----- Original Message ----- 
From: "don bishop" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "don bishop" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: update on switch to Office 2007


> Sorry for replying to my own message.
>
> The extension for word 2007  documents is .docx but there is a 
> menu item in the "save as" to save the file in 97-2003 format. 
> The problem is that whomever is saving the document created on the 
> 2007 machine would have to remember to do a "save as", and in a 
> work environment the chances for people forgetting to do that are 
> probably pretty good.
>
> Don
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "don bishop" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:40 AM
> Subject: Re: update on switch to Office 2007
>
>
>> Hi Actually, the default for .doc files in 2007 is different from
>> that used in 2003.  So, if people using 2007 were to send you 
>> docs
>> from 2007, they would have to choose something other than the
>> default.
>>
>> I don't happen to have a 2007 doc handy at the moment to check 
>> the
>> extension, but it is definitely different from that of older 
>> office
>> versions.
>>
>> Window Eyes does work with office 2007 and I'm surprised that jfw
>> does not since 2007 has been out for a while now.
>>
>> Actually, I think it came out before Vista did but I may be wrong 
>> on
>> this.
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:30 AM
>> Subject: Re: update on switch to Office 2007
>>
>>
>>> Tom,
>>>
>>> I highly doubt that you'll be unable to read docs that students
>>> write in 2007 on
>>> a Office 2003 machine.
>>>
>>> It may be that a very few features won't work in some program 
>>> when
>>> you bring the
>>> document into 2003, but what types of docs do you get from
>>> students?
>>>
>>> I don't remember your field, but I'd bet 99% of the docs you get
>>> are probably Ms
>>> Word.  If that's the case, you shouldn't have any problem 
>>> despite
>>> wht their tech
>>> people say.  MS isn't going to make a product that obsoletes
>>> previous versions
>>> of that same product.  I have Microsoft Office 97 and I can read
>>> just about
>>> anything produced with MsOffice 2003, Office XP, and certainly
>>> Office 2000.
>>>
>>> Steve, K8SP
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:23 PM
>>> Subject: update on switch to Office 2007
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi, all.
>>>
>>> I just wanted to update everyone who might be interested on my
>>> continuing
>>> saga with Office 2007.
>>>
>>> I just got off the phone with the University's Tech Support
>>> people. ... My
>>> initial reason for calling was to ask them to put Office 2003 
>>> back
>>> on the
>>> University's laptop computer.
>>>
>>> They told me that they hated to do that, since the entire
>>> university,
>>> including the computer labs the students will be using, are
>>> switching to
>>> Office 2007 this summer.
>>>
>>> So, if I go back to Office 2003, I won't be able to read any of
>>> the
>>> documents students send me on Office 2007 machines at the
>>> University.
>>>
>>> So, it now looks like I'm stuck with Office 2007, at least on 
>>> the
>>> University
>>> computers.
>>>
>>> Still haven't heard from Freedom Scientific yet.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to deal with this,
>>> other than
>>> some nice strong tranquilizers?
>>>
>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>
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