MS Office 2010

[beanzontoast]

What do people think the take-up rate will be for this?

In our office we run Office 2003. We don't come across that many people who went for Office 2007 at all. I'm just wondering whether there are significant differences between 2003 and 2010 that would make it worthwhile changing?

[mods - can someone move this to Electric Cafe please? Didn't mean to put it in the main cafe. Too early in the morning... Ta!]

 

[beanzontoast]

Please - someone move this for me!!!

 

[rh100]

XP, Office 2003 seem to be the standard stable platform for the big corp's.

It works, and there would be training required for the different interface of 07, I presume 2010 follows suit?

I suppose when mainstream support stops, then companies may move, but will MS pull the plug on such a large user base? I do think most companies are hooked into MS but would they risk upsetting them still?

 

[swee'pea99]

I detest the way MS bullies people into following what it considers in their best interests. I've started receiving lots of files produced in Orifice 2007, which can't be opened by any computer that doesn't have it. (They have a .docx suffix, rather than a .doc one.) I simply don't believe MS couldn't equally well have made them compatible, but no - they deliberately build obsolescence in, to keep the money flowing. A***holes.

Another thread hereabouts bemoans the absence of OE from Win7. We all use it, we're all comfortable with it, and it's been around long enough that it's now guaranteed bug-free. Time to ditch it, eh MS? A***holes.

 

[beanzontoast]

XP, Office 2003 seem to be the standard stable platform for the big corp's.

It works, and there would be training required for the different interface of 07, I presume 2010 follows suit?

I suppose when mainstream support stops, then companies may move, but will MS pull the plug on such a large user base? I do think most companies are hooked into MS but would they risk upsetting them still?

This is my feeling. So many places seem to have stayed with 2003.

The thing is, if the office suites didn't have a date after them in their titles, I don't think anyone would think twice about 'being up-to-date'. They would, instead, think about whether they need to change solely based on whether it offered better functionality.

 

[dellzeqq]

Office 2007 is well worth the upgrade, and you can pick it up in a morning. I'd be interested to see where it goes from here.......

 

[rh100]

which can't be opened by any computer that doesn't have it. (They have a .docx suffix, rather than a .doc one.)[/B] I simply don't believe MS couldn't equally well have made them compatible, but no - they deliberately build obsolescence in, to keep the money flowing. A***holes.

Another thread hereabouts bemoans the absence of OE from Win7. We all use it, we're all comfortable with it, and it's been around long enough that it's now guaranteed bug-free. Time to ditch it, eh MS? A***holes.

There's a compatibility pack for that SP

 

[rh100]

Office 2007 is well worth the upgrade, and you can pick it up in a morning. I'd be interested to see where it goes from here.......

Between 03 and 07, I find word and excel awkward just finding the equivalent buttons, but Access is so much easier. Outlook is pretty much the same I think, a few extra bells and whistles. Suppose it depends how in depth you use these things.

 

[swee'pea99]

There's a compatibility pack for that SP

Oh, cruel cruel hope! Not, it now emerges, if you are like me (I now discover) on Word 1997. But thanks anyway. (It's not that big a deal really - my colleague has 2007, so I just get him to open things and save them in Word Olde Worlde - it's just an irritation, and an indication of how MS put their profits ahead of their customers.)

 

[radger]

I prefer 03, but we had to move to 07 on the whim of the (now sacked) new boss a few months ago. The ribbon is stupid, and I still can't find anything in the menus; but I had super-customised toolbars, that didn't look anything like the standards.
I have forced everyone to default save as 1997-2003 versions, to stop upsetting people without the compatibility pack (I deal with people who couldn't even download it, despite instructions with pictures).

I am stubbornly refusing to stop using XP though; although I am now the only person in the office not on Vista (hawk, spit).

SO, in answer to the OP, we won't be going for Office 2010 any time soon.

 

[Yellow Fang]

[quote name='swee'pea99']I detest the way MS bullies people into following what it considers in their best interests. I've started receiving lots of files produced in Orifice 2007, which can't be opened by any computer that doesn't have it. (They have a .docx suffix, rather than a .doc one.) I simply don't believe MS couldn't equally well have made them compatible, but no - they deliberately build obsolescence in, to keep the money flowing. A***holes.

Another thread hereabouts bemoans the absence of OE from Win7. We all use it, we're all comfortable with it, and it's been around long enough that it's now guaranteed bug-free. Time to ditch it, eh MS? A***holes.[/QUOTE]

Ask them to send it to you in .doc format. Word 2007 can save in both. I believe the .docx is in xml format. The files are certainly a lot smaller. The other big change seems to be the use of ribbons across the top instead of menu bars. I thought 2007 was worth getting, except yesterday when I found Word 2007 wouldn't do header numbering properly; perhaps the more expensive business versions do.

 

[D-Rider]

I'm on Office 2007 and wouldn't go back. Much improved interface once you get used to the changes. Of course it was 2009 before we moved to it so should be 2012 before we adopt 2010.....

 

[radger]

Except yesterday when I found Word 2007 wouldn't do header numbering properly; perhaps the more expensive business versions do.

No, it doesn't. Much like every version of Word I have used, it decides it knows better than you what formatting you want.

 

[beanzontoast]

[quote name='swee'pea99']Oh, cruel cruel hope! Not, it now emerges, if you are like me (I now discover) on Word 1997. But thanks anyway. (It's not that big a deal really - my colleague has 2007, so I just get him to open things and save them in Word Olde Worlde - it's just an irritation, and an indication of how MS put their profits ahead of their customers.)[/QUOTE]

I still have some old Office 97 documents that I haven't bothered opening and re-saving - mostly archive stuff. I note on another thread that the beta of Office 2010 is on a coverdisc at the moment. It will be interesting to see how far back its file-handling capabilities go (Office 2003 will save as RTF back to Word 97).

Word's been around a while now - as the number of versions increases, there really should be the facility for people to open documents created by any version.

 

[Yellow Fang]

No, it doesn't. Much like every version of Word I have used, it decides it knows better than you what formatting you want.

I've always had problems with header numbering with Word too, but not as bad as with 2007.