MS Office 2010

[phaedrus]

OpenOffice http://www.openoffice.org

 

[AdamBlade]

I use office 2007 at home and at work and find it far easier to use than previous versions now that I know where everything is.

 

[swee'pea99]

I use office 2007 at home and at work and find it far easier to use than previous versions now that I know where everything is.

That's great. Seriously. I have no problem at all with MS improving their products, and I'm sure it benefits a lot of people. What hacks me off is the way they go out of their way to disable yesterday's customer, for no good reason.

If bicycles essentially all came from one all powerful supplier, I'd have no problem if they brought out new improved models regularly - but I would be a bit hacked off if they accompanied this by going round cutting the cables and kicking in the spokes of anyone who insisted they liked their old bike just fine, thanks. (Not least on account of their having taken money off those people for those bikes in the first place.)

 

[rh100]

I kind of see your point SP. But if 07 can save in a format that you can read on a 13 year old version, then thats not bad going. If the people who send you files in a newer format choose to use docx, thats down to them. After all, a playstation one can't play playstation 3 games, because it just couldn't handle it, same as word 97 cant do all the stuff that office 07 can. they can make new stuff backward compatible, but it's harder to make old stuff forward compatible.

Still, there is always .txt files

 

[swee'pea99]

they can make new stuff backward compatible

My point in a nutshell. They can, but they choose not to - because it kicks the people who gave them money in the nuts, but it makes them more money.

 

[beanzontoast]

I don't mind the idea of Office 2010 provided that there is enough improvement on the old versions to make it worthwhile. Going to give the beta a spin and see. Wasn't that impressed by the beta of 2007 when I tried that.

 

[rh100]

my colleague has 2007, so I just get him to open things and save them in Word Olde Worlde[/B] - it's just an irritation, and an indication of how MS put their profits ahead of their customers.)

[quote name='swee'pea99']My point in a nutshell. They can, but they choose not to - because it kicks the people who gave them money in the nuts, but it makes them more money.[/QUOTE]

If your colleague can save from 07 to something you can read in 97, then it's not office, it's the person who saves it. Or does 07 not have that option included by default?

 

[Davidc]

The more Microsoft annoys its customers the more will change to Open Office/ Star Office.

 

[Yellow Fang]

http://www.docx2doc.com/[/url]

 

[swee'pea99]

To be fair to them, I suspect there probably are benefits in storing the files in xml format (if that is what the docx format is). The world's generally moving in the xml direction. You can still save the files in the .doc format. There are also some cheap format converters.

http://www.docx2doc.com/

Fair point. If that is what's occurring.

 

[Over The Hill]

Each time I upgrade to newer, the bastards just seem to take over more of my computer and keep trying to upgrade and update the thing themsleves and make endless silly windows with incomprehensable windows pop up.

What is it with whatever you have that makes you want to upgrade? Do you just want a system that is too big for your present computer to cope with so you can buy a new one?

 

[CharlesF]

My problem with Office 2007 is not being able to customise the ribbons/toolbars. I have many of my own Excel toolbars that contain buttons linked to my macros, most regular work tasks I can do by clicking a button

 

[Piemaster]

The brand new computer system installed on this ship came with '07 when installed a couple of months ago. The same system will be installed on all other ships as they are upgraded. It's a process that took so long last time all the ships were upgraded I'm wondering if MS will still be selling '07 by the time its completed (much) later this year.

 

[fossyant]

I used office 2007 when it came out due to some spreadsheet limitations I had......

I had a huge battle with IT to up the memory on my PC to make it usable.... (I needed it to do certain costings..)

Changed jobs, back to old 2000/2003...fine.... moved to 2007 recently, although I haven't as it would screw the interface I have with our accounting systems...... I'd be back to square 1.

TBH 2007 is a huge resource hog....... the machines most folk use at work are seriously under powered to even get it to start...... I'd be climbing walls using it on the office spec machines......

Fortunately, my laptop is better specced, but it will be a slug with 2007....

 

[Yellow Fang]

My problem with Office 2007 is not being able to customise the ribbons/toolbars. I have many of my own Excel toolbars that contain buttons linked to my macros, most regular work tasks I can do by clicking a button

You can customise them a bit. At the top left of the form you will see some icons of a floppy disk, a left and a right pointing arrow. Next to that there's a pointy-down sort of symbol. If you click on that a Customize options form appears. From the Choose Commands drop down box, you can select Macros instead of Popular Commands, and then add your macro to the quick access toolbar.