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  1. Doug

    Doug Guest

    I do not know if this is the right group for this question??

    Can I run Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium 64bit??
     
    Doug, Sep 29, 2009
    #1
  3. Bruce Chambers

    Bruce Chambers Guest

    Doug wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > I do not know if this is the right group for this question??
    >
    > Can I run Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium 64bit??<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->


    Yes.


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    Bruce Chambers, Sep 29, 2009
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  4. Spanky de Monkey, ESQ

    Spanky de Monkey, ESQ Guest

    "Doug" <Duggliss@remove this @gmail.com> wrote in message
    news:epiV8RWQKHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > I do not know if this is the right group for this question??
    >
    > Can I run Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium 64bit??<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    Only if you install it !!!!
     
    Spanky de Monkey, ESQ, Sep 29, 2009
    #3
  5. Michael

    Michael Guest

    "Doug" <Duggliss@remove this @gmail.com> wrote in message
    news:epiV8RWQKHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >I do not know if this is the right group for this question??
    >
    > Can I run Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium 64bit??<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    Yes.

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    Michael, Sep 30, 2009
    #4
  6. ray

    ray Guest

    On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:25:12 -0400, Doug wrote:
    <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > I do not know if this is the right group for this question??
    >
    > Can I run Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium 64bit??<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    You might want to investigate the free OpenOffice.org before you do that
    - it's a simple downloadable install of a product that is quite MS Office
    compatible - and it does import/export MS Office files.
     
    ray, Sep 30, 2009
    #5
  7. Mr. Arnold

    Mr. Arnold Guest

    ray wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:25:12 -0400, Doug wrote:
    > <!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> I do not know if this is the right group for this question??
    >>
    >> Can I run Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium 64bit??<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > You might want to investigate the free OpenOffice.org before you do that
    > - it's a simple downloadable install of a product that is quite MS Office
    > compatible - and it does import/export MS Office files.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    I ran OpenOffice on my development machine for a week. It couldn't do
    the job and was weak. I got rid of it and went back to MS Office.
     
    Mr. Arnold, Sep 30, 2009
    #6
  8. Gordon

    Gordon Guest

    "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
    news:eKgQV8eQKHA.1512@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > ray wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:25:12 -0400, Doug wrote:
    >><!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >>> I do not know if this is the right group for this question??
    >>>
    >>> Can I run Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium 64bit??<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >>
    >> You might want to investigate the free OpenOffice.org before you do
    >> that - it's a simple downloadable install of a product that is quite MS
    >> Office compatible - and it does import/export MS Office files.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > I ran OpenOffice on my development machine for a week. It couldn't do the
    > job and was weak. I got rid of it and went back to MS Office.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    It DOES do the job, as long as you realise it's limitations, which mainly
    are to do with opening complicatedly-formatted MS Office documents...
     
    Gordon, Sep 30, 2009
    #7
  9. Mr. Arnold

    Mr. Arnold Guest

    Gordon wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >
    > "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
    > news:eKgQV8eQKHA.1512@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> ray wrote:<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >>> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:25:12 -0400, Doug wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> I do not know if this is the right group for this question??
    >>>>
    >>>> Can I run Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium 64bit??
    >>>
    >>> You might want to investigate the free OpenOffice.org before you do
    >>> that - it's a simple downloadable install of a product that is quite
    >>> MS Office compatible - and it does import/export MS Office files.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >>
    >> I ran OpenOffice on my development machine for a week. It couldn't do
    >> the job and was weak. I got rid of it and went back to MS Office.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > It DOES do the job, as long as you realise it's limitations, which
    > mainly are to do with opening complicatedly-formatted MS Office
    > documents...<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    It didn't do the job I needed which was to do UML, which was forced upon
    the developers because the Scrum Master didn't know how to use MS Office
    effectively to do UML. I found out very quickly what a piece of junk
    Openoffice was in this area, and I quickly kicked it to the curb.
     
