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    Microsoft Office version progression?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Smashy, Nov 17, 2005.

  1. Smashy

    Smashy Notebook Consultant

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    I'm currently running Office 2003, but I was wondering what the order of Office versions is - I like to keep these applications up to date with the most recent version..

    Is it 2000 > 2002 XP > 2003 > a new one?

    Thanks
     
    Smashy, Nov 17, 2005
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    They just released the beta for the next Office, Office 12. Don't know if that will be the final name.
     
    ZaZ, Nov 17, 2005
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  3. Smashy

    Smashy Notebook Consultant

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    Oh cool. So my order there is correct (2000 > XP > 2003)?
     
    Smashy, Nov 17, 2005
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  4. NYBOY

    NYBOY Notebook Geek

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    YEP

    1234char
     
    NYBOY, Nov 17, 2005
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  5. dr_st

    dr_st Notebook Deity

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    What I find nice between 2000, 2002/XP and 2003, is that they seem to be pretty compatible with one another, while the older Office97 won't read some stuff made by the newer versions. Like, any Word document saved in the default formatting by any of the newer Words will not open in Word97. You have to save it as RTF or Word6/95 for it to work.
     
    dr_st, Nov 18, 2005
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    dark_prince Notebook Geek

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    That probably isn't a big problem anymore.....coz not many people are using word 97 these days!!!
     
    dark_prince, Nov 18, 2005
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  7. dr_st

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    That wasn't said to raise a problem, on the contrary - if Microsoft had dropped the compatibility between 2000, 2002 and 2003, as they did between 97 and 2000, we would have had a problem now, because some people still use 2000/2002.
     
    dr_st, Nov 19, 2005
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  8. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    I am one of those people. I still have Office 2000 Premium. I don't upgrade it because I see no reason to.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Nov 19, 2005
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  9. Dissatisfied

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    It would be interesting to know actual statistics
    I think consumers still use mostly 2002/xp
     
    Dissatisfied, Nov 19, 2005
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  10. dr_st

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    I myself use 2003 on my two newest machines, XP on my older laptop and 97 on my older desktop (which runs Win98SE). My dad uses Word 6 for Win 3.1 on his ancient computer downstairs. I did used Office2000 briefly, but it gave me some problems, which triggered my switch to 2003.
     
    dr_st, Nov 20, 2005
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  11. angelopatrick

    angelopatrick Notebook Enthusiast

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    i now use Office 2003 but still have machines that use the previous versions my IBM desktop uses Office XP, while my dell xpx h266 uses office 97 and my compaq 1500 desktop uses office 2000 Pro

    glad to be a beta tester of the upcoming office suite Office 12, and i say it's good well for the beta 1 atleast. but it saves the files in the new file formats using XML and is incompatible with any previous versions. though there is a way to change this within the suite i say its better to stck to the current formats then make it an option to do the switch to the XML optimized formats
     
    angelopatrick, Nov 29, 2005
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