Is it possible to install more than one language of Office on the same partition? I have yet to be able to accompish this and my guess is it cannot be done. If anyone does know how to do this please let me know.
Thanks!
I think so, simply installed it on two different folder…
ax
Tried that. When you put the CD in no matter which language you have installed it will ask you if you want to remove or update the current version you have installed. It won’t let you install another version. I guess I could copy the CD into a folder and try that, but my guess is the same thing will happen as the system will detect that it has already been installed.
With OpenOffice no problem…
Use the MultiLanguage Interface Pack (MUI CD3 for Traditional Chinese). Available from the ususal sources - simply install on top of an English installation of office. Switch between languages at will, or have different user accounts with differnt default settings. Simply Lovely.
Yes, I’ve seen it done, but it was with Office 97 and Office 2000. Don’t know about Office XP.
Why not use two different partitions with two OSes?
Also, I can confirm OpenOffice does it easily, just make sure the files are in appropriately (differently) named folders. Works a treat.
Kenneth
Just how much space would you be looking at taking up using 2 op systems. Would it be worth it? I only have 1.5gig left
Sounds like time for a new hard disk. They are cheap, though it depends on whether you are talking about a laptop or a desktop.
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Why not use two different partitions with two OSes?
Also, I can confirm OpenOffice does it easily, just make sure the files are in appropriately (differently) named folders. Works a treat.
Kenneth[/quote]
I would like to use a dual O/S however IBM is a big pain in the ass because when they sell their notebook computers they don’t provide the recover disk. I know there is a way to copy the OS to a disk but I am too busy to figure it out, and I really don’t feel like wasting my time to reinstall the damn O/S.
I will try the Open Office software that many many people have recommended to me. Kudos to all of you!
IBM don’t provide real disks, that’s something to remember! I like IBM systems having had two but still not having the real disks leads to problems… In fact, I used a Win98 recovery disk of theirs on an IBM system but it didn’t work. I called IBM and asked, they were perfectly happy to reinstall the software for me, but I couldn’t wait. I took it to a local store.
So I guess I have a license for Win98SE and an illegal copy installed!
Oh! Oh!
Kenneth
The notebook I have is very very stable, but IBM doesn’t provide the disks, they have something internally, on the harddrive, called Access IBM which is where all the information is, I just don’t have the time to figure it all out. I assume it can’t be too hard but who knows.