At 1/15/2009 11:00 AM Thursday, Oscar Castaneda wrote:
>It sounds to me like one more of those cases where you HAVE TO
>upgrade, even when you know that there is no direct benefit, but not
>to be left behind, because they decided to change a few basic things.
How about upgrading instead to something like OpenOffice, if it will
handle the new Office 2007 file format?
-- dkm
>Jon Galbreath wrote:
>>The file format changes for one. The free converter kits from
>>Microsoft can patch Office 2003 so they open documents, but some
>>templates don't work with the converters. Also there is the issue
>>of possible features that are lost in the conversion process. I
>>don't have any examples of what may or may not convert correctly,
>>but I do know that even with the converters installed across the
>>board here, they're not a guaranteed solution to avoid the upgrade.
>>
>>Jon Galbreath
>>MCSE/Security+
>>Systems Administrator
>>International Studies and Programs
>>Ph: 517-884-2144
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