OLe automation for Word in Office 2021 click-to-run

Gautam Parekh 20 Reputation points
2023-02-22T12:27:04.3833333+00:00

Currently out software support Word processing through OLE automation in office 365 and it works fine.

Now client want to use Click-to-Run(CTR) version of MS office 2021 and we are not sure if our application will work or not.

Can some help me find out below answers.

  1. If office 365 (full version installed through msi) is installed how can we access office 2021 CTR ?
  2. Do we need to remove office 365 in case we need to use CTR office 2021 ?
  3. Is OLE automation works with office 2021 in CTR version ?? Thanks
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  1. John Korchok 5,421 Reputation points
    2023-02-22T16:09:29.3566667+00:00

    You'll have to uninstall Microsoft 365 to install Office 2021. OLE automation works in all Windows versions of Microsoft Office, including 2021.

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  1. John Korchok 5,421 Reputation points
    2023-02-22T16:11:36.2866667+00:00

    You'll have to uninstall Microsoft 365 to install Office 2021. All Windows version of Microsoft Office include OLE automation, including 2021.


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