Bubbler wrote:
> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
> news:hrtft8$1ec$1@news.albasani.net...
>> Bubbler wrote:
>>
>>> Lem wrote ...
>>>
>>>> Maurice wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have office 2003, but from time to time, I get documents made with
>>>>> word2007, is ther any version on line for word 2007?
>>>>
>>>> Word itself is not available for free, but what you want is the free
>>>> "Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
>>>> File Formats"
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en
>>>
>>> Use OpenOffice. www.OpenOffice.org
>>
>> Yeah, waste a ton of disk space instead of getting the previewer app:
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=3657ce88-7cfa-457a-9aec-f4f827f20cac
>>
>> Or install the compatibility pack for a version of Office *already*
>> installed by the OP. Yeah, let's make the user wanting to view a newer
>> Word
>> format grind through the steep learning curve for a completely different
>> product. Uh huh, good advice ... not!
>>
>> Oh yes, like we're not supposed to recognize that your "advice" is nothing
>> but spam to proseltize a non-Microsoft albeit free product. Free is nice
>> but not necessarily the best solution, especially when the other solutions
>> are also free (since the OP already has Office 2003 installed).
>
> Wow, some response! My three PCs all run MS Office, but I have also had
> good experience with open source software including Linux and, yes,
> OpenOffice. "Steep learning curve"? Not for most folks.
>
> Your "gain" for firing off an opinionated verbal assault on a differing
> opinion instead of simply providing useful comments is obviously set pretty
> high.
>
> Have a good day and try to relax.
>
> -Bub
I also have OpenOffice on another host but will need to take the time to get
as proficient with it as I am with the Office components. However, if I
were looking for a means to make my Office product utilize newer format
files for a newer version of Office, I still wouldn't be trying to dump
OpenOffice on my host as a solution when other free and much smaller
solutions were available.
Installing OpenOffice as the "solution" was way off target and not at all
suitable. However, if someone were looking for a free replacement to Office
then, yeah, OpenOffice is an excellent suggestion providing that requester
is willing to learn the new program. I've already found several tasks that
I do in Word for which there is no counterpart in Writer or I had to go
searching to find a non-obvious workaround and, last I checked, OO can't run
macros written for Office components. But, hey, free sure works for my
personal wallet to keep from emptying it.
The one component that OO is missing is an e-mail client. I've found a few
replacements (I do NOT like Thunderbird whose rules set sucks worse then
Outlook Express for newsgroups but did get just barely okay in v3 of Tbird
for e-mail rules) for an e-mail client, like Evolution (now with a Windows
version), so OO + Evolution would make a formidable replacement but
obviously a *complete* replacement, not just a previewer app or file
converter pack which is a better solution for someone that already has
Office 2003.
learning curve is that great, but the 2007 one sure