[Richard Kimball]

Office 2007 was a huge step backwards. They moved all the menu commands and made it very confusing, then began zipping the files to create the docx format. They did this primarily to fubar the open office suites and force people to upgrade.

That being said, Office 97-2000 was probably the best Office Suite. If Apple would fix a few things in iWork, it would be great, and only costs $79.

[Still Thinking]

I’m not impressed with Office 2003 either. I’ve been reverting everything to 97, which is much better than 2003. Never tried 2000 or 2007 though.

[Smokin' Joe]

I would have kept using the old word 6 and Excel 5, but most of the clients I worked for would have had trouble with the older files. So I bought 97 which was more compatible. It has run on every platform from Win 95 to XP for me, and done well.

Iirc, I paid $75 for it because it was not the latest version.

I did not upgrade to the others because few of my clients were in a hurry to run out and buy the latest stuff, and none complained of compatibility problems.

If it isn't broken, don't fix it (oil patch maxim).