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From: nice on 11 Jul 2010 15:58 In my opinion, I truly believe that Office 2000 and FrontPage 2000 were the simplest, cleanest and easiest to install and uninstall compared to 2003 to 2010. I will never give-up either 2000 product until the day comes that Windows OS will not install them. Even if servers drop FrontPage extensions, one can still create an excellent web page with FP2000 then upload it via FTP. When it came to office and publishing software, Microsoft got it right during the "com rush" in the late 90s to 2002. Everthing else since then has too many bells and whistles for the average computer user. I too, only use Word and PowerPoint 2000. TOM7601 wrote: Richard wrote:For what it is worth, I installed OpenOffice on my Win7 64-bit 03-Jan-10 Richard wrote: For what it is worth, I installed OpenOffice on my Win7 64-bit computer. It installed fine and everything seemed to work, however I missed my Office 2000 Professional, so I uninstalled OO and installed my Microsoft Office 2000. It works perfectly, and it is nice to have my "old friend" back. Honestly, I really only use Word and Power Point, but do dabble with Access and Excel. -- TOM - Vista, CA - USA Previous Posts In This Thread: On Saturday, January 02, 2010 11:17 PM Richard wrote: Open Office and Windows 7 64-bit Compatibility Is Open Office compatible with Windows 7 64-bit? Are there any special installation procedures one must follow, such as "run as administrator", install as Vista or Windows XP, etc.? As a long time user of Office 2000, what is the learning curve like in transitioning to Open Office? Any additional insights would be greatly appreciated. -- Thank You, Richard On Sunday, January 03, 2010 12:18 AM Kerry Brown wrote: Open Office runs fine on Windows 7 x64. Open Office runs fine on Windows 7 x64. If you are an Office power user OO id probably not for you. For most people it is an excellent competitor to Microsoft Office. As it is free to try there is no downside to seeing if it works for you. Personally I am using Office 2010 beta which is also free for the beta period. http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx -- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ On Sunday, January 03, 2010 7:07 AM Richard wrote: Ken, Thanks for your response. Ken, Thanks for your response. Based on that I have a few additional questions before I venture installation. Currently on my new HP Notebook, running Windows 7 64-bit, I have Works 9.0 which was preinstalled by HP. I find Works to be more limited than I like especially in the area of spreadsheets. QUESTIONS: Does the OO spreadsheet allow for multiple worksheets in a file, with "linking" between worksheets and/or files? Does the OO spreadsheet allow for formatting of Headers & Footers? Can't seem to do this in Works 9.0. Formatting in Works 9.0 Word Processor seems to require saving additional templates. Does OO allow for "default format settings" in the (for lack of a better phrase) "main or default" OO new document, as was the case in Office 2000? I have a simple database file that I originally setup in Access 2000. This is just a simple list of books read over time. I was successful in converting this to Works 9.0 but again find formatting to be somewhat cumbersome. (This may just be a Works 9.0 "newbie" issue). If I install OO, will I be able to convert this database file from Works 9.0 to OO? What is the scheduled "release date" for Office 2010? Will Office 2010 offer a suite that contains Word, Excel and Access, without Outlook? I am using WLM for my email application with ISP email accounts and it seems to meet my email needs plus it allows me newsgroup access. When I had Office 2000, I needed Outlook for mail and Outlook Express for newsgroups. Since I have a number of Office 2000 and now Works 9.0 files, will I be able to convert ALL of them to Office 2010 without "major" complications? What are you seeing as the biggest improvements or sacrifices between Office 2010 and Office 2000? It seems from monitoring various Microsoft newsgroups and communities that they tend to remove some functionality previously provided in their new applications and operating systems while adding some new functionality. Depending on the responses, I may just wait of Office 2010, provided that it is not too long of a wait. I dislike installing and uninstalling applications because it seems that you always leave behind debris form registry entries to useless folders. I am not "techie" enough to venture into the registry, (I have learned the hard way) and I have never found a "registry cleaner", free or paid, that I trust. I only have one computer and I do not want to risk doing things that require a complete system recovery to fix. I have been there, done that too many times. it is not fun and very time consuming. I hope that you do not mind all of the questions. -- Thank You, Richard On Sunday, January 03, 2010 9:54 AM Dan wrote: Richard,You probably want to ask the OO related questions in an Richard, You probably want to ask the OO related questions in an OpenOffice forum. Something like http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/ I have looked through your OO questions and found that