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Word 2002 / Word 2003 vs OpenOffice
Name: RobertEL Date: April 23, 2005 at 15:09:46 Pacific OS: Win XP Home SP2 CPU/Ram: P4 3.0gHz/512megs
Comment:
Just got new computer with XP loaded. I have Word 2002 on the old computer, Is it still good with XP or would Word 2003 be worth the upgrade? I also have OpenOffice but am finding it rather hard to set up to meet my special needs. Thanks.
Name: IVO Date: April 24, 2005 at 02:07:12 Pacific
Reply:
Go with Word 2002; I am using it under Windows XP SP2 as part of Office XP, that I installed concurrently with the operating system, and never got any problem.
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Response Number 2
Name: RobertEL Date: April 24, 2005 at 12:54:16 Pacific
Reply:
Thanx Ivo, I just finished installing and tweaking Word.
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Response Number 3
Name: luckypingudog Date: May 19, 2005 at 14:36:22 Pacific
Reply:
I'd stick with 2002. I was using Office 2000 Professional on my XP Pro machine and that worked fine. I then upgrated to Office 2003 Professional, but have found it to be a bit of a disappointment. There are a few new features but nothing to justify the cost of upgrade.
I would expect that the differences between 2002 and 2003 would be even less, so I'd stick with what you've got.
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