MS Office 2007, should I get it?

dulpit

Hey, so my boss (well my old boss, but i still do work for him, but that's neither here nor there) has offered me copies of some software to put on my computer, one of which is office 2007....

I have the 2003 version myself, is it worth it to upgrade?? I've heard that there's problems with the newest version of word, with documents saved in word 07 not working with older versions... This true?? Any other opinions ?

Mr E

You can save new docs in the old format (doc, xls, ppt etc.).
Otherwise they'll be saved in the newer format (docx, xlsx, pptx etc.)

Personal opinion? I've been using 2007 for about 6 months now, and I prefer 2003. Functions were easier to find...

PogMoThoin

Look @ the price of it. Take it, you can always wipe it if ya not like it.

Ginger

Outlook is better in it, better integration with Sharepoint and a couple of new features which are decent.

Took a while to get used to the ribbon interface.. overall its a good upgrade from the previous version

irlrobins

dulpit wrote: »

Hey, so my boss has offered me copies of some software

Legit copies I hope....

dulpit

irlrobins wrote: »

Legit copies I hope....

I presume so, he just mentioned it to me the other day, afaik he gets a licence for loads of computers...

irlrobins

Yea but if you don't work for the company then you're not covered under his license so it's not legit.

dulpit

Oh? Did not know that...

irlrobins

Now thats assuming the licence that he has is a volume license. If he purchased a 15 separate licences and only installed 14 of them then it's ok to give you the 15th, provided it hasn't been installed on any other PC. But a volume licence only covers PCs and laptops used by employees of the licence holder.

Shane O' Malley

Got to admit i love it and the people i have talked to have found it very easy to get used to after some worries when they saw it first.

I also find the fact that some of the functions are easier to find and use.

Shane

Gadgetman496

Soon everyone will want a 08 registered car & that's fine, I suppose software is no different either, everyone feels the need to have the latest & greatest.

I think it's just a human thing really? & all the major players in the software development sector play on that too IMHO.

Having said all that, I use both the 2003 & 2007 versions & to be honest I prefer the devil I know. I spent a lot of time getting to know the 2003 version so I'm comfortable with it for what my own needs are. I don't really need or want the whole learning curve thing again unless the benefit is really worth it & right now 2003 will do me fine.

I often wonder too about people who recently completed the ECDL course using the 2003 version? Let's say they start a brand new job in some office next week & they arrive at their new shiny desk with a nice new PC & OH! Sh*te! WTFIT? when they go to create a PowerPoint presentation or whatever & they find that the company is using 2007. A little bit of panic might set in before they approach someone and say "I'm not that familiar with this version of Office" they will probably get some help from someone within the office (If their lucky) or even get sent on yet another course, it's all money for the boys as far as I can see.

Anyway, after all that ranting, the only issue I encountered by remaining with 2003 was that people were sending me stuff created in 2007 & that might be a problem for people who only have 2003 on their system but

Microsoft have released a fix for this scenario & it's available for download from here:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

End of rant


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watty

I have a CD version of Word 2.0a (For Windows 3.1). It still works fine and does all 99.99% of users need for wordprocessing. Some things people doing with Word, they should do a Graphics Design course (so they stop hurting our eyes) and use real DTP software.

Open office 2.x is fine. Everyone at home uses it and they have no problem in interchange with me.

I only upgraded to Office XP (Office 2002) because I wanted to keep the office on the older laptop.

I've used 2003 and 2007. It's been a long while since there was any point in upgrading Office.

People in any organisation with a "newest" version should change their default "save format" to an older one anyway. Until a few years ago I used Office 97 format on Office XP/2002. I now use office 2002 formats.

1stimpressions

was wondering can i legally transfer my microsoft word software to a new computer, this is probably wrong place to post sorry. thanks

still_raining

irlrobins wrote: »

Yea but if you don't work for the company then you're not covered under his license so it's not legit.

How much of a tight arse are you? I mean does it really matter? He's wondering whether Office 2007 is a good bet or not. Maybe you mods should stop presuming everyone's using warez and give some decent advice

zilog_jones

I like the interface in 2007 a lot better than previous versions - the toolbars in 2003 just seem clumsy in comparison. I never even knew about functions in Word like tracking changes until I got 2007.

Haven't had any trouble with it besides the file compatibility with XP/2003 - you just need to go to "Save As" and choose the appropriate file format if you want to be able read them on older versions. There is that compatibility patch for XP/2003 but not everyone will be able to install it (e.g. I can't in college because students don't have rights to do such things)