I just got a new laptop (Asus UL30VT), that has a Windows 7 Premium OS. There’s a 60-day free trial for the Win 7 Office package already assembled on the computer that I can’t activate for some reason. I can’t afford to buy it, but there’s a special offer for university students on an Office 2007 package on the Microsoft website. Is there any reason to believe the 2007 wouldn’t run perfectly on my Win 7-based computer?
For the record, it works fine. But that offer is probably outdated. Office 2010 is now available for $80 for students from Microsoft.
Also for the record, there is no connection between the version of Windows and the versions of Office that will run on it.
Microsoft has updated its Ultimate Steal promotion to Office 2010. But either will run just fine on Windows 7 (and on Windows XP and Vista, too).
Well, mostly. As long as you have reasonably contemporaneous versions there shouldn’t be any compatibility issues. But at the extreme ends, you can’t install Office 2007 on windows 98 (it requires xp or later). And I wouldn’t rely on Office 95 working with windows 7…
I still use Office 2000 with Win XP SP3. If I upgrade to Win 7 will 2000 still function OK?
Don’t see why not. They’re all Microsoft products, I know they don’t have the best public image, but wouldn’t you think that they made sure that their two flagship products were compatible?
Yeah, it works with my wifes Vista, so I suppose it will work with Win 7 too.
I haven’t tried Office 2000 on Win 7, but I did load it on a Vista machine when Vista came out. As I recall, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint worked, but I had problems with Outlook.
I don’t remember now what the problem was, but whatever it was, it was simpler to get Office 2003 than to fight with it. Since then I’ve used Office 2003 or 2007 on Vista and Win7 boxes.
But except for Outlook, I believe it did work with no problem.
In Microsoft’s official version numbers, Vista is 6.0, and 7 is 6.1 (not 7.0). As a general rule, anything that works in Vista will work in 7. The same cannot necessarily be said about XP/2000 vs. the newer, or 9x vs. XP. You also have to worry about 32 vs. 64 bit.
Well, I have to stick with it because I can’t afford to get a new Office 2007 or later because I am retired and on a limited income. No frills for me anymore.:rolleyes: But I am thinking of going for a new computer because mine is getting old and quite slow. New one will come with Windows 7 (6.1.) Can’t really afford it, but I think it is getting necessary.
I hear if you get the most expensive new one, you’ll never have to buy a computer again! That’s what the salesman told me, at least
Hah! Have you ever tried to open a Microsoft Works file in Microsoft Word or Excel, or vice versa?
Microsoft Works is so very far from a ‘flagship product’ it’s not even funny. Works and Office were designed to be different, if they worked on the same file types why would they bother with the two different products? It’s like complaining that notepad can’t open your Word document with all its macros and embedded images.
The Office 2007 install is the OEM install. Your volume key or MSDNAA key won’t work. You’ll need to uninstall it and then reinstall 2007 using the installer you get from your university.
Works is no more, it’s been replaced by Office 2010 Starter Edition. It has Word 2010 without the more advanced features and it displays advertisements in a section of the window.
They aren’t developing it any more but it is still for sale and still comes pre-installed on some new computers (and should be uninstalled immediately in my opinion).
By strange coincidence, I had a need to deal with Works files just yesterday.
My very aged MIL used Works throughout the 90s and early 00s and had lots of old files she wanted to play with. Why suddenly these files are important now is a mystery to me. She now has most of Office 2003 Pro on XP. And she doesn’t have an admin account any more so she won’t destroy her machine (again). She was stuck; Office wouldn’t open her WPS, XLR, etc. files.
So I come over for a tech support call. Log on as admin, and try to open a WPS file in Word. It popped up a dialog: “You need to install a newer converter. Click here to download” So I did. On the typical msft download page the “what others also downloaded” section included a legacy file converter pack for Office. Two clicks later and that’s installed.
Totally painless and non-tech intensive.
Now she can use ancient works spreadsheets, databases, word processing files, etc. And ancient publishing files and some weird graphics file formats I’d forgotten ever existed. Anyone remember Microsoft Greeting Maker? They all open seamlessly now and offer to save as a modern format at save time.
So yes, MSFT has done a very nice job of making Office deal easily with Works and other legacy consumer apps.