- This could happen only to ME!
- Posted by ChrisCoaster on March 15th, 2008
I'm the guy who posted earlier about the slow Gateway 1200 system that
might have had malware on it.
Well, I finally gave in and purchased a new system altogether - HP
Pavillion, Vista, MS Office 2007, 3Gig RAM.
So I attempted to open a PowerPoint file created in Office '95 - and
guess what? PowerPoint 2007 didn't recognize it!!
This is indeed a paradox in the sense that MS Office applications are
supposed to be retroactive/backward compatible, right?
Now I have to learn to recreate the whole thing again in 2007,
something that will take 2 hours instead of the 20 minutes it did to
create in '95 because I need to learn PowerPoint '07's crazy layout!
Damn! You just can't make this shit up!
-CC
- Posted by Jimbo on March 16th, 2008
"ChrisCoaster" <ckozicki@snet.net> wrote in message
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What's even more strange is my situation.
I have Office 2003 and needed to modify a Word 2007 doc..
I found a free download from Microsoft that converted the newer doc to the
older format and with in almost no time at all I was back to production.
You would think that if Microsoft could create a conversion program that
would convert newer docs to older software, they could build in the
conversion in the other direction.
- Posted by Baron on March 16th, 2008
ChrisCoaster wrote:
Expensive way of getting rid of malware ! :-)
Now what ever made you think that ?
True !
PS Office 95 Pro should run under XP don't know about Vista though.
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Best Regards:
Baron.
- Posted by Baron on March 16th, 2008
Jimbo wrote:
There is no money to be made doing that! The idea is to sell you new
software, again & again & ......
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Best Regards:
Baron.
- Posted by Jimbo on March 18th, 2008
"Baron" <baron.nospam@linuxmainiac.nospam.net> wrote in message
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I would think that a program that can read older software doc's and convert
them to newer standards would be a selling point. While, older software not
being able to read the newer standard would also be a selling point for the
newer software. You could upgrade and still be able to access the older
files.
In this case it looks like the reverse is true. You can use the older
software to read, through a free conversion program, the newer stuff but you
can't read the older stuff with the newer software. It looks like MicroCrap
is shooting them self in the foot with this decision.
Why buy the new program when you can't read the older stuff but, with the
older program, and conversion utility, you can read some of the newer stuff?
- Posted by Baron on March 18th, 2008
Jimbo wrote:
Its daft I agree!
Try "Open Office" "openoffice.org" Its a free download.
I stopped using M$ products a long time ago!
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Best Regards:
Baron.
- Posted by Jimbo on March 19th, 2008
"Baron" <baron.nospam@linuxmainiac.nospam.net> wrote in message
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Thanks Baron for the advice.
I have already installed it on the kids computer a couple of years ago.
I just have a problem when I am using it to modify a customers Word doc at
the office. It is not 100% compatible (98% maybe) and my business depends on
100% satisfaction of my customers.
My business is a victim of the mass driven market. If I had it my way then
everyone would be using UNIX or at least Linux and only associated programs.
The problem is that M$ does have a slight advantage in the area of "Out of
the box usability and glitz" area as long as you only want to use it the way
that M$ and the computer uneducated masses want you to use it.
It's sad that the world is driven by the mass uneducated, not just in the
world of computers but in general.
- Posted by Baron on March 19th, 2008
Jimbo wrote:
Two years ago!! I hope that you have got the latest version 2.3
something. It has come on in leaps and bounds over this time.
As far as clients go I have never had a problem with compatability
issues. Having said that, virtually all of them are no longer running
any M$ software at all. The big thorn used to be Sage Accounting and
Payroll but since it now runs under Linux that problem has gone.
I agree, that is most domestic clients, made worse by the
schools/education system's insistence on using M$ products for teaching
without informing students that there are alternatives!
Well they say evolution has a way of evening things out.
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Best Regards:
Baron.
- Posted by ChrisCoaster on March 28th, 2008
On Mar 18, 1:54*am, "Jimbo" <chris...@cox.net> wrote:
Jimbo,
I still have Office 95 - in which most of my home powerpoint stuff was
created. Should I have the option of installing it into another
folder within Program Files so I can resort to it if I need to edit my
older powerpoint files?
This seems ridiculous as Office 2007 has no problem opening and
reading all my Word95 and Excel95 stuff. PowerPoint07 won't even read
stuff from '03!
Apparently Office 2007 uses new suffixes ( ***.pptX) note the "x" on
the end. But that doesn't explain why it won't read only PowerPoint
from the older versions.
-CC
- Posted by ChrisCoaster on March 29th, 2008
On Mar 28, 5:16*pm, ChrisCoaster <ckozi...@snet.net> wrote:
Come on, this is a simple question about a simple issue - can I
install Office '95 in its own folder separate from Office 2007?
-CC
- Posted by Hp on March 31st, 2008
ChrisCoaster wrote:
why not skip most of the mess and install openOffice,
it will read those files, AND should let you EXPORT to
your desired format. OpenOffice is FREE!!!!
- Posted by ChrisCoaster on March 31st, 2008
On Mar 30, 8:51*pm, Hp <N...@nana.net> wrote:
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I would still like an answer to my
initial question.
-CC
