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97 and 2000 were very unstable
MS Office versions prior to Office XP were very unstable. It crashed at the most unexpected times, especially if you used OLE to embed other office files eg; an Excel table in MS Word - I lost a 23 page document that way as the file would crash office everytime it was opened after embedding the table and I didn't save backups with multiple revision numbers (I do that now!). If you never got these crashes then you most likely aren't using the advanced features and could get away with TED, Wordpad, or Writely/Ajax-Write instead of MS Word.

Even Office XP and 2003 tend to just hang there for no reason at times. A very anoying feature of 03 is that attachments opened from Outlook defualt open in screen reader view which hoses the formatting 90% of the time there are any graphics on the page.

XP and 2003 also has the anoying feature of showing all the MetaData by defualt. This is actually a good thing though as before it didn't show it and it lead to some very big OOPS moments becuase many people were unaware of the metadata feature at all.
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Still not there  superbus | 05/05/06
Actually, I would tend to say  John Zern | 05/05/06
But that has nothing to do with the price of eggs  Edward Meyers | 05/05/06
Really, the two interfaces are almost the same. Sure, if you are  DonnieBoy | 05/05/06
I disagree..  mdsmedia | 05/06/06
I find OpenOffice easier to use because I am familiar with it.  DonnieBoy | 05/07/06
Stability vs. Options  superbus | 05/05/06
It will begin with govt docs  Edward Meyers | 05/05/06
This is a great tool for companies that want to transition slowley to  DonnieBoy | 05/05/06
Why?  superbus | 05/05/06
Would only be for governments like Mass. that have mandated ODF.  DonnieBoy | 05/05/06
Open Office does rock  mighetto | 05/05/06
All that worry over nothing  Michael Kelly | 05/05/06
Microsoft will be working arround the clock to cause problems with this.  DonnieBoy | 05/05/06
OpenOffice vs Microsoft  mighetto | 05/05/06
Soooo much commotion just in order to protect a PRIVATE firm ...!  michael_t | 05/05/06
(sorry, but...) Isn't the IPOD format proprietary?  314 | 05/05/06
Why does MS Office have to do anything...  SouthernPride | 05/05/06
Yes but who cares?  YaBaby | 05/08/06
How is this such a "twist?"  PB_z | 05/05/06
Allows Developers to Counter Vista/ Office Strategy  mighetto | 05/05/06
If it works use it...  SouthernPride | 05/05/06
We are building a World Society  mighetto | 05/05/06
whatever Mass developes  treyhaltom_z | 05/08/06
Office Co$t  DarthRidiculous | 05/05/06
I agree totally, this will just help with transition plans, and also so  DonnieBoy | 05/05/06
MS Office Vs OpenDocument  wwiley@... | 05/06/06
97 and 2000 were very unstable  Edward Meyers | 05/06/06
Not my experience  georgeou | 05/06/06
In your Dreams- And I'm glad you brought up WP  Edward Meyers | 05/06/06
I can make excel crash with a couple lines of vba (NT)  ju1ce | 05/08/06
MS Office didn't get where it did by sucking  georgeou | 05/06/06
Ummm - NO  Edward Meyers | 05/06/06
It got there by being the cheaper yet "compatible" alternative.  LazLong | 05/07/06
Your knowledge  zkiwi | 05/07/06
Actually he's not a staff writer,...  Tony Agudo | 05/07/06
Hmmm  zkiwi | 05/07/06
It got where it did by being the first and best on Windows and being  DonnieBoy | 05/07/06
Unlike yOU who have elevated this method  michael_t | 05/08/06
You're right, George!  JDThompson | 05/09/06
Sounds like you have very selective memory. You also forgot about all the  DonnieBoy | 05/07/06
Strike One  Roger Ramjet | 05/08/06
The problem I've seen...  ju1ce | 05/08/06
PULEASE, this just helps sell more copies  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/08/06
Maybe.... Maybe Not...?  LazLong | 05/08/06
Gee boys and girls, I told you it wasn't a big deal.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/08/06
Get OEM support...  techboy_z | 05/08/06
A great new feature for MS Office - Brilliant!  WiredGuy | 05/08/06
Not looking forward to people mailing in Office12 format  RJCorfield | 05/08/06
Somebody finally did it  Mark Miller | 05/09/06
Message has been deleted.  myfevertoy | 10/22/06

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