Is there anything wrong with running Word 2007 in the current day? I'm running it under Wine on my Linux box but I can't seem to find anyone using something this old in the modern day. Just old forum posts and how-to videos.

Usually there is a niche for these types of things, but I guess word processors are boring enough that people have almost no reason to hang onto the older versions.

>>105762030 (OP)
Unless you really need features from a newer version or you're collaborating with other people on a newer version, not really.
>t. also using Word '07

>>105762049
I got upset with LibreOffice and Word 2007 was the first alternative that sprung to mind because it was the one that was installed on our computer growing up, so I just chose that.

And it is before Microsoft employing KMS authentication in their software so you don't have to deal with shady cracks that flag as a virus.

>i have to use this 20yo buggy unsupported insecure program
>because its the only one that runs on the windows emulator for my iot lightbulb os
It's hilarious how much Linux users will smash themselves in the face with a housebrick.

>>105762075
you can mock it all u want but Libreoffice is ultimately the buggy pos and not Word 2007

Can it write documents? Do you feel comfortable with using it? If you've answered "yes" to both questions then there's nothing wrong with that. Some writers still rely on DOS word processors, after all. I'd be wary of using it to open random documents you've downloaded online but realistically I doubt anything will happen.

>>105762030 (OP)
> old == bad
If it works, and it does what you want it to do then why would you ever switch? Newer software is almost always done on the cheap with the aim of making as much profit as possible instead of making a good product. You will probably see a decrease in quality if you switch to something newer while having the company that made that product attempt to steal all your data.

>people still using lindows wrong in current year
your cpu has emulator features since time immemorial, it's it's main purpose in current year... might as well make use of it?
i suggest windows 2000

I run the 2014 version of adobe products under wine because they require little tinkering.

I think that Word in general is one of the worst and least useful parts of the office package. Powerpoint is useful because I don't think you can make a slideshow of that quality that quickly without a program like that, excel is a fantastic statistical tool and so much more, but word is not more convenient than markdown, org mode or latex. The wysiwyg doesn't mean anything when moving an image or something completely fucks over the formatting of a paragraph or something else happens that is completely unexpected.

It's has vulnerability exploitd

>>105762792
Can't someone make an Aero theme or something for modern office suites?

>>105762030 (OP)
Just use onlyoffice

you don't use new MSO because it's good you use it because it doesn't bug the fuck out when you open docs from other people using new MSO. the years of good microsoft apps are over, move on lad

>>105762802
Wish

>>105762683
putting an image into any of your examples is like pulling teeth, just for putting an image in a doc word is superior - and that's saying something as a microshill hater

>>105762075
spotted the 12 year old

>>105762889
Im 52 you inbreed abomination

>>105762901
Mentally you are obviously 12, dipshit

>>105762683
It's not wysiwyg if you want something more than basic paragraph text. You have to learn stupid little sequences to avoid the kinds of mishaps people talk about. A lot of it is clicking into sub-sub menus and adjusting numbers manually, unticking things that are enabled by default, changing a drop down, etc.
But Word is best used for formal reporting in any case. It's for making "good" looking documents with linked citations, heading structures, TOC, etc that will print seamlessly and save to a .pdf that will do the same. If you want simple text and images then there's no point when so many simple alternatives exist without the hassle.

>>105762030 (OP)
Office 2007 and 2010 was peak UI design. I'd be using it too if I wasn't autistic about free software.

>>105763040
Fuck off. The last classic Office GUI was Office 2003.

>no xlookup
Enjoy your outdated piece of shit

I have 2007 at home and newest at work. The real problem is how every single time I open something at home it "eats" spaces between random words. All the time. No idea how to fix this.

>>105762030 (OP)
can't open new files made in new versions

>>105763505
The one where to find a command you had to look through a dozen different toolbars (including two clicks to show each toolbar and another to hide it) and hover over each 16x16 icon to see what it does? Aight. I'd rather scroll through the 2007 UI with the mousewheel and see labels on most of the icons.

>>105762030 (OP)
Compatibility, probably. You'd be better off running LibreOffice, OnlyOffice or even just google docs, but that might not satisfy your hipsterdom and sheer faggotry.

