Any Compatiblity Problems Between Office 2003 and Office XP?

[Mike]

Our workgroup uses XP PRo and Office 2003, including Outllook we're getting
a notebook computer but it loaded with XP PRo and Office XP.
Should we expect any file format compatiblity problems or other compatiblity
problems?


Thanks,

Mike

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Only if you intend to open an Outlook 2003 item in an earlier version if you
are using Outlook unicode file format. The unicode format is not backwards
compatible.

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After furious head scratching, Mike <[email protected]> asked this group:

| Our workgroup uses XP PRo and Office 2003, including Outllook we're
| getting a notebook computer but it loaded with XP PRo and Office XP.
| Should we expect any file format compatiblity problems or other
| compatiblity problems?
|
|
| Thanks,
|
| Mike

 

[Mike]

Thanks, currently, we are using Outllok 2003 and OUtlook 2000 w/o
difficulty.
When/how is the unicode format used?

Mike


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Unicode format in Outlook 2003 allows much larger .pst file sizes
(theoretically up to 32 terabytes) but in practice allows a file size of 20
gigs. Outlook 2002 and earlier only allow a practical file size of 1.87
gigs.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Mike asked:

| Thanks, currently, we are using Outllok 2003 and OUtlook 2000 w/o
| difficulty.
| When/how is the unicode format used?
|
| Mike
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| || Only if you intend to open an Outlook 2003 item in an earlier
|| version if you
|| are using Outlook unicode file format. The unicode format is not
|| backwards
|| compatible.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, Mike <[email protected]> asked this
|| group:
||
||| Our workgroup uses XP PRo and Office 2003, including Outllook we're
||| getting a notebook computer but it loaded with XP PRo and Office XP.
||| Should we expect any file format compatiblity problems or other
||| compatiblity problems?
|||
|||
||| Thanks,
|||
||| Mike

 

[Mike]

Thanks, 1.87G .pst file size is ok.

Mike

 

[KlikThis]

Our workgroup uses XP PRo and Office 2003, including Outllook we're
getting a notebook computer but it loaded with XP PRo and Office XP.
Should we expect any file format compatiblity problems or other
compatiblity problems?


Thanks,

Mike

There should be none, but to cover your but, you can go to toolbar for
whichever program you're saving files in & click
"Tools"...then..."options" click the compatability tab to set the
compatability options you want for saving documents from one version to
another.