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Guest
I am considering buying a new laptop with Vista Home Premium. Will I be able
to use Office 2000 or do I have to upgrade?
to use Office 2000 or do I have to upgrade?
K
Ken Blake, MVP
No.
M
Mellowed
Office 2000 works OK except the 'Help' files. If you use Outlook 2000 you
will have to make the following minor change.
Use Explorer to navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\System
Copy wab32.dll and wab32res.dll to C:\Windows\System32
will have to make the following minor change.
Use Explorer to navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\System
Copy wab32.dll and wab32res.dll to C:\Windows\System32
R
ray
It will probably work, but I'd recommend an upgrade to OpenOffice.org. For
free.
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Frank
ray said:
That is a ridiculous recommendation in light of the fact that she
already has Office 2K and is knowledgeable about using it.
Also MS Office is obviously compatible with MS Office documents whereas
Oo really isn't.
Frank
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Michael Solomon
Frank said:
Also, if she uses Outlook, there's no Outlook equivalent in Open Office.
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Martin Langsholt
Michael Solomon said:
There's not one in Office 2007 either. Unless she buys Office Professional
Plus or enterprise. It's not an ridiculous recommendation. I have switched
to OpenOffice and could not be more happy about it. And MS Office
compatibility is perfect.
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Mellowed
Martin Langsholt said:
Well, not exactly. I experimented with Open Office and my Word documents.
The formating changed with Open Office.
A
AJR
Kind of like the old rental car commercial - "It's just like Office - well
almost".
almost".
R
ray
Actually, Oo really is, as you would find out if you tried it. From many
of the posts I've seen here it is probably easier to install Oo, as well.
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Michael Solomon
I didn't say it was a ridiculous recommendation, that was the guy aboveMartin Langsholt said:
me.
However, since she has Office 2000, she does have the option of purchasing a
version of Office 2007 that includes Outlook and can do so at an upgrade
price. True, that's not free but the trade off is not having Outlook,
assuming she's already using it and "POSSIBLY" dealing with compatibility
and formatting issues.
I like Open Office and it's a great option for people who don't need to use
there files in interacting with other businesses. The fact you've had
perfect MS Office compatibility is anecdotal much as my experience of having
it change formatting on my Word Documents and various compatibility issues
when sending files to various businesses is anecdotal. Some people have
issues, others don't. But if she does require such compatibility, she has
an upgrade path.
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AJR
Open Office has been around for years - did give it a go (It and Linux and
Apple) - again "Just like MS Office - well almost"!!
Apple) - again "Just like MS Office - well almost"!!
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Guest
To the original poster, I have been trying for several days to install an
original copy of Office 2000 on Vista. I am not having any luck in doing so.
Now thinking of selling my week old laptop on Ebay and trying to find a
laptop with Windows XP. If you do a search, you will see that many people
are having a problem putting Office 2000 on Vista.
original copy of Office 2000 on Vista. I am not having any luck in doing so.
Now thinking of selling my week old laptop on Ebay and trying to find a
laptop with Windows XP. If you do a search, you will see that many people
are having a problem putting Office 2000 on Vista.
R
ray
So, have you tried OpenOffice.org?
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Frank
unknown said:
Ridiculous statement seeing as how millions are using O2K on Vista with
no problems at all.
What exact problem(s) are you actually having?
Frank
M
Mellowed
unknown said:
I had no problems installing Office 2000 on Vista Ultimate. Outlook 2000
did have a problem that was easily resolved by copying a couple files.
G
Guest
Not very ridiculous if your copy of office 2000 will not install on vista. I
also lost 80+ percent of other softwares that did install on windows xp. I
am sitting in a library right now with a copy of openoffice. If it works,
vista can go down the drain........................................
also lost 80+ percent of other softwares that did install on windows xp. I
am sitting in a library right now with a copy of openoffice. If it works,
vista can go down the drain........................................
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Frank
officeman3 said:
80%!
What software will not install on Vista that you had running on XP?
Tell us, ok?
Also try installing O2K in compatibly mode. There is no reason it should
not work.
I can tell you from personal experience that Oo will not successfully
open all MS Office documents with correct formatting. Of course, that
may not be important to you.
Let us know ok?
THX
Frank