what you want to do is most likely easily possible with OpenOffice. If you do not want to disturb your system, try OpenOffice Portable. Just install it into any path on your system. It will not change any registry entry. http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable You can later on delete the directory again. dan PS. I have actually "setup" a virtual portable drive on my pc with the command "subst p: c:\software\Portable" After that, I have a drive letter "P:\" in which I install all portable apps I use (including the http://portableapps.com/ platform). Then I synchronize the P: drive to my current USB stick to have it with me as well. OpenOffice runs either off that "virtual" P: drive, or directly from "C:\software\Portable\PortableApps\OpenOfficePortable". OO does not really care. On 03.01.2010 13:07, Richard wrote: On Sunday, January 03, 2010 3:13 PM TOM7601 wrote: Richard wrote:For what it is worth, I installed OpenOffice on my Win7 64-bit Richard wrote: For what it is worth, I installed OpenOffice on my Win7 64-bit computer. It installed fine and everything seemed to work, however I missed my Office 2000 Professional, so I uninstalled OO and installed my Microsoft Office 2000. It works perfectly, and it is nice to have my "old friend" back. Honestly, I really only use Word and Power Point, but do dabble with Access and Excel. -- TOM - Vista, CA - USA On Sunday, January 03, 2010 6:22 PM Richard wrote: Tom, thanks for your response. This is "potential" very good news for me. Tom, thanks for your response. This is "potential" very good news for me. I have a few questions before I jump in however. 1. What, if any, compatibility mode did you use to install Office 2000 Professional? 2. Did you install via "run as administrator"? 2. it is my understanding that Outlook will not work in Windows 7 64-bit. it is been so long since I installed Office 2000 Professional on my old system, I do not remember if you can elect not to install Outlook in the custom installation or not. Do you know if that is possible? I really do not need Outlook because I now use WLM and very satisfied with it. I will probably look at Office 2010 when it is released but in the meantime, I also miss the "old friend". -- Thank You, Richard On Monday, January 04, 2010 7:45 AM Steve Foster wrote: Richard wrote:Yes, running it here. Richard wrote: Yes, running it here. Like any other installer, you will get a UAC prompt if you do not "Run As Administrator". For standard tasks, I expect that many would not even notice they'd changed application. it is high-level and expert users (who do things like learn keyboard shortcuts) that would be likely to be aware of the differences. -- Steve Foster ------------ Please reply only to the newsgroups. For SSL Certificates, Domains, etc, visit.: https://netshop.virtual-isp.net On Monday, January 04, 2010 7:56 AM Steve Foster wrote: Richard wrote:A new blank document has "Sheet1", "Sheet2" and "Sheet3" tabs, Richard wrote: A new blank document has "Sheet1", "Sheet2" and "Sheet3" tabs, just like Excel. Typing an "=" into a cell on Sheet2, I can then click on Sheet1 and select a cell, and go back to Sheet2, and it is added "Sheet1.A3" to the formula. There is a Headers & Footers section on the Edit menu, so I'd say probably. AFAICT, yes. http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=6694 (IOW, you will have to export it from Works to a "standard" format [eg DBF] to get it to OO) 2010. They have not in the past, so probably not. As long as the files are in the latest format supported by those applications, or are saved to lowest-common-denominator formats (CSV, TXT), I would not expect much in the way of problems. You might get some reformatting going on, but that is about it. -- Steve Foster ------------ Please reply only to the newsgroups. For SSL Certificates, Domains, etc, visit.: https://netshop.virtual-isp.net On Monday, January 04, 2010 12:05 PM David Kerber wrote: Reply(a)Communities.Thanks says... Reply(a)Communities.Thanks says... I do not know about Outlook 2000, but Outlook 2003 32-bit works fine on Win7 Pro x64. D On Friday, January 08, 2010 9:07 AM TOM7601 wrote: Richard wrote:I simply put in the CD and installed it. Richard wrote: I simply put in the CD and installed it. I do not remember if it asked about administrator mode, this step has become pretty automatic for me. It is not running in any "mode," it works as is, so to speak. I have not tried Outlook as I do not use it for my E-Mail. We have Office 2010 at work. I am discovering how to make it do things that were easy with Office 2000 (at home) and Office 2003 (at work). The change was done for company-wide compatibility, but you should have hard the complaints about not being able to make this or that work. it is simply a matter of getting used to a new product; it takes time. At the moment, I am in Safe Mode thanks to a dying hard drive... :<(( -- TOM - Vista, CA - USA Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice Load Testing ASP.NET Applications with Visual Studio 2010 http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/13e16f83-4cf2-4c9d-b75b-aa67fc309108/load-testing-aspnet-applications-with-visual-studio-2010.aspx
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