atw: Re: Which version of Office to use with WIndows XP
- From: "Steve Hudson" <adslyy5g@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:58:44 +1100
Word 97: A massive rewrapping / re-architecture of previous functionality
that saw a number of inconsistencies removed, and a big improvement in list
numbering. Unfortunately, the new features introduced a massive amount of
document corruption.
Word 2000: Rather than foist new features onto us, MS actually fixed most of
the problems. The old infinite list templates problem was inherent for a
while, I think a SP may have fixed that. Regardless, a regular maggie on
dynamic documents and you're pretty safe.
Word 2002 (Office XP): Task panes etc get shovelled in at the last minute by
the marketing people. As this massively reworked features like reviewing,
many features that worked well in 2000 were now broken.
Word 2003 (Office 10): Some attempts to fix old problems saw some bizarre
and nasty 'solutions' presented by mS. Massive lobbying has ensured many of
these will be fixed in the version following the next one.
-- speculative only --
Word 2006??? (Next release): Unsure about this at this stage. Mixed reports
about what it will and wont contain. May have some start to the reformatting
tools. Should have improved programmatic access to task panes and their
backing functionality. Hopefully something done about the revisions
interface
Word 2009??? (Next release +1): Much improved task-based solutions for
complex operations. Massively improved list numbering. Auto maggies,
reformatting tools. Master documents that work. I hope I can point to some
of my efforts in this version at last.
Without prejudice,
Steve Hudson, Word Heretic
-----Original Message-----
From: margp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Can anyone offer any advice on which version of MS Office is best to use or
avoid with Windows XP Professional?
I am a Frame user who uses Word only under sufferance and still prefers Word
97 over the two later versions I have used (Word 2000 and Word 2002).
I use Excel a bit, but I wouldn't call myself a power user.
I am used to Outlook, but could be swayed to use another email client if
necessary. ( Having learnt to cope with Notes at work, I figure I can master
just about anything.)
I'm not keen on more having to deal with more wierd stuff in Word than
necessary though. Having seen recent threads about various horrible things
happening with Word, I am just pondering which version I should buy to go on
a new PC, so any advice would be welcome.
Thanks
Margaret
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