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XP to Windows 7 advice
40hz:
If you can't afford an upgrade why not go with free LibreOffice ?
-Carol Haynes (March 03, 2014, 03:53 AM)
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+1 for that, and LibreOffice generally does a fine job with the Office 2002 file formats.
-x16wda (March 03, 2014, 05:27 AM)
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I'll +1 that as well.
And if Libre doesn't fit the bill, there are several other (free or inexpensive) so-called "light" wordprocessors that will work equally well for 90% of all MS Word users. Most have the classic menu (i.e. no ribbon) interface many of us prefer.
app103:
If you can't afford an upgrade why not go with free LibreOffice ?
-Carol Haynes (March 03, 2014, 03:53 AM)
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+1 for that, and LibreOffice generally does a fine job with the Office 2002 file formats.
-x16wda (March 03, 2014, 05:27 AM)
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I'll +1 that as well.
And if Libre doesn't fit the bill, there are several other (free or inexpensive) so-called "light" wordprocessors that will work equally well for 90% of all MS Word users. Most have the classic menu (i.e. no ribbon) interface many of us prefer.
-40hz (March 03, 2014, 08:37 AM)
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I would have suggested the same, but ...
and that will be a project I'm not looking forward to, seeing if all my VB code and any of my interface customization will still work.
-AndyM (March 02, 2014, 10:50 AM)
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It ain't all about document formats. There are other compatibility issues, when you are speaking of changing to another app. And some of them may be painful to resolve, especially if you have written a lot of VB code. Which one of the alternatives can you import that to, without having to rewrite it all? Do any of the alternatives support VB?
AndyM:
Wow, I knew this was the right place to ask, thanks everyone!!
Re LibreOffice, App103 expressed my concern, that all the VBA code I've written won't work, or won't work well. Plus the groups I work with are all standardized on Office.
Sooner or later if I keep working, I'll have to upgrade Excel and Word, but I'm not in a hurry and might have access to a later version of Office in the not too distant future so I'll be able to see for myself.
Windows Live Mail is web-based, no? I really like having all my email on my machine. Plus I don't want to get any further tied into the Microsoftverse than I already am. So I'll probably still check out Thunderbird.
Vurbal:
Windows Live Mail is web-based, no? I really like having all my email on my machine. Plus I don't want to get any further tied into the Microsoftverse than I already am. So I'll probably still check out Thunderbird.
-AndyM (March 03, 2014, 11:05 AM)
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No it's actually part of an add-on pack called Windows Live Essentials which primarily provides software which was available in previous versions but no longer included on the Windows install discs. I don't remember everything that's on it but in addition to the mail client it also includes a photo organizer and Windows Movie Maker.
I don't have the mail client installed but I do use the other 2. Actually I don't really use the photo organizer so much as the improved import wizard it adds.
app103:
Re LibreOffice, App103 expressed my concern, that all the VBA code I've written won't work, or won't work well. Plus the groups I work with are all standardized on Office.
-AndyM (March 03, 2014, 11:05 AM)
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I am lucky. Most of the people I work with are Mac users and all on Open Office.
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