>>105762030 (OP)
> ribbon ui
Anon, you need to RETVRN. Office 97 runs perfectly fine under Wine.
Moreover I almost had it working with the Office '03 FileFormatConverters meaning it would read docx and pptx, but it needed some DLLs and other patches to work. I will find them someday and prove to the world it is possible to read modern MS office docs on a 28 year old piece of software on a wholly different OS.

>>105762030 (OP)
>i'm a hobbyist with no real-world use case, is it wrong to X Y Z
who fucking cares?
if you were trying to accomplish an actual goal you would be able to intuitively determine for yourself whether the tool was up to the job

>>105762030 (OP)
i find office 2010 home & student to be the sweet spot between modernity and no telemetry

>>105762030 (OP)
>Is there anything wrong with running Word 2007 in the current day?
it's fine, though 2016 is better
the "tell me what you want to do" bar is such a great QoL improvement

>>105764638
ribbon is fine, and actually superior to toolbars
never understood the critique of the former and obsession with the latter, can only assume it's baby duck syndrome

>>105762030 (OP)
It won't be able to run modern docx files properly and the docx files it creates won't open properly on modern MSO releases. MSO 2007 has terrible PDF support too.

If you don't care about docx compatibility, then you should have no problem running LibreOffice (which has better docx compatibility right now than MSO 2007). If you really like the ribbon UI then you could use OnlyOffice.

Basically there's no point running MSO 2007. It's not like WordPerfect or Lotus which had very specific features tailor made for specific usecases like legal documents that aren't available on any new office suite. MSO 2007 doesn't offer anything.

>>105762075
WINE runs Office 2016 and 2019 though.

>>105762075
It really isn't OP's fault that fossfags won't make a better document editor than word 2007.

>>105764819
Those are both Inferior to the 2007 version though

2003 is the superior version, i've been using it since elementary school

I still use Word 2007. My dad actually bought it way back when it was new, so I've been using that copy since. It does everything I need it to do

>>105762030 (OP)
I must admit I just use office 2024 because it's so easy to pirate.
https://massgrave.dev/
https://gravesoft.dev/office_c2r_links

>>105762030 (OP)
I keep a winxp virtual machine to run RPGMaker 2000
best game engine ever
peak comfy

>>105762075
I also have office2007 on wine as a collateral for checking weird ancient excel sheets, but for all intended modern compatibility with msoffice manure onlyoffice works like a charm.

>>105762030 (OP)
>Is there anything wrong?
Does it meet all your needs and run with acceptable performance? If so, then it's perfectly fine.

>>105768606
>RPGMaker 2000

>>105762030 (OP)
Nothing wrong at all as long as it has the features you need and can open and render modern doc / docx files just fine.

>>105762030 (OP)
On some real shit I could use a text edit document utility that would allow one to read iPhone plaintext in Notes app, unless Notes app doesn't use a proprietary format. Let's say I want to look at iPhone notes on a PC for whatever reason. Could you just use open office or office 07 etc to gitter done?

Yes, there is plenty wrong with using 2007 word. Your time is much better served learning how to use markdown and pandoc (with some embedded latex or templating).

>>105762075
i know it looks to an esl like "insecure" describes the opposite concept of "secure" but not in this case.

i prefer office 2003, old school but... i can' t find it and.. now is everything with docx... so i moved to LibreOffice. If u don0't have to manage docx document is fine.

>>105762030 (OP)
>freetroon quietly admits that ancient ms office version still completely mogs the latest libre alternative.

>>105762030 (OP)
Curry niggers will inject malware into your PC. At least with new versions the malware injection is streamlined by Microsoft.

>>105769644
I just want to go back. Mavis Beacon, Encarta, DBZ gifs, the tranny paperclip the tries to get on your dick, all of it.

it's fucking text, there's probably a dozen programs to do everything word does and more without leaving the terminal

>Just use PhantomPDF for everything.
eh.

>>105762075
literally what's wrong with it retard
I've had that same version of word running since it came out in 2007.

>>105764638
- get iso with office 97 Professional SR-2 English
patching 97 on windows 10 is broken, but this one doesn't need patching
- compat patch: FileFormatConverters
- second compat patch: o12convsp3-en-us
I searched it just now and found it here:
https://ccm.net/downloads/professional/6949-microsoft-office-compatibility-pack/
- optional patch for database engine: Jet35sp3
First result:
https://download.cnet.com/jet-3-51-service-pack-3/3000-10250_4-10733029.html

>>105764638
>>105771540
If you patch it like that you have security patches until 2012. But after that time who even shared malicious documents like that. I guess it's rather safe by that point. I don't open random documents, but I guess you are completely safe running anything in Wine.

