MS Office 2000 upgrade w/o prior version

[jlcochran1]

A friend is recovering from a hard drive crash. His Office 2000 is an upgrade version. He cannot locate whatever he upgraded from. He thinks there may have been a competitive upgrade and possibly a later upgrade to that. Is there a way to install without the prior software, if not what is the most cost effective way to buy an older version of something upgradable (Office 95 or 97?).

 

[byundt]

Here's the official word on what qualifies your friend to install the Office 2000 update:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/210437/en-us

Lotus, WordPerfect and Microsoft Works are likely to be the least expensive things to purchase if he doesn't already own them.

Brad