What Are you guys running for Word Processing in Vista

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#1 Post by **Kyocera** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:46 pm

I have installed Office 2000 /word/excel/powerpoint and it seems to be working fine. Was wondering if anyone else is having issues with theirs. I've been offered to install Office 2007 but don't really like the looks of it, looks kind of bloated to me.

#2 Post by **jdhurst** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:07 pm

Office 2000 is fine, but getting rather old. If you don't want Office 2007 (Outlook 2007 is known to wreck HTML mail), then consider Office 2003. I use it and like it. It is huge (1 Gb including cached files for updating) but with today's disks, that is no issue for me. Performance of Office 2003 on a modern machine (as it must be for Vista) is just fine. Office 2003 is compatible with Office 97, 2000, and XP. Office 2007 is not directly compatible because of file format changes.
... JD Hurst

s1148625 · #3 Post by **s1148625** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:35 pm

I thought the same thing about Office 2007, but since I've installed it, I haven't once wanted 2003 back. It's beautiful and elegant, and everything is exactly where it should be.

#4 Post by **jdhurst** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:44 pm

Office 2007 has lobotomized its Outlook brain, and it using Word to render HTML. I don't know what kind of useless, foolish doofus at Microsoft thought up that disaster, but the internet is now fairly full of the problem. Outlook 2003 and prior used IE to render the HTML and it all looks normal.

I have 30,000 emails in my Outlook 2003 pst file going back as far as 1996. (Eudora before that to 1994). The thought of my emails not rendering properly is a bit of a show stopper for me.

How did you view Outlook 2007? Did you have any issues? Or are the "Sky is falling" people overstating things?

Thanks, ... JD Hurst

s1148625 · #5 Post by **s1148625** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:49 pm

I've never liked/used Outlook (in any version)... I'm using Thunderbird, which does have somewhat more limited functionality, but it does everything I need.

warder · #6 Post by **warder** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:50 pm

Office 2007 is great. It runs about half the speed of 2003, had problems handling my PST files which were quite large, and requires a complete re-education since everything has moved a little.

Saying that, it is easier to use - more so for new users I'd say. Once you get the hang of the ribbon logic, things do appear to be filed in a better, more logical manner.

I haven't found a single 'value' thing yet that would make me recommend it over 2003 though, as I could do everything in that that I do here... maybe I'll explore deeper sometime and find something though.

Nabeel · #7 Post by **Nabeel** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:03 am

i'm using 2003 and loving it so far. esp the ribbon. and outlook is grea too...they greatly improved the calander and tasks lists.

i haven't noticed any html rendering problems and i get html formatted emails and newsletters regularly.

#8 Post by **Kyocera** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:37 pm

I have never used outlook anywhere but at work, as do most i'm sure, never load it on my machines just use remote desktop to check it now and then. I think I might migrate to 2003 on down the road a little. Some of my customers have mixed feelings about 2007, "have to learn something new again" which some don't like, same with InDesign a lot of people are upgrading to that "under duress" I think.

mybellyisempty · #9 Post by **mybellyisempty** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:04 pm

OpenOffice.Org 2.1 or whatever the latest version is.

I dropped MS Office a couple years ago (or whenever OOO 2 came out), didn't want to pay for 2003, and I was tired of pirating.

arni · #10 Post by **arni** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:27 am

Currently i'm using Office 2007 but only cause i don't have to spend extra money on it (have msdn). But if you are a power user you get suck for the first 2 weeks as everthing changed (especially finding the right function in the ribbon).

I have two more computers at my office both running Office 2003. But compared to 2007 these are running much faster. Outlook 2007 really is a ressource hog. Don't try it on a slow machine!

zverg · #11 Post by **zverg** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:08 am

I use Office 2007 at work and on my ThinkPad (MSDN academic alliance through school so I didn't have to pay).. the new presentation mode in PowerPoint was sorely needed, glad to have it now

also outlook isn't hugely different but does have a nice look. I like the bar on the right that shows today's appointments, to-dos, etc.

The new visual styles and layouts for documents in Word.. really nice. Oh and OneNote 2007 is crazy upgraded compared to the "old" 2004ish version... but it didn't get the new menu system at all?

Chrispy · #12 Post by **Chrispy** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:54 pm

Office 2007

Temetka · #13 Post by **Temetka** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:15 am

I am running Office 2003. ITT gave me 3 copies of it (full legal disks). Runs great. To be honest though, if I could find my Office 97 and Outlook 98 disks, I would run it. Office 2000, XP, 2003 et al...didn't seem to add new features, just new ways of doing things.

While for some people that's fine, but if it ain't broke....

Aroc · #14 Post by **Aroc** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:21 am

Word 2003. Use use Lotus Notes, so I don't have to deal with Outlook We have licensing for Office 2007, we just haven't switched yet.

I'm still using Office 2003 at home and will be switching to Office 2007 soon (via 3-license home license kit).

ducky2802 · #15 Post by **ducky2802** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 2:06 pm

I like some features of 2007, like excel being able to handle larger spreadsheets. But then again, the same 2007 excel doesnt get all the numbers right when Im running linear fit models, so I have to use 2003, and then still have to verify the numbers to calculator! As for word, powerpoint, outlook, I mostly just use the basic features in those programs, so in general, I find no need for the newest office over my 2003 and 2000.

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