Vista "Look & Feel" in Office 2000

[Ken VdB]

Hi everyone,

I have just installed my copy of Office 2000 on my new Windows Vista
notebook. Is there a way to make Office 2000 (or any other pre-vista
application) use the new Windows Vista look & feel? When XP first debuted
there was a "manifest" file you could put in the same folder as the EXE that
would instruct the application to use the new updated "skinable" controls.
See this article for info on what I mean.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649781.aspx

Is there a way to do this with Windows Vista?

Thanks,

Ken.

 

[Retired]

Well, I use Office 2003 with Vista Home Premium, and it works just like it
did in Windows XP. I'm glad that it does.

 

[Ken VdB]

Oh, Office 2000 works just fine. It just looks a little dated. I just want
to know if there is a way to make the UI widgets (buttons, text boxes,
dropdown lists) use the "Vista" look and feel.

Ken.

 

[Lang Murphy]

Oh, Office 2000 works just fine. It just looks a little dated. I just
want to know if there is a way to make the UI widgets (buttons, text
boxes, dropdown lists) use the "Vista" look and feel.

Ken.

I could be wrong, but I think Office 2007 is the only version that hooks
into Vista in the manner you describe...

Lang

 

[Ken VdB]

I could be wrong, but I think Office 2007 is the only version that hooks
into Vista in the manner you describe...

Lang

I remember that by default pre-Windows XP applications also did not share
the Windows XP look & feel. But there was a way you could make them use the
new controls by way of using a "manifest" file. I did this with all kinds
of pre-Windows XP applications and they all looked very 'native' on my XP
machine and changed along with the theme if I changed it.

In Windows Vista however my Office 2000 apps (I am only using Word and
Excel) look dated. Do you think there is any way to get the same effect as
we were able under XP? I have tried using the manifest file from XP and it
doesn't work. Maybe it needs to be updated for Vista?!?!?!

Thanks,

Ken.

 

[Spocks Buddy]

Xp used MANIFEST
Vista uses MAN INFEST

I remember that by default pre-Windows XP applications also did not share
the Windows XP look & feel. But there was a way you could make them use
the new controls by way of using a "manifest" file. I did this with all
kinds of pre-Windows XP applications and they all looked very 'native' on
my XP machine and changed along with the theme if I changed it.

In Windows Vista however my Office 2000 apps (I am only using Word and
Excel) look dated. Do you think there is any way to get the same effect
as we were able under XP? I have tried using the manifest file from XP
and it doesn't work. Maybe it needs to be updated for Vista?!?!?!

Thanks,

Ken.

 

[Lang Murphy]

I remember that by default pre-Windows XP applications also did not share
the Windows XP look & feel. But there was a way you could make them use
the new controls by way of using a "manifest" file. I did this with all
kinds of pre-Windows XP applications and they all looked very 'native' on
my XP machine and changed along with the theme if I changed it.

In Windows Vista however my Office 2000 apps (I am only using Word and
Excel) look dated. Do you think there is any way to get the same effect
as we were able under XP? I have tried using the manifest file from XP
and it doesn't work. Maybe it needs to be updated for Vista?!?!?!

Thanks,

Ken.

Ken,

Gee, to be honest... I don't know... lemme go Google it... brb (lol)...

Yeah, well, most of the references I found to manifest look like manifests
are programming objects that one adds to apps to make them hook into another
apps UI or whatever. But I found no references to how to do that in either
XP or Vista for Office, from an end-user's POV. Sorry, man...

Lang

 

[HAL]

I would rather have Office 2007 have the Office 2000 look and feel. I've
been using 2007 for 3 months now, and I still hate it. ;-)