what is advantage to go from Office 97 to 2000

[mjgraz]

I currently have Office 97. I got a new PC in May and it has XP. So Should I go to office 2000? of 2003 or just stay with office 97

 

[fredericofonseca]

do upgrade.

I prefer 2000, as 2003 has too many things I don't like. It just tries to be tooo smart, which is good for a normal user, but not for me.

And I hate the theme color.

Regards

Frederico Fonseca
SysSoft Integrated Ltd

http://www.syssoft-int.com

 

[mjgraz]

thanks. Now I have found an Office 2000 on Ebay and was wondering if they are any good to purchase from ebay. It says Orig. copy etc and also says it is a Full version. I bidded but not sure If I will get it.

They have so many options on ebay like 2000 Prof. 2000 Small busisness 2000 ?? So I am not sure if I should get it on ebay

 

[Larena]

I have placed bids on eBay for what appeared to be legitimate copies of Office in the past & have subsequently been advised by eBay that they've closed the auctions down (I assume because they were pirate copies)

If you do decide to get Office 2003 (which has features I like, eg having the choice of formatting pasted text the same was as the place you are pasting it into, or the place you copied it from), the Student & Teacher edition is the cheapest & includes licences for 3 PCs

 

[KenWright]

Personally I wouldn't go from 97 to 2000 now that XP is no longer the current version. If you really don't want 2003, then I think you would be better off going to Office XP as opposed to 2000. More stable wrt the annoying *.xlb file bloating issue that affected a lot of 2000 installations, and a lot closer to the current version so easier to upgrade next time round as well.

Ditto, I wouldn't probably go from XP to 2003 unless there was a real need, but jumping a version will give you much more in terms of stability/functionality etc.

Regards
Ken..............

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[Madawc]

If old software works OK, why not keep it? The big advantage I noticed going from Word 97 to Word 2002 was that it crashes a lot less. But for home use, I run Word 97 under Windows XP, and though it does crash about once a week, I've never actually lost anything or been delayed for long.

As Redcap says, 'second-hand' sales are plagued by piracy and best avoided.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia)