Office 97 vs. Office 2003

[Matt]

Can a file created in 2003 be opened in 97 without any
version compatibility issues?

 

[Martin]

Can a file created in 2003 be opened in 97 without any
version compatibility issues?

Depends what it contains, and how the file was saved.

 

[DL]

Depends what file; ie word/access/excell etc
David

 

[Guest]

I'm interested in all components of Office
(Word,Excel,Powerpoint,Access)

 

[Guest]

All components of Office saved in 2003

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Depends what it contains, and how the file was saved.


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[Rob Schneider]

Then no, for all components, all files created in Office 2003 cannot be
opened with Office 97 componets. Some can, but not all. Office 97 is
about 5-6 years older than Office 2003 and they weren't thinking too
hard about Office 2003 when they were working on Office 97.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

 

[Matt]

The company I work for is thinking about upgrading, but we
have a mixture of Windows 98 and 2000 machines. Microsoft
says that 2003 requires Windows 2000 SP3. Is that true?

 

[Dave]

As a general rule, save files from 2003 as 97 format. For
example, Word documents should be saved as Word 97
documents. Of course, there are exceptions to every
rule...

Good luck!

Dave

 

[Rob Schneider]

I have no reason not to think that published system requirements aren't
indeed requirements.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MS MVP]]

Hi Matt ([email protected]),
in the Microsoft® newsgroups
you posted:

|| The company I work for is thinking about upgrading, but we
|| have a mixture of Windows 98 and 2000 machines. Microsoft
|| says that 2003 requires Windows 2000 SP3. Is that true?

Windows 2000 SP3 AND Windows XP are supported.

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Microsoft Office Publisher MVP
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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

 

[Bob I]

Or better. ie. Win2k SP4 or Windows XP.

The company I work for is thinking about upgrading, but we
have a mixture of Windows 98 and 2000 machines. Microsoft
says that 2003 requires Windows 2000 SP3. Is that true?

2003 cannot be

Office 97 is

thinking too

 

[Beth Melton]

With the exception of Access the file formats have not changed for
Office 97 - Office 2003.

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