might be, the gui looks very very different, people are used to one way of doing things, they might not like a new way. Plus just the ability to choose is nice with out that choice being compromised.
Honestly, I'm not sure if Word 2002 (Was that even a version?) can be installed on Windows 10. That's a 15 year old program. It absolutely has not been updated to address various security issues, so running it would be a security risk to begin with.
Word 2007 does work, AFAIK. If you want the old UI, you're better off just using OpenOffice or something instead.
You could think about installing something like vmware then the relevant version of windows if you have a copy of it for the version of Word you want to run.
You can run more than one version of Word concurrently on the one system, As long as care is taken in the install locations ... However, there are some known issues ...
Due to the system that Microsoft uses/used for the installation of office some files are unique to each version but are actually named the same and stored in the same location. This is mostly some of the installation files
This displays itself as a pop-up each time you "Switch" versions stating that there is a problem and a partial re-installation is require.
This "re-installation" then proceeds, (it's actually a number of specific files only), and once complete the selected version will run correctly until you decide to change back to the original version.
This used to be a regular issue where companies would update the main office suite, but not peripheral applications such as Visio & Project, which utilised the office install systems and would trigger the issue, but also applies when even One application from the suite is not the same as all others
This "re-Install" can takes time and depending on the hardware in use this time can be long enough to cause frustration or even annoyance, if you "switch" Versions often. If you are not likely to switch often then this is an acceptable situation less so if you change several times a week / day / Hour
I would not be Honest if I did not mention that the use of older Word/Office versions does have a Risk - these old versions were designed for an age where Malware was less advanced and thus are susceptible to malicious attack that the later versions are hardened against. If you do insist on using older versions, for whatever reason, (it's your choice after all ), then please invest in a top rated anti malware system
I did some housekeeping today with Revo and found 11 copies of Visual C++. Attached is a pdf of the details. Do I really need all these? And will they continue to accumulate as my system ages?
Just got back my son's two month since purchase of ACER Laptop after needing a new hard drive.
As my handicapped son will get confused from the any Word Program even if a trial version or just an advertisng shell. I deleted the MS Word Program...
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I have Office 365 and Windows 10. Every time I open Word 2013 I get the UAC query. Is there any way to get this to stop?
It doesn't happen with any other Office apps.
is there an extensive or definitive list about what versions of windows 7/8/8.1 get what version of windows 10 w/ the reservations?
as im planning on rolling back from Windows 8.1 to 7 then going to upgrade from there if its going to make Jack...