Can computers which only have MS Office 2000 software accept files

[Justine]

Can computers which only have MS 2000 software accept files of MS 2003
software?

My school only has MS Office 2000 and I want to receive files to and from
the school computers. I don't have MS Office on my home computer so I have
purchased a Microsoft Office - Student and Teacher Edition 2003 for£130 and i
was wondering if it was a good price.

If £130 wasn't a good price and if MS Office 2000 DOES accept files from MS
Office 2003, please can anyone recommend me some better places/websites to
purchase MS Office 2003.

If MS Office 2000 DOESN'T accept files from MS Office 2003, please can
anyone recommend me some places/websites to pruchas MS Office 2000.

Your advice will be very much appreciated. Thankyou!

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Word 2003 should be able to read Word 2000 files.. when generating files in
Word 2003, use the 'save as' function and select '97-2003 ..... ' option..

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I just did a check with xe.com and your £130 is my $239. I can get STE here
in the US for about $130 (£71). HOWEVER....... just because that's the
converted rate doesn't mean you will pay the same. I always suggest checking
Amazon.com for the best prices I've seen for software.

To answer your other questions, I had no problem going back and for with
Word or Excel 2000 and Word or Excel 2003. HOWEVER...I didn't use anything
"fancy" that would have been a new feature in those programs. Anytime you
are using an older version of a software program, you run the risk of losing
something.

As for buying Office 2000, the only place left to find it would be eBay.
HOWEVER... I never recommend anyone do that. Too many chances to get burned
doing that.

(My personal advice would be to stick with what you have.)

 

[DL]

$130 converts to £130 when buying software in the UK you'd be even more
horrified by Adobe conversion rates

I just did a check with xe.com and your £130 is my $239. I can get STE here
in the US for about $130 (£71). HOWEVER....... just because that's the
converted rate doesn't mean you will pay the same. I always suggest checking
Amazon.com for the best prices I've seen for software.

To answer your other questions, I had no problem going back and for with
Word or Excel 2000 and Word or Excel 2003. HOWEVER...I didn't use anything
"fancy" that would have been a new feature in those programs. Anytime you
are using an older version of a software program, you run the risk of losing
something.

As for buying Office 2000, the only place left to find it would be eBay.
HOWEVER... I never recommend anyone do that. Too many chances to get burned
doing that.

(My personal advice would be to stick with what you have.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Can computers which only have MS 2000 software accept files of MS 2003
software?

My school only has MS Office 2000 and I want to receive files to and from
the school computers. I don't have MS Office on my home computer so I have
purchased a Microsoft Office - Student and Teacher Edition 2003 for£130
and i
was wondering if it was a good price.

If £130 wasn't a good price and if MS Office 2000 DOES accept files from
MS
Office 2003, please can anyone recommend me some better places/websites to
purchase MS Office 2003.

If MS Office 2000 DOESN'T accept files from MS Office 2003, please can
anyone recommend me some places/websites to pruchas MS Office 2000.

Your advice will be very much appreciated. Thankyou!