Office 2007 How much different from Office 2010

[jimbo45]

Hi there

I've managed to get Office 2007 (PRO) to install and run perfectly on Linux (with Wine). Office 2010 seems absolutely to resist working with Linux. Office 2010 32 bit version gets a lot of the way but then fails with "Un-recoverable error". I nearly DIED when I loaded up my old Enterprise office 2007 and IT WORKED !!!.

I can't see any perceivable differences between Office 2007 and 2010 that would make any difference at all to even quite a sophisticated user.

My VBA macros in Excel all work -- I've been playing around with WPS (Kingsoft) office on Linux but OFFICE 2007 has things like OUTLOOK etc which are very useful and WPS office is still in "Alpha" stage.

I haven't had any glitches in Office 2007 so I can't actually see what's wrong if I stick with it -- in any case I doubt whether businesses even in 20 years time (will long be retired) will not be able to handle office 2007 documents.

(I still have the "Terminal access" Enterprise key of Office 2007 i.e multiple activations so it actually ACTIVATED OK too !!).

Cheers
jimbo

 

[Indianatone]

Jimbo,
Office 2007 is not "that" different from 2010. They moved a few things around and tweaked the ribbon in 2010. You can use this tool to get the menu back like Office 2003. Free for home users. I was so impressed I bought five licences.
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[jimbo45]

Jimbo,
Office 2007 is not "that" different from 2010. They moved a few things around and tweaked the ribbon in 2010. You can use this tool to get the menu back like Office 2003. Free for home users. I was so impressed I bought five licences.
UBit Schweiz: UBitMenu International Languages

Thanks

@Indianatone - I actually REMEMBER seeing that logo you've got as an AVATAR -- reminds me of some of the old TV Testcards - with 24 hr TV these days you won't see them anymore though.

How about THIS one - Old BBC TV circa 1950 !!!!!! (I'm not THAT old though)

Cheers
jimbo

 

[artfd]

I found OneNote 2010 substantially better than OneNote 2007. I only use the other parts of Office to deal with documents I get from others.

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there

Things like One Note are unimportant to me -- all I need really is WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT and OUTLOOK.

I don't need ACCESS, PROJECT, VISIO or PUBLISHER these days any more.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[artfd]

all I need really is WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT and OUTLOOK.

So does anyone think the 2010 versions are any better than the 2007 ones?

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I do.

 

[Indianatone]

Here are some test patterns, some for use with 4:3 TV and a HD 16:9 test pattern from the BBC. The Indian Head is the RCA test pattern. I used to work for them and they threw it out in the trash.......

 

[Indianatone]

This contains a zip of a test pattern in several formats you can use to set up monitors cameras printers etc.

 

[Berton]

Some of the black and white bring back memories of Howdy Doody.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Some of the black and white bring back memories of Howdy Doody.

You are giving your our age away.

 

[Berton]

Consider this: Two men are talking and one says "My grandchildren think I'm the oldest thing in the world. After 3 to 4 hours with them I believe it too."

 

[jimbo45]

I do.

Hi there

In what way -- are any of the commands different -- apart from the ribbon I can't really see any difference -- all my stuff runs just fine.

@Indianatone and the rest - thanks for those TV Test card images !!!!

Are we all getting THAT old !!!!!

Cheers
jimbo

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I do.

Hi there

In what way -- are any of the commands different -- apart from the ribbon I can't really see any difference -- all my stuff runs just fine.

@Indianatone and the rest - thanks for those TV Test card images !!!!

Are we all getting THAT old !!!!!

Cheers
jimbo

I've been using 2010 long enough I can't remember the differences now (yes, I am getting that old and senile) but I noticed them pretty quickly when I first started using it. They weren't earth shattering and I would have been happy to stay with 2007 but, when 2013 came out, I didn't like how it looked, the hidden price increase (single 2013 license for the price of a 2010 3 pk), and the fact it couldn't be transferred to another computer (M$ had to later back off on that enormous bit of stupidity) so, to ensure I had a version of M$ Office I would like through the end of Win 7's EOL at a decent price, I watched for a sale on Office 2010 3 pk and snagged it while I could.

One improvement I do remember was the choice of three color schemes. I like the so called Black (more of a dark gray); it's so much easier on my old eyes.

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there

Black scheme works also on Office 2007 and with CTRL+F1 you can hide most of the ribbon. I believe it's largely a few cosmetic changes - the only thing I've noticed is the Office symbol on 2007 for the File command otherwise the differences are too subtle to notice.

I use Office 2010 on HOST windows systems but was very pleased that I could get Office 2007 to work under WINE on Linux - I gave up trying to get Office 2010 to work on Linux.

I agree about Office 2013 - apart from the more restrictive licences I hat the brilliant white backgrounds and there's almost zero customisations you can do about that.

I tend to use Linux a lot more these days and find I use Windows only as a VM when I'm logged on to say a corporate server.

Cheers
jimbo