025 kb834693 (for Access 2002), Office XPsp3 kb 832671 (for Small Business) and Stssp3 kb833845 (for Sharepoint Team services).
Since I don't have Access, Sharepoint, or a small business I decided this update wasn't for me. Thanks for the help.
I think you might reconsider: office small usiness contains the same Word, Excel, Outlook etc as the other editions of XP. The update will in any case check what office apps you have and only install what you need.
I followed your advice and did the update. Thanks again for encouraging me to update to SP3. I updated OfficeXP for Small Business using only 1 of the 3 possible updates on my CD. Would the update for Access 2002 give me that program even though I didn't have it installed on my Dell?
Then when I came online again it switched me from Outlook Express to Microsoft Outlook. Is this a better emailer? How do I convert my address book and other current emails from Express to Outlook?
As you don't have access, the update would not do anything, it would certainly not be so generous as to give you the whole app :-)
Personally I use MS Outlook for email, as I have pop3 accounts, but if your email is web based (e,g, hotmail, AOL or such), your'e better off sticking to Outlook Express. You can set your default email client (software) in several ways, for example, in Add/remove, left column click on set program access default. Also in IE, Tools, internet options, Programs tab, Email.
If you want to import your OE data into Outlook, in Outlook, click File menu, import and export; in the box that opens click on import internet mail accounts (for your accounts) or import internet mail and addresses (for mail and addresses), click next, etc. (though I notice only OE 4 and 5 are listed, it worked for me with OE 6 in which I had one email and it appeared in my MS Outlook inbox).
Essentially MS Outlook has some additional features which you may or may not want to use. It is not for newsgroups: for that use OE.
I like a few newsgroups, so I will probably stay with Outlook Express. However, I will try to import my internet mail and addresses just to see if I can do it.
Outlook can use OE's newsreader. It is the same program but the banner says "Outlook Newsreader" when launched from Outlook. Go here to find out how to do this:
Ref the MS article: In Outlook 2002/XP, the news button is in the Web category, there is no Go category. Adding it to the standard toolbar it opens OE newsreader if, in IE Tools, Internet options, Programs tab, you have Outlook as Newsgroup; if there you have OE, then the news button in Outlook opens the normal OE.
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I just gotten Office 2003 and had it on my mind when I read this. I had went through the same thing trying to figure out how to open the newsreader from Outlook '03.
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I followed your advice and did the update. Thanks again for encouraging me to update to SP3. I updated OfficeXP for Small Business using only 1 of the 3 possible updates on my CD. Would the update for Access 2002 give me that program even though I didn't have it installed on my Dell?
Then when I came online again it switched me from Outlook Express to Microsoft Outlook. Is this a better emailer? How do I convert my address book and other current emails from Express to Outlook?
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Outlook can use OE's newsreader. It is the same program but the banner says "Outlook Newsreader" when launched from Outlook. Go here to find out how to do this:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/20031201.htm
This site is full of Outlook tips that has come in handy for me since I am relatively new to Outllook 2003.
EDIT: The above instructions is just for adding a shortcut to the newsreader, here is how you add a button in Outlook's toolbar:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP052431511033.aspx
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Ref the MS article: In Outlook 2002/XP, the news button is in the Web category, there is no Go category. Adding it to the standard toolbar it opens OE newsreader if, in IE Tools, Internet options, Programs tab, you have Outlook as Newsgroup; if there you have OE, then the news button in Outlook opens the normal OE.
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Doh!!!
I just gotten Office 2003 and had it on my mind when I read this. I had went through the same thing trying to figure out how to open the newsreader from Outlook '03.
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