Microsoft Office advice please

[Anna]

Hi

I've just purchased a new laptop, which has Vista. Please can you tell me if I my old Microsoft Office package, which was for my Windows 99 PC (has Word, Excel and Publisher and suits me fine) would be compatible or will I have to splash out on a new package?

Thanks

Anna

[Will]

Your existing MS Office programs will work OK with Vista.

[Cat]

Anna, you mentioned Windows 99, but to my knowledge there hasn't been a Windows 99. 

If you're not sure which Office version you are running, open Word and click on the Help menu, and select About Microsoft Word.  That will give you the version number.

As far as I know, the supported Office versions for Vista are

Office 2000 SP3

Office 2003 SP3

Office 2007

Office XP (2002 SP3)

 

[Marc]

Old versions of office usually work without a problem.  You might run into problems when trying to open attachments written on newer versions.  Sometimes the compatability pack for microsoft will help. 

For a free solution, you could choose star office available from sun or with other goodies from pack.google.com.

[Bob T]

I used to reach MS office applications (City and Guilds 7261) a few years back. I would not bother using MS office now. Go to Openoffice.org and download a better, more up to date, free version of their office software instead.