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How To Upgrade Office 2007 To Office 2010

Posted April 23, 2010 – 5:48 pm in: Microsoft Office
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Now that the Office 2010 RTM is released and available for public, it’s the right time to upgrade and explore the newest version of Office on your PC. Office 2007 users can easily upgrade to Office 2010 without uninstalling the existing Office 2007 installation. And the best thing is that the setup doesn’t delete your Office settings during the upgrade.

Microsoft Office 2010 logo

However, you need to remember a few things before purchasing your Office 201o copy. First, make sure that your PC meets the minimum requirements of Office 2010. It’s important because you need to have installed SP1 on Vista, and SP3 on Windows XP to be eligible to install the newest version of productivity suite from Microsoft.

Second, unlike Office 2007, Office 2010 is available in x64 and x86 versions but you can only upgrade from Office 2007 x86 to Office 2010 x86 only. If you try to upgrade Office 2007 to Office 2010 x64, you will see the following error message. Also note that Office 2010-x64 doesn’t support Windows XP. It supports only Vista SP1, Windows 7, Server 2003 R2, Server 2008, and Server 2008 R2.

Upgrade Office 2007 to Office 2010

So, if you are planning to install 64-bit Office 2010, you need to uninstall your 32-bit Office suite first and then run the Office 2010 installer to avoid the error.

Here is how to upgrade from Office 2007 to Office 2010:

Step 1: Download your Office 2010 setup from TechNet or MSDN.

Step 2: Fire up the installer, enter your product key and click Continue button.

Upgrade Office 2007 to Office 2010 step1

Step 3: In the next screen, accept the license agreement and click Continue to upgrade option.

Upgrade Office 2007 to Office 2010 step2

Step 4: Here you need to click Upgrade button as you would like to upgrade from Office 2007 to Office 2010. Simply click Upgrade button to begin upgrading from Office 2007 to 2010.

Upgrade Office 2007 to Office 2010 step2

Upgrade Office 2007 to Office 2010 step4

Step 5: Once done, you will be asked to reboot your machine. Click Yes for the prompt to reboot your PC and complete the installation process. Enjoy Office 2010!

Upgrade Office 2007 to Office 2010 step 5

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3 Comments

  1. Anish
    Posted April 14, 2011 at 1:00 pm | Permalink

    Hi,

    Iam currently using ms office 2003 and want to get upgraded to 2010 with my datas retained. please provide me with the steps..

    Regards,
    Anish

  2. KM
    Posted June 26, 2012 at 7:09 am | Permalink

    I purchased the office 2007 with an option to upgrade to 2010 free. Unfortunately, I failed to upgrade before the expire date. What should I do so as to have office 2007 upgraded?

  3. marin
    Posted February 8, 2013 at 1:28 am | Permalink

    Where is my option to upgrade ?

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