    Mr. Arnold, Sep 30, 2009
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  10. Gordon

    Gordon Guest

    "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
    news:#CFUaFfQKHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Gordon wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >>
    >> "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
    >> news:eKgQV8eQKHA.1512@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >>> ray wrote:
    >>>> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:25:12 -0400, Doug wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>>> I do not know if this is the right group for this question??
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Can I run Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium 64bit??
    >>>>
    >>>> You might want to investigate the free OpenOffice.org before you do
    >>>> that - it's a simple downloadable install of a product that is quite MS
    >>>> Office compatible - and it does import/export MS Office files.
    >>>
    >>> I ran OpenOffice on my development machine for a week. It couldn't do
    >>> the job and was weak. I got rid of it and went back to MS Office.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >>
    >> It DOES do the job, as long as you realise it's limitations, which mainly
    >> are to do with opening complicatedly-formatted MS Office documents...<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > It didn't do the job I needed which was to do UML, which was forced upon
    > the developers because the Scrum Master didn't know how to use MS Office
    > effectively to do UML. I found out very quickly what a piece of junk
    > Openoffice was in this area, and I quickly kicked it to the curb.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    What is "UML"?
     
    Gordon, Sep 30, 2009
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  11. Gordon

    Gordon Guest

    "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
    news:#CFUaFfQKHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Gordon wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >>
    >> "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
    >> news:eKgQV8eQKHA.1512@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >>> ray wrote:
    >>>> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:25:12 -0400, Doug wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>>> I do not know if this is the right group for this question??
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Can I run Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium 64bit??
    >>>>
    >>>> You might want to investigate the free OpenOffice.org before you do
    >>>> that - it's a simple downloadable install of a product that is quite MS
    >>>> Office compatible - and it does import/export MS Office files.
    >>>
    >>> I ran OpenOffice on my development machine for a week. It couldn't do
    >>> the job and was weak. I got rid of it and went back to MS Office.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >>
    >> It DOES do the job, as long as you realise it's limitations, which mainly
    >> are to do with opening complicatedly-formatted MS Office documents...<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > It didn't do the job I needed which was to do UML, which was forced upon
    > the developers because the Scrum Master didn't know how to use MS Office
    > effectively to do UML. I found out very quickly what a piece of junk
    > Openoffice was in this area, and I quickly kicked it to the curb.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    That's a fairly specialised and not-very-common use for Office.....
     
    Gordon, Sep 30, 2009
    #10
  12. Mr. Arnold

    Mr. Arnold Guest

    Gordon wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >
    > "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
    > news:#CFUaFfQKHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> Gordon wrote:<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >>>
    >>> "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
    >>> news:eKgQV8eQKHA.1512@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
    >>>> ray wrote:
    >>>>> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:25:12 -0400, Doug wrote:
    >>>>>
    >>>>>> I do not know if this is the right group for this question??
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>> Can I run Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium 64bit??
    >>>>>
    >>>>> You might want to investigate the free OpenOffice.org before you do
    >>>>> that - it's a simple downloadable install of a product that is
    >>>>> quite MS Office compatible - and it does import/export MS Office
    >>>>> files.
    >>>>
    >>>> I ran OpenOffice on my development machine for a week. It couldn't
    >>>> do the job and was weak. I got rid of it and went back to MS Office.
    >>>
    >>> It DOES do the job, as long as you realise it's limitations, which
    >>> mainly are to do with opening complicatedly-formatted MS Office
    >>> documents...<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >>
    >> It didn't do the job I needed which was to do UML, which was forced
    >> upon the developers because the Scrum Master didn't know how to use MS
    >> Office effectively to do UML. I found out very quickly what a piece of
    >> junk Openoffice was in this area, and I quickly kicked it to the curb.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > What is "UML"?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

     
    Mr. Arnold, Sep 30, 2009
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  13. Mr. Arnold

