Before you installed Office 2007 it would have advised you that Microsoft does not recommend having both on the same pc. And furthermore I also believe that you will experience problems especially with Outlook. HTH Larry & Elliot GD (Guide Dog) -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of chantal hampson Sent: 29 August 2010 21:40 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] microsoft office Hello Everyone, My Name is Chantal . I have an issue relating to microsofft office 2003 and 2007 when running on the same machine which is running on xp. After opening office 07 and then when i reopen office 03 i get an error message which says installing componants for word. and when i press escape i get a message saying an error occured and this feature is no longer working properly . Has anyone got any ideas how i could solve this problem apart from running the repair option on word 03 Many thanks Chantal ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq