MS Office upgrade

I recently bought a new desktop computer that came set up with Windows
8 and have been going through the process of upgrading my client
software. I want to upgrade my MS Office 2007 to whatever is currently
available. Are there any precautions that I should make before doing
this? That is, will my MS Office 7 files all be such that the new
version can import them then go ahead with any work that I want to do
on any of these old files.

MS Word documents, Excel Spreadsheets and Access are the three main
file formats that I'm concerned about.

Thanks for your insights. Gordon

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 11:03:08 -0500, Gordon
wrote:

I recently bought a new desktop computer that came set up with Windows
8 and have been going through the process of upgrading my client
software. I want to upgrade my MS Office 2007 to whatever is currently
available.


Office 2013.


Are there any precautions that I should make before doing
this? That is, will my MS Office 7 files all be such that the new
version can import them then go ahead with any work that I want to do
on any of these old files.


Yes. There should be no problems.



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Ken Blake

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 10:54:42 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 11:03:08 -0500, Gordon
wrote:

I recently bought a new desktop computer that came set up with Windows
8 and have been going through the process of upgrading my client
software. I want to upgrade my MS Office 2007 to whatever is currently
available.


Office 2013.


Are there any precautions that I should make before doing
this? That is, will my MS Office 7 files all be such that the new
version can import them then go ahead with any work that I want to do
on any of these old files.


Yes. There should be no problems.

Thanks, Ken. I'll go ahead with this upgrade as soon as I get to the
store and buy the new version. I have backups of my working files but
just wanted to be sure they would be usable. Gordon

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 13:01:21 -0500, Gordon
wrote:

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 10:54:42 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 11:03:08 -0500, Gordon
wrote:

I recently bought a new desktop computer that came set up with Windows
8 and have been going through the process of upgrading my client
software. I want to upgrade my MS Office 2007 to whatever is currently
available.


Office 2013.


Are there any precautions that I should make before doing
this? That is, will my MS Office 7 files all be such that the new
version can import them then go ahead with any work that I want to do
on any of these old files.


Yes. There should be no problems.

Thanks, Ken. I'll go ahead with this upgrade as soon as I get to the
store and buy the new version. I have backups of my working files but
just wanted to be sure they would be usable. Gordon


You're welcome. Glad to help.

And just in case you don't realize it, there's no need to upgrade. You
can continue to use Office 2007. As far as I'm concerned, improvements
in Office 2013 are few and far between.


--
Ken Blake

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 13:09:31 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 13:01:21 -0500, Gordon
wrote:

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 10:54:42 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 11:03:08 -0500, Gordon
wrote:

I recently bought a new desktop computer that came set up with Windows
8 and have been going through the process of upgrading my client
software. I want to upgrade my MS Office 2007 to whatever is currently
available.


Office 2013.


Are there any precautions that I should make before doing
this? That is, will my MS Office 7 files all be such that the new
version can import them then go ahead with any work that I want to do
on any of these old files.


Yes. There should be no problems.

Thanks, Ken. I'll go ahead with this upgrade as soon as I get to the
store and buy the new version. I have backups of my working files but
just wanted to be sure they would be usable. Gordon

You're welcome. Glad to help.

And just in case you don't realize it, there's no need to upgrade. You
can continue to use Office 2007. As far as I'm concerned, improvements
in Office 2013 are few and far between.

I'm still using 2003 :-)

My needs are very modest, so I'm probably not a valid example.

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Sat, 7 Sep 2013 13:58:19 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 13:09:31 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 13:01:21 -0500, Gordon
wrote:

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 10:54:42 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 11:03:08 -0500, Gordon
wrote:

I recently bought a new desktop computer that came set up with Windows
8 and have been going through the process of upgrading my client
software. I want to upgrade my MS Office 2007 to whatever is currently
available.


Office 2013.


Are there any precautions that I should make before doing
this? That is, will my MS Office 7 files all be such that the new
version can import them then go ahead with any work that I want to do
on any of these old files.


Yes. There should be no problems.

Thanks, Ken. I'll go ahead with this upgrade as soon as I get to the
store and buy the new version. I have backups of my working files but
just wanted to be sure they would be usable. Gordon

You're welcome. Glad to help.

And just in case you don't realize it, there's no need to upgrade. You
can continue to use Office 2007. As far as I'm concerned, improvements
in Office 2013 are few and far between.

I'm still using 2003 :-)

My needs are very modest, so I'm probably not a valid example.


I use Microsoft Office 2013, but I hardly use any of its applications
other than Outlook and Excel. My preferred word processor (*greatly*
preferred--I think it's much better than Word) is WordPerfect X6.




--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

--
Ken Blake

Gordon wrote:

I recently bought a new desktop computer that came set up with Windows
8 and have been going through the process of upgrading my client
software. I want to upgrade my MS Office 2007 to whatever is currently
available. Are there any precautions that I should make before doing
this? That is, will my MS Office 7 files all be such that the new
version can import them then go ahead with any work that I want to do
on any of these old files.

MS Word documents, Excel Spreadsheets and Access are the three main
file formats that I'm concerned about.

Thanks for your insights. Gordon

Do you NEED to upgrade? Or just WANT to? Office 2007 stop working all
of a sudden? Not doing what you need it to do, etc? If not, then
continue to use it until it does.

I don't believe in upgrading software for no other reason than there is
a newer version. Upgrading is how MS makes money.


Stef

PS. Still using Word 2000 in my emulated XP virtual machine.. Works
fine.

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 11:03:08 -0500, Gordon
wrote:

I recently bought a new desktop computer that came set up with Windows
8 and have been going through the process of upgrading my client
software. I want to upgrade my MS Office 2007 to whatever is currently
available.

Why not consider an alternative that is much cheaper, more powerful,
and fully compatible

====================

http://www.softmaker.com/english/
SoftMaker Office 2012

It doesn't have to be Microsoft after all...

SoftMaker Office is the best alternative to Microsoft Office:
affordable, powerful, lightning-fast, and compatible with MS Office.

=====================

I switched a couple of years ago and haven't looked back. The price
of SM Office 2012 includes a portable version that can run off a USB
stick.
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On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 13:09:31 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 13:01:21 -0500, Gordon
wrote:

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 10:54:42 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 11:03:08 -0500, Gordon
wrote:

I recently bought a new desktop computer that came set up with Windows
8 and have been going through the process of upgrading my client
software. I want to upgrade my MS Office 2007 to whatever is currently
available.


Office 2013.


Are there any precautions that I should make before doing
this? That is, will my MS Office 7 files all be such that the new
version can import them then go ahead with any work that I want to do
on any of these old files.


Yes. There should be no problems.

Thanks, Ken. I'll go ahead with this upgrade as soon as I get to the
store and buy the new version. I have backups of my working files but
just wanted to be sure they would be usable. Gordon

You're welcome. Glad to help.

And just in case you don't realize it, there's no need to upgrade. You
can continue to use Office 2007. As far as I'm concerned, improvements
in Office 2013 are few and far between.

I'm still using 2003 :-)

My needs are very modest, so I'm probably not a valid example.

Same here. My most used applications are Excel for team spreadsheets and
Outlook for mail. I have Word installed, but don't use it that often. I
uninstalled Access since retiring a while back- work was the only reason I
used it. The only thing newer that I have is PowerPoint Viewer 2007.
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On Sun, 8 Sep 2013 01:04:23 +0000 (UTC), Stef
wrote:

Gordon wrote:

I recently bought a new desktop computer that came set up with Windows
8 and have been going through the process of upgrading my client
software. I want to upgrade my MS Office 2007 to whatever is currently
available. Are there any precautions that I should make before doing
this? That is, will my MS Office 7 files all be such that the new
version can import them then go ahead with any work that I want to do
on any of these old files.

MS Word documents, Excel Spreadsheets and Access are the three main
file formats that I'm concerned about.

Thanks for your insights. Gordon

Do you NEED to upgrade? Or just WANT to? Office 2007 stop working all
of a sudden? Not doing what you need it to do, etc? If not, then
continue to use it until it does.

I don't believe in upgrading software for no other reason than there is
a newer version. Upgrading is how MS makes money.


Stef

PS. Still using Word 2000 in my emulated XP virtual machine.. Works
fine.

My reason for wanting to upgrade is that I exchange documents with
others, frequently, and sometimes their newer version document won't
open in my older version. Gordon

On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 06:53:19 -0500, Gordon wrote:

On Sun, 8 Sep 2013 01:04:23 +0000 (UTC), Stef
wrote:

Gordon wrote:

I recently bought a new desktop computer that came set up with Windows
8 and have been going through the process of upgrading my client
software. I want to upgrade my MS Office 2007 to whatever is currently
available. Are there any precautions that I should make before doing
this? That is, will my MS Office 7 files all be such that the new
version can import them then go ahead with any work that I want to do
on any of these old files.

MS Word documents, Excel Spreadsheets and Access are the three main
file formats that I'm concerned about.

Thanks for your insights. Gordon

Do you NEED to upgrade? Or just WANT to? Office 2007 stop working all
of a sudden? Not doing what you need it to do, etc? If not, then
continue to use it until it does.

I don't believe in upgrading software for no other reason than there is
a newer version. Upgrading is how MS makes money.


Stef

PS. Still using Word 2000 in my emulated XP virtual machine.. Works
fine.

My reason for wanting to upgrade is that I exchange documents with
others, frequently, and sometimes their newer version document won't
open in my older version. Gordon

It's your money, obviously, but it would cost nothing to try libreoffice
(for free) and see if it meets your needs.

On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 05:15:20 -0500, CRNG wrote:



Why not consider an alternative that is much cheaper, more powerful,
and fully compatible

====================
LibreOffice is free open source and will open and save MS files. You
won't get the ribbon interface. Personally I prefer the old setup.

On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 06:53:19 -0500, Gordon
wrote:


My reason for wanting to upgrade is that I exchange documents with
others, frequently, and sometimes their newer version document won't
open in my older version. Gordon


The format(s) for Word files have not changed in either Word 2010 or
2013. If you are unable to open what they send you, the reason is
something else entirely, not that your version is incompatible with
theirs.

By the way, let me point out that your opening Word files created by
others carries a significant risk with it. You often see advice not to
open attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one
of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it
implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from
friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves
to everyone in the infected party's address book, so attachments
received from friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open.

Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
infected.


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On 9/8/2013 10:15 AM, ray carter wrote:
On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 06:53:19 -0500, Gordon wrote:

On Sun, 8 Sep 2013 01:04:23 +0000 (UTC), Stef
wrote:

Gordon wrote:

I recently bought a new desktop computer that came set up with Windows
8 and have been going through the process of upgrading my client
software. I want to upgrade my MS Office 2007 to whatever is currently
available. Are there any precautions that I should make before doing
this? That is, will my MS Office 7 files all be such that the new
version can import them then go ahead with any work that I want to do
on any of these old files.

MS Word documents, Excel Spreadsheets and Access are the three main
file formats that I'm concerned about.

Thanks for your insights. Gordon

Do you NEED to upgrade? Or just WANT to? Office 2007 stop working all
of a sudden? Not doing what you need it to do, etc? If not, then
continue to use it until it does.

I don't believe in upgrading software for no other reason than there is
a newer version. Upgrading is how MS makes money.


Stef

PS. Still using Word 2000 in my emulated XP virtual machine.. Works
fine.

My reason for wanting to upgrade is that I exchange documents with
others, frequently, and sometimes their newer version document won't
open in my older version. Gordon

It's your money, obviously, but it would cost nothing to try libreoffice
(for free) and see if it meets your needs.


Kingsoft Office 2013 free is nearly identical to MS Office.

http://www.ksosoft.com/product/office-free.html

Stef wrote:

Upgrading is how MS makes money.



What's wrong with that? Is Micrsoft not a commercial enterprise?


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