Re: 2007 and 2003. I know I must upgrade soon. I'm scared. ;)

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Ute,

If I understand your partitioning strategem, you have two bootable
partitions and a data drive, accessible to each bootable operating system. Is
this correct?
I am also assuming that you have set Office on each bootable partition (BP)
to save to the data, so that regardless of which BP is running you can reach
the files, i.e., O-2007 can reach files created by O-2003, and vice versa.

Have you experienced step-up or step-down issues between Office versions?
If a 2003 file is edited by 2007 does it create issues, if at a later date
the file is re-edited by 2003?

--
Tom Conrad


"Ute Simon" wrote:

I'm a powerpoint professional, and make my living, primarily, designing
and implimenting powerpoint presenations for a large variety of client
types. I need to stay up to date, so I know I am going to have to upgrade
to 2007 soon to stay with the times.

I guess what I'm looking for is some reassurance that if I do upgrade,
that I am not going to have trouble servicing my clients who have not
upgraded from 2003 yet. I know that the compatibility issues are getting
better...

Has anyone had success installing 2007 side by side with 2003?

I'm just worried that I will ultimately have to turn down work if I do
this upgrade...

Hi Mona,

I can fully understand your concerns. My job ís that of an IT trainer and I
will, too, have to work with both versions in the near future. Because my
computer has a large hard drive, I chose to divide it up into three
partition: One for Vista + Office 2007, the second for Windows XP + Office
2003 and the third for data. And it works well now during the last 10
months. Using this configuration, I have to spend some extra minutes to
change between the two versions, but I do not experience any conflicts. And
I can have both versions of Outlook, which does not work, if you install
them side by side.

Especially if you are not only designing presentations, but also templates,
you will need both versions. Because the concept of masters, templates, and
themes has changed a lot, I would not design a template for PPT 2003 with
the version 2007 and vice versa.

But I am sure you will love the new features of PowerPoint 2007, in my
opinion they make the presentations look more sophisticated. Take your time
to get used to the new version, it normally takes two weeks until you feel
at home with the new user interface.

Best regards,
Ute

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Ute Simon
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team und PowerPoint-User-Team
Das PowerPoint-Event des Jahres: Die PowerPoint-Anwendertage,
14. - 16.10.2007 in Fulda, http://powerpoint.anwendertage.de



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