Office Software - What do you use?

• SportsAndLady

  

  It doesn't have ".docx"
  
  It has:
  
  microsoft word 95 (.doc)
  microsoft word 6.0 (.doc)
  microsoft word 97/2000/XP (.doc)
• joe.hackett

  Use the .doc 97/2000/XP.
  Any version of Word will be able to open it.
  
  
  I would set it to default to that format so you don't have to remember to always do that when you are done or want to send it to someone.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  OK... now that you have all listed what you use, what do you think I should do in my current situation?
  
  Should I go to the surrounding businesses and get their input? Since they pay taxes, wouldn't/shouldn't they have input on how the kids are being prepared? Yes, the kids have an Office suite, but they do not have the adequate resources to learn everything it has to offer.
• Thunder70

  

  XP at work/home
• thePITman

  

  At work I use Office 2003. At home, I use 2007, and LOVE it!
• fan_from_texas

  ernest_t_bass wrote: joehackett... On what software program did you LEARN how to use office tools? I can almost guarantee that almost everyone learned on Microsoft. B/c of what they learned, given the resources to which they had access, they are/were able to troubleshoot other software programs.

  I didn't learn on Microsoft. I learned on Lotus 1-2-3/Quattro Pro and WordPerfect.
  
  Once you get the basic idea of a spreadsheet and a word processing program, they're almost all the same. It's true that there are some functions that will be unique (mail merge on word, maybe certain data analysis on excel), but once you understand the concepts, it's pretty similar to hit F1 and type in your question or just hunt for the correct menu. I'd say 98% of the stuff people actually do works for both (kind of like using Opera vs Firefox vs Chrome vs IE--as long as you can type where you want to go in the top, you're alright).
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Agreed.