Upgrade from Excel 97 to 2003

[Guest]

At work I am upgrading from Excel 97 to Excel 2003. Have tried all kinds of web searching to identify the specific changes I am likely to encounter as a user but to little avail. Can someone please provide me with (or point me in the direction of) a specific list of changes in user functionality I am likely to encounter. The more information the better!

Many thanks.

 

[Debra Dalgleish]

There's a version comparison here:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/compare.mspx

and some upgrading information here:


http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/preview.aspx?AssetID=HP051985111033&CTT=98

 

[Guest]

Debra thanks so much for your help, the sites you've provided will no doubt prove extremely useful.

 

[Guest]

Actually, I have a specific problem with upgrading that no one seems to be
able to address....

I'm working on a migration project to move people to Office XP, and we've
encountered several Excel 97 files with a lot of charts and graphs (over 20
each). When we open them in XP, the charts get dropped off with an error
message that the file lost data and this was the best it could do.

Opening two of the files in Excel 2000 causes a memory crash, although the
3rd one will open. Any idea how to proceed? Everything I've seen suggests
that there should be no migration issues between the 3 versions.

J. Freed