>>105762030 (OP)
I used word 97 forever until i encountered issues with places accepting .doc files.

>>105762030 (OP)
Just use it and enjoy kino software, only tinker trannies talk about their retarded shit all day instead of being productive.
Game of throne was written will picrel.

>>105769722
Ribbon destroyed everything, these droppable toolbars were absolute giga peak pragmatism.

>>105769722
>the tranny paperclip
The fucking what now? You talking shit about my man clippy?

>>105762030 (OP)
It breaks document layout when opening documents from other versions. At this point I think even libreoffice will support new word documents better.

>>105762030 (OP)
>>105764638
How do I setup the 97 and 07/10 versions under wine?

>>105762030 (OP)
I use Office 2010 on my Windows XP machine because that's the latest version to support XP. If you are on Vista or 7, Office 2007 matches the aesthetic the best.

Why use a newer version of Office? The spelling and grammar AI is better in newer versions, you can search Microsoft's stock images and icons, and there are more fonts. in PowerPoint there is now a content-aware automatic slide designer and Excel has an AI-powered data insights tool. Microsoft Copilot being introduced into Word has the potential to really transform the program.

>>105762030 (OP)
I still use office 2003 on a windows xp.
It works so well and it's so snappy.

>>105762030 (OP)
>Is there anything wrong with running Word 2007
Why use it over Libre Office?

Serious Question.

>Word 2007
2007 the hated cancer, everyone hated it people did hang on to 2003 since how retarded the ribbon is.
>people have almost no reason to hang onto the older versions.
See above.
Some history for you zoomer.

>>105762066
>I got upset with LibreOffice and Word 2007
This is a lie chatGPT.

>LibreOffice
Released in 2011

>Word 2007
Released in 2007

AI retardation strikes once more!

>>105769644
>ugly title bars and buttons
>ugly blurry fonts
ngmi

>>105773156
Anon, they never said this took place before 2011
>Word 2007 was the one on our computer growing up
They were using LibreOffice at some point, maybe even yesterday, got mad at it, and switched to word 2007.
Please don't stupid here, no stupid zone.

>>105775345
>they
go away, faggot

>>105775399
>Didn't use he for someone you've never met on the internet
>You must be a faggot
>>>/pol/

>>105762030 (OP)
Given Linux, unlike Windows, has actual userspace accessible sandboxing that isn't throwing a hypervisor at it, no. just make sure your wine prefix is isolated.

>>105775172
it's so much better than the ribbon, XP+ era bullshit. I don't know why people don't see it.

>>105775408
Yes, you must be.

>>105775441
there's nothing to "see", most people just use whatever is currently available

>>105769644
the ribbon is actually good THOUGH

>>105775441
you can't even explain how it's better than ribbon (tip: it isn't)
"hurr it just is ok???" - every toolbarfag

>>105775691
discoverability is better with drop down menus
menus are like sentences in your head. e.g., I want to insert a picture. Insert -> Picture -> From File... pick picture.
discoverability is shit with ribbons, so shit that they had to add a search bar to salvage it
and on toolbars - toolbars appear on screen as needed, or can be permanently shown if desired. toolbars exist for everything - drawing, clipart, font, data tables, macros, even the bloody web. much more can be on screen, while always having the core font options available. basically all the advantages of the ribbon toolbars but 10x

>>105777028
>discoverability is better with drop down menus
disagreed
it's easier to find things on a ribbon because they're grouped better spatially. a long toolbar or menu is more difficult to seek through due to their one-dimensional nature
>menus are like sentences in your head. e.g., I want to insert a picture. Insert -> Picture -> From File... pick picture.
other than slight wording differences, that's exactly the same when inserting an image with the ribbon interface
>discoverability is shit with ribbons, so shit that they had to add a search bar to salvage it
the search bar is an improvement regardless if it's next to toolbars or ribbons
>and on toolbars - toolbars appear on screen as needed, or can be permanently shown if desired. toolbars exist for everything - drawing, clipart, font, data tables, macros, even the bloody web. much more can be on screen, while always having the core font options available. basically all the advantages of the ribbon toolbars but 10x
whole ribbon tabs group actions better for different kinds of tasks than what you can work out with toolbars
also you can unpin and collapse a ribbon to maximize screen space for your content. with toolbars you need to juggle each one individually - best alternative that some programs might have, is some kind of workspace switcher that will change the setup of all your toolbars in the application, which usually switches much slower than just clicking another tab to reveal other actions

>>105762030 (OP)
Bought Office 2007 for $9.95 through the Microsoft Home Use Program at a former employer. The license stays valid even after leaving the company. The current program is a 30% discount on subscriptions. Fuck that noise. Going to stick with this until the heat death of the universe.

