Importance of compatibility with Microsoft® Office 2010 for Windows® Vista®

How do you install Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows Vista?

Microsoft Office has been equipped with different components like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. Microsoft Office 2010 is latest version available now. Several changes have been brought about in each module in Microsoft Office 2010. Microsoft Word is a simple word processor and it includes desktop publishing tools giving users advanced benefits to meet basic word processing requirements. Microsoft Excel has cut down the manner in which formulas can be entered on a spreadsheet. Microsoft PowerPoint provides a wide range of inbuilt templates, backgrounds and colors to use on attractive presentations. Microsoft Office 2010 can be used for both home and office. It allows users to share information on projects, customer reports and financial data through SharePoint website.

Given below are the points regarding the compatibility of Microsoft Office 2010 in Windows Vista:

• In-line upgrade
• Error when using MSI files
• Tips to remember

In-line upgrade

Microsoft Office 2010 is designed in a way that it cannot be upgraded over the older versions of Microsoft Office. However, you will be able to upgrade from Microsoft Office 2007 to Microsoft Office 2010 as well as from the free Microsoft Office 2010 Starter Edition or Microsoft Office 2010 trial version to a full version. The latter can be done only by performing an in-line upgrade which can lead to an error. An in-line upgrade means that if you are using a trial of Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student edition, you can upgrade to the full version of only Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student version.

Error when using MSI files

Microsoft Office 2010 installer is manufactured as an integrated package. While browsing the installation folders, you will come across MSI files for different products. The setup basically employs these files for installing the different applications in any Microsoft Office edition. In case you need to install only specific products like Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel by double clicking on their MSI files, you will encounter a Microsoft Office 2010 installation error. The reason is that any version of Microsoft Office, employs several shared files that also need to be installed before it can install specific products. To avoid installation problems, always install the suite or products using the 'setup.exe' file provided in the main installation folder.

To avoid Microsoft Office 2010 installation errors you must buy the upgrade key to the specific in-line product only. Make sure that you remove all traces of the pre-release versions. This includes Microsoft Outlook Connector that most people forget to uninstall while removing the pre-release versions like Microsoft Office 2010 Beta. In other cases you can make use of Microsoft FixIt Utility to remove the suite completely. Once you remove the pre-release version, you will be able to install Microsoft Office 2010 without any installation problems.

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