Yes you can open files created in 2003 with xp/2002, I wander between 2003
and 97
without problems.

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"Cathy in Florida" <CathyinFlorida@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:62B611C9-FC17-4A57-9299-9E019B05BA4E@microsoft.com...
>I have a new laptop with Office 2003 Student Edition. I use Excel and Word
> the most. I recently found the word merge portion of our Realtor MLS
> program
> can not work with Word or Excel 2003. I have a prior version Office XP
> 2002
> I can install. Will I be able to use all the Excel 2003 and Word 2003
> documents if I uninstall 2003 and install Office XP 2002? I can't afford
> to
> screw up 100's of Excel Spreadsheet work.
>
> Thanks!
> Cathy