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Upgradation

by mark_smith111 Apr 23, 2007 6:01AM PDT

Hey guys - I need your help. Have you tried Office 2007, what do you think about it. Is moving from Office XP to Office 2007 easy, and when will you suggest I move to Office 2007. Thanks guys for your help - Mark Smith

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Re: upgrade

by Kees Bakker Apr 23, 2007 7:35AM PDT

Mark,

Personally, I'm still using Office 2000 at home. It seems to be fully compatible with with any document/presentation/spreadsheet sent to me by anybody, and I can do with it what I need, so I see no need to upgrade even to 2003 (which I have on CD), let alone 2007, while I use XP at work. Things might be different if things change at work, but I don't expect Windows Vista (and that presumably will be the trigger to switch Office also) this year.

The only drawback: I can't develop Access forms on a copy of a XP database I have at work. But in a certain sense it's an advantage to do your work things at work and your private things at home, so I really don't mind.

Some mods here use free Openoffice at work and at home. Why pay MS (or anybody) when the free software does all you need?

Maybe tell more on your requirements?

Kees

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