[OPLINTECH] Office 2007 on public workstations?

[Christopher Brose]

Hi Craig,

We are still using Microsoft Office 2003 on all our staff and patron
workstations.  I have installed the Microsoft Office Compatibility pack,
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-
8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en
which allows Office 2007 files to be opened in Office 2003.

So far I've have not noticed and problems with the Compatibility Pack, but
research Microsoft's notes before applying.



Christopher J. Brose
Head of Computer Services
Tiffin-Seneca Public Library
Voice: 419-447-3751
Fax:    419-447-3045
brosech at oplin.org
 
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Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 1:40 PM
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Subject: [OPLINTECH] Office 2007 on public workstations?

Hello,
I'm wondering how many library systems are offering Microsoft Office 2007 on

their public workstations?  If you aren't, what alternatives do you offer? 
An older version of Office?  A version of OpenOffice?

We are considering installing it onto the public workstations, but I'm 
reluctant to do so as it has been problematic for us on the staff 
workstations (resoure hog which requires us to increase installed base of 
RAM, interactions with our catalog software and other Java based apps, 
corruption of data tables, etc.).

Craig Heaton
System Administrator
Clermont County Public Library
heatoncr at oplin.org

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