Ya'll wrote:<<uninstalled Office 2007, and re-installed Office 2003. > If it's not broke why fix it? Indeed.>>
You *know* the answer - they have to find a reason to get users of Office 95, O97, O'00, etc to spend $100, $200 or nore to upgrade. The only reason to upgrade anymore is features now that the programs are pretty seamless and operate easily. I still have Office '97 Pro which comes with Access (the db program) for work, and although I've upgraded Word to 03 I could have leaved easily with 97 - but got a upgrade with a new computer. Unfortunately, they no longer support O97. But I seldom need help - usually when the program generates some obscure error mesg. Personally, I have trouble thinking of *anything* they could do that would make me want to spend almost $200 for a new suite. Anyway, I have Open Office as well as Office 97 and because of the features and my familiarity I use O97 more than anything. Just like cars, they have to pretty the programs up so people will want to upgrade -- Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig McCluskey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation > On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:07:06 -0400 Peter T. Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> My IT guy says that WinXP is the most for the money, he asked me not >> to put Vista on my machine. > > At work, I "updated" my windoze system from Office 2003 to Office 2007. > > I then received an email on my Linux system with a Word document > attachment that I wanted to convert to a PDF. (I use my Linux system for > all my work except when I really have to run windoze, like to be able to > use the full Adobe Acrobat.) > > I transferred the file to my windoze system and started up Word. In > Office 2003, converting to PDF was done by just clicking a button. In > Office 2007, there was no button. While searching on Microsoft's website, > I discovered I needed some additional software. I downloaded and installed > it, and converted the Word file to a PDF. The output PDF looked horrible! > Nothing at all like the Word document. > > So, I went back to my Linux system, opened it with OpenOffice, clicked the > button to convert to PDF and got a good looking PDF. > > I then went back to the windoze system, uninstalled Office 2007, and > re-installed Office 2003. > > >> If it's not broke why fix it? > > Indeed. > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.12/878 - Release Date: 6/28/2007 > 5:57 PM > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
