Office 2000 & XP

[smw]

Quite a simple one really...I am just trying to find out whether Office 2000 is compatible with XP or do you have to use Office XP?

Cheers,

S

 

[Hasit]

XP is downward compatible, so you should be OK on all applications. Some people are nervous about Access, so have a look at this site for details on compatibility:

http://www.fmsinc.com/products/chart.html

Also, check Microsoft's site here:

http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/2002/articles/acOpenAccess2000Db.aspx

I am not sure what you mean by "...or do you have to use Office XP?"

If you have XP, then why do you need 2000 unless there is a compatibility issue.

 

[hudey]

It's funny that you bring this up.

I recently upgraded to Windows XP Pro and my Office 2000 is running better now than it did on Windows 2000!

I run Word 2000, Excel 2000, FrontPage 2000, and Outlook 2000 (with Word as text editor) and they all work flawlessly on XP. I have not updated it at all either, this is straight off of the Office 2000 Pro CD with no service packs. I am also a heavy Word auto-text user (we use it in Outlook to populate e-mail messages) and it's working great.

I do not use Access, though, so I can't make any claims about its compatibility.

Hudey
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