Topic: office 2007

[colin.h]

can anyone help.... in office 2000 when u mail merge u only have to click 1 button but in 2007 u have to go through a whole load of buttons, is thereany way to quicken the process

[sam]

hmm, I'm unsure... but I did a quick look around and found these couple of sites - not sure if they way they describe is any faster though...

http://helpdesk.ua.edu/training/word/merg07.html

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/word/HA100819761033.aspx?pid=CH100626281033
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/word/HA101091611033.aspx?pid=CH100626261033

[Simon]

  Colin!

[Clive]

Office 2007 is yet another one of Microsoft's backward steps.  I had to reinstall Office 2000 to get my spell check to work in Outlook Express so there is no reason you can't run both versions at the same time. 

[Simon]

I thought there was a fix for that, Clive - or was that it?  I seem to recall you mentioning it before.

[Clive]

That was the fix Simon!  I now have both versions installed and it's quite easy to toggle between the two of them.  2007 is overcomplicated and totally unnecessary.  It's also very buggy and they say it was brought out in a hurry and never finished because of Vista.  Mine was pre-installed on my computer but you are better off with 2003 or 2000. 

[Simon]

I have 2003, and if it ain't broke...   

[Clive]

Yes indeed!