Office 2003 vs. 2007.

[MarcLister]

Thanx Marc, I couldn't see it for looking.

No probs.

I was told but haven't had it confirmed that members of the Civil Service (MOD) can also purchase 2007 for the same price as NHS!

I didn't want to know that thanks.

 

[triggerthat]

Must admit I prefer the 2003 version, didn't really like the interface of 2007.

 

[Burnsy2023]

I love 2007, I would find it very difficult to go back to 2003 full time. It takes a bit of getting used to, but when you know where everything is it seems much more intuative.

My advice is buy 2007, there is a patch to make the interface like 2003 if you don't get along with it

Burnsy

 

[m4cc45]

Its possible to customise the GUI in it?

Yes! Obviously there are limitations but to get a look at the easiest customisations simply click on office start (or whatever the heck that evil button is properly called), click on word options then customise.

There is an Office Classic view - not sure how to get to it at the moment but it'll come back to me sooner or later.



M.

 

[m4cc45]

Just a couple of googles and there is something called Classic Menus for Office 2007 (although it is a sold product there are no timeouts on it) and a couple more - I'm sure there's an official way of doing it though....

 

[m4cc45]

http://www.bestvistadownloads.com/s...c-menu-for-office-2007-download-kvdbymzc.html

Apparantly a free download!


M.

 

[Dave L]

2007 is fine here

 

[m4cc45]

All is back to normal - well sort of!


M.

 

[BoomAM]

Thanks.
I'll have a play with that (and the patch) at work on Monday. .

 

[Smit]

I really quite like the GUI of Office 2007.

I don't really use it enough though to give a detailed reason on why you should choose one over the other.

If you are happy with 2003 then I see no reason to change unless you are someone who likes to be up to date in regards to software. If you do change to 2007 then just keep an eye on what format you are saving your files in.