office 2007 question

rshank · 01/25/2008, 08:42 AM

will microsoft office 2007 work with windows xp?

JUMA · 01/25/2008, 08:47 AM

Yes.

Devin01RT · 01/25/2008, 08:50 AM

Yep, sure will. the look is change up a bit, though.

rshank · 01/25/2008, 08:57 AM

is it worth installing. i have access to a free copy via school

Scorpions_Edge · 01/25/2008, 09:03 AM

I have it running on my XP machine now, only thing I have messed with is Outlook though

Devin01RT · 01/25/2008, 09:05 AM

If you have a "free" via school, then of course go for it. I mean, OpenOffice is just as good and it's free, but it's really up to you and personal preference.

Phinhead54 · 01/25/2008, 09:23 AM

Yes, and I love it. Takes a little to get used to the ribbons though. It is a very nice suite of applications.

Phinhead54 · 01/25/2008, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Devin01RT

If you have a "free" via school, then of course go for it. I mean, OpenOffice is just as good and it's free, but it's really up to you and personal preference.

As far as I know OpenOffice is not yet compatible with the native 2007 document format if that is what you are looking for.

FLiPMaRC · 01/25/2008, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Phinhead54

Yes, and I love it. Takes a little to get used to the ribbons though. It is a very nice suite of applications.

We're still running on Office 2003 here. Some are still on Office 2000

Jar · 01/25/2008, 10:46 AM

Office 2000 here at work. I think our IT guy has two serial numbers loaded on about 20 PC's.

FLiPMaRC · 01/25/2008, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Jar

Office 2000 here at work. I think our IT guy has two serial numbers loaded on about 20 PC's.

Unless it's a corporate product key with multiple licenses it's okay. That's what we have here. We just buy more licenses if needed.

rshank · 01/25/2008, 01:04 PM

my old office had it on three computers using a drexel license

sherwood · 01/25/2008, 01:54 PM

My company is too cheap to purchase additional Office 2003 licenses. I love it when code doesn't work on certain people's computer, then come to realize they have 2000.

FLiPMaRC · 01/25/2008, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by sherwood

My company is too cheap to purchase additional Office 2003 licenses. I love it when code doesn't work on certain people's computer, then come to realize they have 2000.

I had to install both 2000 and 2003 on my boss's computer because she had tons of files that doesn't open correctly in 2003

Jar · 01/25/2008, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by FLiPMaRC

Unless it's a corporate product key with multiple licenses it's okay. That's what we have here. We just buy more licenses if needed.

Nope, just two single-user licenses to go around for everyone.

FLiPMaRC · 01/25/2008, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Jar

Nope, just two single-user licenses to go around for everyone.

When I first started at this company about 9 years ago (

Damn, I've been here that long

), I believe they got caught with MS Office and had to pay out over $100k

vercetti1765 · 01/25/2008, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Phinhead54

As far as I know OpenOffice is not yet compatible with the native 2007 document format if that is what you are looking for.

I use open office on ubuntu linux and there is a plugin that lets open office open docx files. I do not know if there is one available for Windows as I don't use it that much anymore.

The main problem that I see is that all of the features that are available in Word do not carry over when opened in Open Office. One such feature is the adding review comments in the margin.

pp_e · 01/25/2008, 04:28 PM

only problem ive noticed so far is the fact that you cant easily transport files from 03 to 07. instead of the standard .xls file.....its now .xlsx

so for our office, we currently upgraded 3 of the main computers to 07 and plan on upgrading the rest within a few months.

vercetti1765 · 01/25/2008, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by pp_e

only problem ive noticed so far is the fact that you cant easily transport files from 03 to 07. instead of the standard .xls file.....its now .xlsx

so for our office, we currently upgraded 3 of the main computers to 07 and plan on upgrading the rest within a few months.

You could just save it as the older 2003 format in 2007 so that files made in 2007 are compatible in 2003. There is also another way to change what format 2007 saves in as default.

vercetti1765 · 01/25/2008, 04:35 PM

Here is how you choose the default format 2007 saves in.

Change Office 2007 Default File Save Formats and Extensions using Group Policy (GPO) » My Digital Life

pp_e · 01/25/2008, 05:04 PM

yes, i forgot about the default setting. because our other computers arent set up yet with 2007 thats exactly what we did.

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