>>105762030 (OP)
Just use the free version at office.com

>>105762030 (OP)
2007 is when it went to shit with the ribbon UI.

>>105775408
On the internet you should always default to he

>>105779436
*when speaking proper English and you specify a singular person of unknown gender, you use "he". This is the way English was written until recently, and it is till how they do it in every other continental European language (think "er" or "il").
singular "they" is a mistake, having a third person plural is actually useful and "they/them" should exclusively mean that
>inb4 muh personal pronouns

>>105762030 (OP)
Yeah, the Ribbon is shit, use what 2003?

>>105762030 (OP)
>>105762030 (OP)

Use Onlyoffice

>>105762030 (OP)
Soul

>>105762030 (OP)
I miss frutiger aero
Things felt so... hopeful back then.

>>105762030 (OP)
Absolutely not as it was the last worthwhile office soft from MS. 2003 is still king though.

>>105762084
Libreoffice writer is the only word processor i've known to lag

>>105762030 (OP)
Why don't you use LibreOffice or OnlyOffice?

>>105781467
no they didn't, they were shit and everyone knew it. nobody liked frutiger aero when it was new. and Vista was universally hated by all, people wanted to just stay on XP, and many didn't switch until 7 anyways

>>105764000
Checked.

> No idea how to fix this.
Neither do the pajeets working at microsoft.
The office file format is garbage. Excel in particular is a nightmare and your files can break even when you're using the same machine and the same software version.

>>105782883
Had this literally happen at work one day. We got one very important excel sheet that is continually updated, and it one day just shat the bed. Same version, same file, same environment (i think?). Access was done through teams tho.

>>105782804
only to mod XP to look like vista lmfao yeah right
ur being contrarian for the sake of it

>>105782804
Everybody hated Vista, not 7, 7 is the most pre-ordered product ever.

Where can i download office for windowsXP? What version of office would I need?

>>105762030 (OP)
I don't see the issue honestly.

>>105786157
After looking it up, Office 2010 and older will work.

>>105786222
I went with office 2003 but can't export as pdf in Word. Should have installed 2007. I'm running a VM and it's pretty comfy desu, I'm an old boomer and remember installing xp over windows 98 back in the day. How times have changed , but xp just stayed comfy.

>>105772955
Get an ISO of 97 SR-1, it will install without any trouble under a recent WINE.
Another anon >>105771540 has posted patches that will improove compatibility
post screenie when installed. I believe in you, anon

>>105784835
on midrange contemporary hardware with the service packs installed, Vista was fine
src: I was there, used it to post on forums, play games, bother girls on msn, watch flash videos and do my homeworks in 2008/09

>>105786824
So did I, I had a brand new computer in 2008 which had 4 gigs of memory at the time. Almost every time I ran a game using the source engine, it would bluescreen.

I did not get this issue after going back to XP, and after upgrading to 7.

>>105786157
Why would you want a version of windows that old?

>>105769644
The fact this binary still runs on modern Windows is incredible and testament to why Windows NT is the greatest desktop operating system for general purpose use, even if all the telemetry crap on top is shit. And I'll bet every feature is supported, including printing. Linuxfags and macfags absolutely can't cope with this degree of backwards-compatibility.

>>105762030 (OP)
Just that it sucks, Office 2010 is far better if you want Ribbon.
Office 2003 if you don't want Ribbon.
Office 97 if you want a 'classic' interface.

which version added smooth animations to selecting things or even how the text cursor moves around, I hate that
2016 or 2019?

>>105786677
clawpdf works, it's a virtual printer that outputs pdf.

>>105769901
Type =rand(5,5) at the start of a line in Microsoft Word. Does your terminal do that by default? Or do you have to dig around for a dozen different things to install to make something similar work?

>>105771594
Game of Thrones is incomplete.

>>105789238
2016