On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 13:12:59 +0100, Roger Mills wrote:

My W7 machines on which I installed Office 2007 years ago have received
lots of security updates and bug fixes. Since it's no longer supported,
the version recently installed on W10 hasn't had *any* updates.

While I don't disagree Office 2007 isn't likely updated, that's almost like
worrying that a 2007 vehicle hasn't had any updates from the manufacturer.

Why does it matter?

Like a 2007 vehicle, it works just as well in 2020 as it did in 2007, and,
in actuality, just as with a 2007 vehicle, there's nothing but MARKETING
changes (e.g., the exterior GUI changes a lot) between the old & the new.

But maybe you see things differently than I do (I'm a home user, btw),
where a corporate user would see things differently, I'm sure.

Maybe you're worried about viruses?
o Is that a realistic threat?

Dunno. I don't use AV programs and, to my knowledge, I haven't had a virus
in, oh, probably decades (in the beginning I _did_ get them, but that was
in the floppy disk days - then I used all the freeware AV programs for
years, but they just slowed down the system).

In the end, I simply gave up on all that (although to this day I don't know
what the heck Windows Defender is doing in terms of AV protection).

To better get at why you lament that Office 2007 is no longer updated... I
need to ask what it is that you want them to update.

Is it the functionality or the security that you're worried about?
o What functionality do you need that is in new Office but not old Office?
o What security is it that you're worried about in home use of Office docs?
--
Usenet is an interesting public archived source of other people's opinions.