Conversation

Notices

  1. Anyway, because this laptop doesn't have microsoft office on it as standard... my grandad has given me a copy of microsoft office 2000.... i know, 12 years out of date but is it worth installing? surely its better than nothing? My grandad did a 4 year course in IT so he at least knows a bit of what he's talking about

    Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:27:56 UTC from web
    1. @purplephish20 You do not need a new version. Office 2000 or XP is more than enough.

      Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:28:57 UTC from web
    2. @purplephish20 Imagine it'll type just as well. Could try Libre or Open Office, they'd be up to date. Unless you *need* it to be MS for something. I dunno. Beats nothing?

      Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:29:11 UTC from web
      1. @scribus @nerthos hmmm.... thanks

        Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:29:39 UTC from web
      2. @scribus @conventrix @littlepip98 @omni @nerthos @minti @greatandpowerfuleaglehooves So many responses, thank you... im thinking.... Install it... then delete it if i hate it! Makes sense!

        Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:35:28 UTC from web
        1. @purplephish20 Heard worse!

          Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:35:45 UTC from web
        2. @purplephish20 Sound like the way to go! :D

          Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:36:06 UTC from web
        3. @purplephish20 Good plan

          Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:37:10 UTC from web
    3. @purplephish20 Ehhh, from what I know its good enough to work for a good anybody. About the same as 2007

      Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:29:50 UTC from web
    4. @purplephish20 It should work. Could also use LibreOffice instead, looks the same but should have a bit of newer version and support of opening .docx files and so instead of only .doc files. It's free as well so I would say it's at least worth a try. Guess it's up to you.

      Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:30:17 UTC from Choqok
      1. @omni *some newer features (grammar, where have you gone?)

        Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:30:39 UTC from Choqok
    5. @purplephish20 I'd say no. Backward comparability could be ugly. No .docx or anything.

      Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:30:41 UTC from web
      1. @greatandpowerfuleaglehooves ohhhhhh a first negative comment regarding it.... now I have an actual decision to make....

        Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:31:41 UTC from web
        1. @purplephish20 @greatandpowerfuleaglehooves Office 97 is best Office.

          Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:32:29 UTC from web
          1. @nerthos My parents are to cheap to buy software, so they [i]still[/i] have Publisher '97. I'm about ready to pirate them better just to make it stop.

            Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:34:30 UTC from web
            1. @greatandpowerfuleaglehooves I was serious about office 97 xD

              Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:34:55 UTC from web
        2. @purplephish20 I wouldn't touch Word 2000 with a 12ft pole. But that's just me.

          Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:32:30 UTC from web
          1. @minti ohhh youre making this difficult!

            Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:33:09 UTC from web
        3. @purplephish20 You can always uninstall it if it doesn't work out, so it's worth a shot. I just like having somewhat current software.

          Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:33:04 UTC from web
        4. @purplephish20 I guess it would pretty much depend on if you would need support for docx and so or not. Then again, I don't think Microsoft supports Office 2000 anymore so you're probably not getting security updates anymore in which case LibreOffice would be a better choice in the first place.

          Tuesday, 20-Mar-12 21:33:39 UTC from Choqok