Re: [WinMac] Re: Office version terminology question

jeff thorstad(thorstadj[at]macconnect.com)
Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:51:32 -0000

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>>This was the problem with Office 95. It didn't upgrade enough to make it
>>a real 32bit set of programs. The file naming WAS still 8.3, along with
>>other mistakes. One of the stupidest things Microsoft ever did was
>>"kinda" upgrading Office.
>
>There must be something wrong with your computers. Every installation of
>Office 95 I've seen uses long file names and lets you do file management in
>the Open dialog. Could it be that these systems were enforcing 8.3 to
>maintain compatibility with NT 3.x or Novell servers, or even (gasp!)
>versions of MacOS that hadn't heard about long WinDOS names?

Actually, we were trying to keep compatibility with floppy disks and
foreign language versions of Windows, Office. It was a problem of some
Win computers not dealing well with the dual naming format. Also, some
programs like email, which affect the files caused problems. Very
possibly there were old server versions that screwed us up for a while,
too.

>As for stupid: the high degree of compatibility between Office 4.x and
>Office 95 did a lot to ease the transition from Win3.x to 32-bit systems. I
>would not have enjoyed supporting users through Win95 teething troubles and
>Office 97 ones *simultaneously*!

Paying for this is stupid. Claiming this is NEW software is stupid. And
the high degree of compatibility actually caused more misunderstanding
about which system and version of Office users were using than it eased
the transition for them. That's why this thread was started. I still sit
and listen to people tell me they are sending me a file in Windows 97
format. Perhaps you had a much better transition than most of us.

Actually, my favorite new feature WAS the auto-spellchecking. So I have
to agree that was a nice part of Office 95.

Jeff T
thorstadj@macconnect.com

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