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Microsoft Office comes with CUPS - Cheap, Ubiquitous, Powerful and Stable. -----Original Message----- From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David McFarlane Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:34 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Office 2003 or 2007? 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 >>[log in to unmask]