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Old April 4th 18, 06:09 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
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Default Thinking of updating my MS Office?

Currently using Office 2007 (Ultimate), mainly use Word, Excel, and
Access at home. I understand Office 2019 is about to come out, so I'm
thinking there might be some good deals on Office 2016 soon. Thinking of
going to Office 2016, not interested in the Office 365 subscription
model at all. Also let's not get sidetracked by discussions about
OpenOffice or Google Docs, I use those as well, but you need the actual
MS Office for the most features and most compatibility.

Is there anything new that is useful with 2016 that's not also in 2007?
I'm talking about new side applications and/or features within the main
applications, for example.

Also I understand that Office 2019 will only work in Windows 10, so does
Office 2016 work in Windows 7 too?

Yousuf Khan
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Old April 4th 18, 08:04 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Char Jackson
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Default Thinking of updating my MS Office?

On Wed, 4 Apr 2018 13:09:44 -0400, Yousuf Khan
wrote:

Is there anything new that is useful with 2016 that's not also in 2007?
I'm talking about new side applications and/or features within the main
applications, for example.


Most of my colleagues love the OneNote application. Is that available in
Office 2007? I can't give a personal review because it's been on my
"need to try this" list for a couple of years now. I'm just too lazy to
make my life better, I guess.

Also I understand that Office 2019 will only work in Windows 10, so does
Office 2016 work in Windows 7 too?


Yes. I use Office 2016 with Windows 7, 8.1, and 10.

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Old April 4th 18, 10:12 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Char Jackson wrote:

Yousuf Khan wrote:

Is there anything new that is useful with 2016 that's not also in
2007? I'm talking about new side applications and/or features within
the main applications, for example.


Get ready for the ribbon bar. Everything you learned about where were
functions in the menus is discarded in having to figure out where it
moved to in the ribbon bar.

Most of my colleagues love the OneNote application.


You don't have to buy OneNote. It is free and available for Windows,
Android, and iOS (Apple).

https://www.onenote.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...office.onenote
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/micr...410395246?mt=8

Also I understand that Office 2019 will only work in Windows 10, so
does Office 2016 work in Windows 7 too?


Yes. I use Office 2016 with Windows 7, 8.1, and 10.


Deals don't show up on Microsoft products until about 3 years after a
new version has been *released*. Also, the last version often remains
high for quite awhile. You need to go back 2, or more, versions several
years after the release of a new version to find good deals on old
versions. Most vendors sell only the license key. You have to download
the product (often from Microsoft).

Make sure you get the correct edition. If you're using Outlook, you
don't want to get the Home & Student edition that is missing Outlook.
If you use any of Outlook, Publisher, or Access, you don't want the Home
& Student or Home & Business editions. OneNote is in all editions but
then it is available for free no matter what MSOffice edition you get.

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Old April 4th 18, 11:41 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
philo
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Default Thinking of updating my MS Office?

On 04/04/2018 12:09 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
Currently using Office 2007 (Ultimate), mainly use Word, Excel, and
Access at home. I understand Office 2019 is about to come out, so I'm
thinking there might be some good deals on Office 2016 soon. Thinking of
going to Office 2016, not interested in the Office 365 subscription
model at all. Also let's not get sidetracked by discussions about
OpenOffice or Google Docs, I use those as well, but you need the actual
MS Office for the most features and most compatibility.

Is there anything new that is useful with 2016 that's not also in 2007?
I'm talking about new side applications and/or features within the main
applications, for example.

Also I understand that Office 2019 will only work in Windows 10, so does
Office 2016 work in Windows 7 too?

Â*Â*Â*Â*Yousuf Khan




Unless the new version has some features you really need...no sense in
updating.

Most of the people I know are fine with their ten year old versions.
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Old April 5th 18, 12:44 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
George[_11_]
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philo wrote:

On 04/04/2018 12:09 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
Currently using Office 2007 (Ultimate), mainly use Word, Excel, and
Access at home. I understand Office 2019 is about to come out, so I'm
thinking there might be some good deals on Office 2016 soon. Thinking of
going to Office 2016, not interested in the Office 365 subscription
model at all. Also let's not get sidetracked by discussions about
OpenOffice or Google Docs, I use those as well, but you need the actual
MS Office for the most features and most compatibility.

Is there anything new that is useful with 2016 that's not also in 2007?
I'm talking about new side applications and/or features within the main
applications, for example.

Also I understand that Office 2019 will only work in Windows 10, so does
Office 2016 work in Windows 7 too?

****Yousuf Khan


Unless the new version has some features you really need...no sense in
updating.


One caveat: MS Office 2007 has already gone End-of-life.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...le/search/8753

Here's the same information for Office 2016.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...e/search/18412

To the OP: If you aren't already using it, and you need to keep
your Office 2007 installation patched, you might look into
extended support (esr) version (currently, 9.2.4) of WSUS
Offline.
http://www.wsusoffline.net/
The standard version (currently 11.2.1) is extremely useful for
currently-supported MS software.
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Old April 5th 18, 02:45 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
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On 4/4/2018 3:04 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 4 Apr 2018 13:09:44 -0400, Yousuf Khan
wrote:

Is there anything new that is useful with 2016 that's not also in 2007?
I'm talking about new side applications and/or features within the main
applications, for example.


Most of my colleagues love the OneNote application. Is that available in
Office 2007? I can't give a personal review because it's been on my
"need to try this" list for a couple of years now. I'm just too lazy to
make my life better, I guess.


Yes, OneNote is in 2007.

Also I understand that Office 2019 will only work in Windows 10, so does
Office 2016 work in Windows 7 too?


Yes. I use Office 2016 with Windows 7, 8.1, and 10.


