Comments on: Microsoft Office 2007 http://www.thoughtclusters.com/2007/06/microsoft-office-2007/ Software Development and Management Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: funnybroad http://www.thoughtclusters.com/2007/06/microsoft-office-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-176 funnybroad Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:32:00 +0000 http://www.thoughtclusters.com/2007/06/microsoft-office-2007/#comment-176 I was getting so confused and frustrated trying to get my mind wrapped around <br/>how the Office 2007 file formats and features are compatible with previous <br/>Office versions, that I finally bit the bullet and tested it up one side and <br/>down the other. I was relieved to discover that IT WASN'T ME BEING STUPID... <br/>BECAUSE THERE IS A GOOD REASON I was so confused!!!<br/><br/>THE BEHAVIOR OF THE COMPATIBILTY TOOLS (Compatibility Mode, Compatibility <br/>Checker, Feature Refresh, and Compatibility Pack) IS SO DIFFERENT depending <br/>on the Application you're using, that it would be impossible to simply learn <br/>"how to handle compatibility in Office 2007". You have to learn how to <br/>handle compatibility in Word 2007, then re-learn how to handle it in Excel <br/>2007, then re-learn how to handle it in PowerPoint 2007.... even if you're <br/>doing the same exact task, using the same exact features (or no features at <br/>all!)<br/><br/>So, I put this presentation together to help others out there who are trying <br/>to help themselves (and their users) understand it: <br/><br/>http://www.slideshare.net/funnybroad/office-2007-compatibility-mode-confusion<br/><br/>Feel free to re-distribute... but be sure you test the scenarios in your own <br/>environment to be sure you are getting the same results! I was getting so confused and frustrated trying to get my mind wrapped around
how the Office 2007 file formats and features are compatible with previous
Office versions, that I finally bit the bullet and tested it up one side and
down the other. I was relieved to discover that IT WASN’T ME BEING STUPID…
BECAUSE THERE IS A GOOD REASON I was so confused!!!

THE BEHAVIOR OF THE COMPATIBILTY TOOLS (Compatibility Mode, Compatibility
Checker, Feature Refresh, and Compatibility Pack) IS SO DIFFERENT depending
on the Application you’re using, that it would be impossible to simply learn
“how to handle compatibility in Office 2007″. You have to learn how to
handle compatibility in Word 2007, then re-learn how to handle it in Excel
2007, then re-learn how to handle it in PowerPoint 2007…. even if you’re
doing the same exact task, using the same exact features (or no features at
all!)

So, I put this presentation together to help others out there who are trying
to help themselves (and their users) understand it:

http://www.slideshare.net/funnybroad/office-2007-compatibility-mode-confusion

Feel free to re-distribute… but be sure you test the scenarios in your own
environment to be sure you are getting the same results!

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