    Mr. Arnold Guest

    Gordon wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >
    > "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
    > news:#CFUaFfQKHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> Gordon wrote:<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >>>
    >>> "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
    >>> news:eKgQV8eQKHA.1512@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
    >>>> ray wrote:
    >>>>> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:25:12 -0400, Doug wrote:
    >>>>>
    >>>>>> I do not know if this is the right group for this question??
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>> Can I run Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium 64bit??
    >>>>>
    >>>>> You might want to investigate the free OpenOffice.org before you do
    >>>>> that - it's a simple downloadable install of a product that is
    >>>>> quite MS Office compatible - and it does import/export MS Office
    >>>>> files.
    >>>>
    >>>> I ran OpenOffice on my development machine for a week. It couldn't
    >>>> do the job and was weak. I got rid of it and went back to MS Office.
    >>>
    >>> It DOES do the job, as long as you realise it's limitations, which
    >>> mainly are to do with opening complicatedly-formatted MS Office
    >>> documents...<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >>
    >> It didn't do the job I needed which was to do UML, which was forced
    >> upon the developers because the Scrum Master didn't know how to use MS
    >> Office effectively to do UML. I found out very quickly what a piece of
    >> junk Openoffice was in this area, and I quickly kicked it to the curb.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > That's a fairly specialised and not-very-common use for Office.....<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    So let it be written and so it NOT be done with OO.
     
    Mr. Arnold, Sep 30, 2009
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  14. Gordon

    Gordon Guest

    "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
    news:eZd7nXfQKHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > So let it be written and so it NOT be done with OO.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    But that's like saying: OO is better then Office 2003 because it publishes
    natively to PDF.
    Yes of course there are differences in different applications.
    For example, if in Windows you set in Regional settings that negative
    numbers are bracketed, Lotus 123 will use that setting automatically,
    bracketing a negative number with no further user action required. Does
    Excel? No it doesn't - you STILL have to make a custom formatting.
    So just saying "OO was weak and wouldn't do the job" WITHOUT the
    qualification that you wouldn't have made unless I asked, is a bit devious
    to say the least.
     
    Gordon, Sep 30, 2009
    #13
  15. ray

    ray Guest

    On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:58:13 -0400, Mr. Arnold wrote:
    <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > ray wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:25:12 -0400, Doug wrote:
    >> <!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >>> I do not know if this is the right group for this question??
    >>>
    >>> Can I run Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium 64bit??<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >>
    >> You might want to investigate the free OpenOffice.org before you do
    >> that - it's a simple downloadable install of a product that is quite MS
    >> Office compatible - and it does import/export MS Office files.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > I ran OpenOffice on my development machine for a week. It couldn't do
    > the job and was weak. I got rid of it and went back to MS Office.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    Not for everyone, I guess - That's why I suggested the OP 'investigate'
    it's use. Works fine for lots of people.
     
    ray, Sep 30, 2009
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  16. Gordon

    Gordon Guest

    "ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote in message
    news:7ihlnqF2t9b43U146@mid.individual.net...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:58:13 -0400, Mr. Arnold wrote:
    ><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> ray wrote:<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >>> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:25:12 -0400, Doug wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> I do not know if this is the right group for this question??
    >>>>
    >>>> Can I run Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium 64bit??
    >>>
    >>> You might want to investigate the free OpenOffice.org before you do
    >>> that - it's a simple downloadable install of a product that is quite MS
    >>> Office compatible - and it does import/export MS Office files.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >>
    >> I ran OpenOffice on my development machine for a week. It couldn't do
    >> the job and was weak. I got rid of it and went back to MS Office.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > Not for everyone, I guess - That's why I suggested the OP 'investigate'
    > it's use. Works fine for lots of people.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    Yeah, but he uses Office for an esoteric function that not many people do,
    so his unqualified statement I would regard as FUD....
     
    Gordon, Sep 30, 2009
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  17. Mr. Arnold

    Mr. Arnold Guest

    Gordon wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >
    > "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
    > news:eZd7nXfQKHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> So let it be written and so it NOT be done with OO.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > But that's like saying: OO is better then Office 2003 because it
    > publishes natively to PDF.
    > Yes of course there are differences in different applications.
    > For example, if in Windows you set in Regional settings that negative
    > numbers are bracketed, Lotus 123 will use that setting automatically,
    > bracketing a negative number with no further user action required. Does
    > Excel? No it doesn't - you STILL have to make a custom formatting.
    > So just saying "OO was weak and wouldn't do the job" WITHOUT the
    > qualification that you wouldn't have made unless I asked, is a bit
    > devious to say the least.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    You're beating a dead horse about this and it's moot man. OO cannot
    touch MS Ofiice in the area of drawing UML charts and notations, which
    was what I needed to do.

    It allowed me to do and then it junked it up each and every time the
    charts were saved and opened, as it did what it wanted to do in moving
    things on the charts away from what I laid down and formatted.

    Not so with MS Office, as it stayed the course and did what I told it to do.

    You're typical COLA with trying to ram your take on things down other
    people's throats with excuses.
     
    Mr. Arnold, Sep 30, 2009
    #16
  18. Mr. Arnold

    Mr. Arnold Guest

    ray wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:58:13 -0400, Mr. Arnold wrote:
    > <!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> ray wrote:<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >>> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:25:12 -0400, Doug wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> I do not know if this is the right group for this question??
    >>>>
    >>>> Can I run Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium 64bit??
    >>> You might want to investigate the free OpenOffice.org before you do
    >>> that - it's a simple downloadable install of a product that is quite MS
    >>> Office compatible - and it does import/export MS Office files.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >> I ran OpenOffice on my development machine for a week. It couldn't do
    >> the job and was weak. I got rid of it and went back to MS Office.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > Not for everyone, I guess - That's why I suggested the OP 'investigate'
    > it's use. Works fine for lots of people.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    The OP didn't ask anyone about OO. It was about MS Office, which will
    work on Vista I would suspect.
     
    Mr. Arnold, Sep 30, 2009
    #17
  19. Mr. Arnold

    Mr. Arnold Guest

    Gordon wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >
    > "ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote in message
    > news:7ihlnqF2t9b43U146@mid.individual.net...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:58:13 -0400, Mr. Arnold wrote:
    >><!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >>> ray wrote:
    >>>> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:25:12 -0400, Doug wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>>> I do not know if this is the right group for this question??
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Can I run Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium 64bit??
    >>>>
    >>>> You might want to investigate the free OpenOffice.org before you do
    >>>> that - it's a simple downloadable install of a product that is quite MS
    >>>> Office compatible - and it does import/export MS Office files.
    >>>
    >>> I ran OpenOffice on my development machine for a week. It couldn't do
    >>> the job and was weak. I got rid of it and went back to MS Office.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >>
    >> Not for everyone, I guess - That's why I suggested the OP 'investigate'
    >> it's use. Works fine for lots of people.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > Yeah, but he uses Office for an esoteric function that not many people
    > do, so his unqualified statement I would regard as FUD....<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    You're COLA man you and Ray with a bunch of typical COLA nonsense trying
    to ram your take on things down other people's throats, go pole dance in
    COLA with this -- go pole dance in COLA.
     
    Mr. Arnold, Sep 30, 2009
    #18
  20. Gordon

    Gordon Guest

    "Mr. Arnold" <Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
    news:Obt##ufQKHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >
    > You're beating a dead horse about this and it's moot man. OO cannot touch
    > MS Ofiice in the area of drawing UML charts and notations, which was what
    > I needed to do.
    >
    > It allowed me to do and then it junked it up each and every time the
    > charts were saved and opened, as it did what it wanted to do in moving
    > things on the charts away from what I laid down and formatted.
    >
    > Not so with MS Office, as it stayed the course and did what I told it to
    > do.
    >
    > You're typical COLA with trying to ram your take on things down other
    > people's throats with excuses.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    I'm not saying "use Open Office instead of MS Office"
    What I AM saying is that your UNQUALIFIED original statement and I quote:
    " I ran OpenOffice on my development machine for a week. It couldn't
    do the job and was weak. I got rid of it and went back to MS Office."
    is FUD. You made NO mention of the esoteric use you make of Office AT ALL.
    If you are going to slag off an application then say WHY you find that it is
    not suitable, not just that "it couldn't do the job". WHAT "job"?
    Do you get it NOW?
     
    Gordon, Sep 30, 2009
    #19
  21. Mr. Arnold

    Mr. Arnold Guest

    Gordon wrote:

    <snipped>

    Get out of my sight as you are worthless to me.
     
    Mr. Arnold, Sep 30, 2009
    #20
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