Will XP office go onto Vista ok?

Need the usual plus Publisher, and i have it on XP...

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Seemingly so, even office 2k works as the rumour goes.

Heres a link from TSG forums on the issue

Office XP On Vista?? - Tech Support Guy Forums

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Even Office 97 works with Vista

I mainly use OpenOffice since I cannot see the point paying Mr. Gates more than the unavoidable. But now and then the MS Office programmes are necessary so I have just kept my old ones. Runs without problems.

I use office 2000 on vista with no issues - still got my student licensed version so don't figure it's worth buying anything else.

it's worth buying anything else.

Buying whats this "buying" you talk of :rofl:

Buying whats this "buying" you talk of :rofl:

It's something you have to do to keep your business legit:thumbdwn:

It's something you have to do to keep your business legit:thumbdwn:

Ah I see that kind of "buying" :thumbdwn: indeed

Even Office 97 works with Vista

I mainly use OpenOffice since I cannot see the point paying Mr. Gates more than the unavoidable. But now and then the MS Office programmes are necessary so I have just kept my old ones. Runs without problems.

All good, aside from the fact that OpenOffice has naff all functionality compared to Office :(

I just let someone else buy it and keep the installation discs myself on permanent loan. Allegedly.

All good, aside from the fact that OpenOffice has naff all functionality compared to Office :(

Really, I'd tend to disagree with that. It's even got a proper scripting engine that uses Java not VB

Really, I'd tend to disagree with that. It's even got a proper scripting engine that uses Java not VB

Ok, perhaps it doesn't have the same functionality and polish out of the box. But I'm lazy.

I've given OO a chance, and if all the you want is the basics then it's fine

All good, aside from the fact that OpenOffice has naff all functionality compared to Office :(

Depends on which functions you need, of course. For everyday standard word processing, spreadsheet work, PP presenatations I think OO works just fine. Some tasks I find harder/more time consuming/less logical, but that can be because I first learned them in Office.

But there are irritating incompatibility problems and OO still hasn't found a solution for importing the docx format in the Windows version.

I'm no OO geek, I just appreciate the fact that it's free.

Ok, perhaps it doesn't have the same functionality and polish out of the box. But I'm lazy.

I've given OO a chance, and if all the you want is the basics then it's fine

In some areas it has more functionality than MS office in others less. It certainly has a lot more than "the basics" and it's free.

You might think OO.org is basic because either you tried version 1.* not 2.something or you are just so used to the Microsfot Office UI. This however has changed in office 2007 so you are going to be stuck changing to that too.

I'll be putting OO.org on my new machine as I don't want the 2007 interface and think that ODF if a good format to use for document.

OO rocks!

I am trying to keep away from Microsoft for everything nowadays - Firefox, Thunderbird, VLC media player, etc.

I am however still running on windaes as it is a legal copy which is unusual in this day and age :lol: