Will programs created with MS Office 2003 work with 2007?

[Lisa]

My boss wants me to purchase MS Office 2003. He has programs created with
2003 and says they won't work with anything newer. Is this actually the
case? I hate to buy 2003 where it is so old and almose obsolete... how can
I convince him to move away from 2003, or can he?
Thanks!

 

[Tom Willett]

Your boss is wrong.

: My boss wants me to purchase MS Office 2003. He has programs created with
: 2003 and says they won't work with anything newer. Is this actually the
: case? I hate to buy 2003 where it is so old and almose obsolete... how
can
: I convince him to move away from 2003, or can he?
: Thanks!

 

[Bob I]

Please explain "programs created with 2003". The closest thing to
programming is VBA/Macros in Office. Office 2007 will run most anything
created in 2003. If on the other hand you actually mean documents, 2007
will open documents created in 2003-97.

 

[DL]

I'm missing some thing here; "your boss" wants "you" to purchase a version
of Office to work on "his" data / programs

Any case he's wrong

 

[JoAnn Paules]

If you mean he has files created with the 2003 version, he's wrong. If you
mean he has other applications that work with that version, he could be
correct. I would suggest you find out exactly what he's talking about before
making a decision. Plus you may find it difficult to find a new legal copy
of Office 2003.