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I use Open Office at home and occasionally here at the office. OOo 3 will open O2k7 documents, but with some formatting issues. Interestingly, in the past I have encountered corrupted MS Office documents that MS Office won't open but OOo will. After making a minor edit and resaving the document in its original format MS Office would open it again. From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kramer, Jack Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 3:02 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Office 2003 or 2007? I use a Linux-based laptop and I'm very pleased with the performance of OpenOffice 3. ---- Jack Kramer Computer Systems Specialist University Relations, Michigan State University 517-884-1231 _____ From: Troy Murray <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Troy Murray <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:56:23 -0500 To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Office 2003 or 2007? That's something I'd be interested in, anyone out there using OpenOffice instead of Office? -t On Jan 15, 2009, at 2:34 PM, David McFarlane wrote: 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] -- Troy Murray Systems/Database Administrator Michigan State University Clinical And Translational Sciences Biomedical Research Informatics Core (BRIC) 100 Conrad Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 517-432-4248 Fax: 517-353-9420 E-mail: [log in to unmask] AOL IM: troymurray72