Microsoft Office 2010

[Highland Park]

I have a client who presently uses Microsoft Office 2007. They are buying a new machine (Windows 7, 64bit) with Microsoft Office 2010 and I am somewhat concerned about the usual .DOC / .XLS incompatibilities which Microsoft seem delighted to foist onto their userbase.

YES I've told them about OpenOffice.org but they aren't ready to move yet.

Q1. What is cheapest / easiest way to take their existing machines (XP 32bit) up to Office 2010?

Q2. If they retain a mixture of Office 2007 / 2010, are they likely to experience compatibility problems with documents created on Office 2010 default file format?

 

[computer storm]

If you just install office 2010 then it should upgrade the office 2007 version, but you do have two versions of office 2010 32bit and 64bit version.

You will not have any compatability issues with office 2010 as it is virtually the same as office 2007.

Make sure you get the correct version for the OS

 

[Posilan]

I have a client who presently uses Microsoft Office 2007. They are buying a new machine (Windows 7, 64bit) with Microsoft Office 2010 and I am somewhat concerned about the usual .DOC / .XLS incompatibilities which Microsoft seem delighted to foist onto their userbase.

YES I've told them about OpenOffice.org but they aren't ready to move yet.

Q1. What is cheapest / easiest way to take their existing machines (XP 32bit) up to Office 2010?

Q2. If they retain a mixture of Office 2007 / 2010, are they likely to experience compatibility problems with documents created on Office 2010 default file format?

Hi Highland,

Are they currently using OEM, Retail or Volume licences (if volume, do they have software assurance)? Also, which version? Small business, professional etc?

TBH, there's not a lot of point upgrading from 2007 to 2010 - there's not a lot of difference (as computer storm says). The main difference is the introduction of the "ribbon" in Outlook. The both also support the docx etc formats. There may also be some changes in formula etc but you will need to assess if they use advanced features of the programmes.

Steve

 

[Chris Ashdown]

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[futsysmids]

If you are concerned about the .docx extension for word and the .xlsx for excel then there is always the option to save both of these in office 2007 format - and can be set permanently in the options.