I believe you may find problems with certain apps, eg Access97 and Access2K
are not backward compatible, let alone XP
MS had a habit of changing the file structures between versions so whilst
you can open/convert an earlier version, it doesnt work in reverse.
I would suggest that users working on a project should/must use the same
versions of Office particularly if there is 'background' code assocciated
with a particular app. as not only may there be file structure changes, but
also since the coding language may have undergone a significant change.
I have converted an Access97 app to Access2K and there were significant
manual changes required.
David
Opinicus said:
Tamera Ecker said:
I am begining a new job from home with my computer. I
have XP and the project will be going to Office 97 or
2000. Is there a way to save the documents to be used at
the site location easily. Read, write, edit etc. for
maintenance to the files. Projects may be from all
programs within the suite.
In Word: Tools > Options > Save > Save Word files as *.doc > [x] Disable
features introduced after Word 97.
I haven't checked but I think there's a similar feature in Excel. Don't know
about the other programs in the Office suite.