Great, I have one Windows 7 notebook that I'm not going to try to bother
to upgrade to Windows 10, I already tried it on it, and a lot of
features stopped working under it, so I restored it back to Windows 7
and have run it ever since.

Yousuf Khan
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Old April 5th 18, 02:47 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
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Default Thinking of updating my MS Office?

On 4/4/2018 6:41 PM, philo wrote:
Unless the new version has some features you really need...no sense in
updating.

Most of the people I know are fine with their ten year old versions.


That's what I'm trying to determine. I'm starting to get a bit more
advanced in Access right now, and reading some stuff online, it seems
there's a few extra features in later versions of Access than the one in
2007.

Yousuf Khan
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Old April 5th 18, 03:21 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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On Wed, 4 Apr 2018 13:09:44 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote:
Is there anything new that is useful with 2016 that's not also in 2007?


Office 2007 was slow and very buggy. Both conditions were
significantly improved by Service Pack 3. Still, 2016 is a bit
peppier.

I googled "differences Office 2007 and Office 2016" (without quotes,
and got quite a few useful-looking hits, a few of which were actually
relevant. Here are a couple:

https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoft/c...t_worth_it_to_
upgrade_from_office_2007_to/

https://forums.windowssecrets.com/sh...44-Office-365-
vs-Office-2007-work-process-differences-if-any

I personally loathe one aspect of the Excel 2016 interface: every
opened workbook is a separate window, and so to close the program you
have to click the red X multiple times. But then I bought Office 2010
when it was current, and I don't know of any new features in 2013 or
2016 that I really need.

Also I understand that Office 2019 will only work in Windows 10, so
does Office 2016 work in Windows 7 too?


Yes, it does. We have it on virtual machines at work.


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Old April 5th 18, 06:14 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Steve Hayes[_2_]
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On Wed, 4 Apr 2018 16:12:54 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

Char Jackson wrote:

Yousuf Khan wrote:

Is there anything new that is useful with 2016 that's not also in
2007? I'm talking about new side applications and/or features within
the main applications, for example.


Get ready for the ribbon bar. Everything you learned about where were
functions in the menus is discarded in having to figure out where it
moved to in the ribbon bar.


Office 2007 was the one that introduced the ribbon bar.


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Old April 5th 18, 07:56 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Char Jackson
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On Wed, 4 Apr 2018 22:21:24 -0400, Stan Brown
wrote:

I personally loathe one aspect of the Excel 2016 interface: every
opened workbook is a separate window, [snip]


One of my favorite and most-used features. I frequently have two or more
workbooks open at once and it's very useful to be able to move them
around to any of my 3 displays.

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Old April 5th 18, 01:33 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Per Steve Hayes:
Office 2007 was the one that introduced the ribbon bar.


When I was developing ad-hoc Access apps for bond traders (who were using
Office 2003 at the time), people would tell me "If the new app involves my
having to use Office 2007, just forget it...".

I think the Ribbon Bar was the primary culprit.
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Old April 5th 18, 01:37 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Per Char Jackson:
One of my favorite and most-used features. I frequently have two or more
workbooks open at once and it's very useful to be able to move them
around to any of my 3 displays.


+1 - putting all the workbooks under a single window makes me crazy.

IIRC, in 2003 at least, there is a registry change one can make that cures
that problem and opens each workbook in it's own window.

Personally, I have been drifting towards LibreOffice 4.2 because it opens the
occasional .XLSX file I get.

Even so, I keep Office 2003 installed just for MS Access...
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Old April 5th 18, 03:09 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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On Wed, 04 Apr 2018 17:44:00 -0600, George
wrote:



One caveat: MS Office 2007 has already gone End-of-life.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...le/search/8753

Here's the same information for Office 2016.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...e/search/18412


I recently installed XP as a virtual system on my Win-10 computer. On
XP I installed Office XP.

Interestingly, even though the XP "drive" was not active at the time,
when I used the Win Mini-Update tool, it came up with "Office XP SP3"
update.

I declined. My OfficeXP has been doing everything I want for years.

-dan z-


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Old April 5th 18, 03:43 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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"(PeteCresswell)" wrote

| Personally, I have been drifting towards LibreOffice 4.2 because it opens
the
| occasional .XLSX file I get.

Is there a reason not to use the latest --
5.4 for XP or 6 for Win7+? I use LO for everything
office-esque, but my needs are minimal, so I
haven't really looked into differences between
versions. I just update every once in awhile,
when I think of it.


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Old April 5th 18, 03:48 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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On 05/04/2018 13:37, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Char Jackson:
One of my favorite and most-used features. I frequently have two or more
workbooks open at once and it's very useful to be able to move them
around to any of my 3 displays.


+1 - putting all the workbooks under a single window makes me crazy.


Whereas splurging the desktop with multiple windows and the task bar
with multiple icons for the same app makes me crazy. I try to keep all
my main work windows exactly above each other and then use Alt Tab to
switch rapidly between them, and the first thing I have to do whenever I
open a second window of anything is put it back exactly above the
other(s) because of MS' unhelpful insistance on putting somewhere else,
anywhere else, than where I actually want it.

IIRC, in 2003 at least, there is a registry change one can make that cures
that problem and opens each workbook in it's own window.


In earlier editions of Office such as 2000, it was an explicit choice in
the options dialog. Now I don't get the choice any more, because, after
all in these days of multiple monitors all guzzling electricity, who
ever heard of anyone working so efficiently that they only need just one?!

Er, should I have put a smiley there, I wonder? Alright, here it is :-)

Personally, I have been drifting towards LibreOffice 4.2 because it opens the
occasional .XLSX file I get.


I use Libre Office for most things now, but that too is multiple
windows, sigh!

 




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