Downgrading Office 2007 to 2003

[simjambra]

Hi all.
I have a question, I hope you can help me clear things up.
I have purchased 6 New PCs without any MS Office software. I would like to buy 6 licenses for MS Office Professional 2007 but I would like to run Office 2003 for the time being. So what I am asking is:

• Can I buy Office Pro 2007 Licenses and use these licenses to run Office Pro 2003?
• If this is possible, can I use existing media (i.e. an existing copy of 2003) to install the software but use my new license numbers?
• When the time comes to change over to 2007, can I just uninstall 2003 and reinstall 2007 using the same license numbers?

I have had a look at some older threads but I am not 100% so I thought I would dive right in and ask.
Thanks for your help in advance.


Simon

[kfawcett]

Downgrade rights are only available for Volume Licensing versions of Office.

You will have to have the media for 2003 in order to install it and will need a product key for 2003. If you have volume licensing this can be provided for you through your licensing partner.