Glad to be of sservice, James.
bill
--- In MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com, James McAlister <forums01@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Bill! I know nothing about the site except that it came up through
> PriceGrabber.com, one of the first places I check. Guess I should search for
> reviews or complaints somewhere. There are 1,110 reviews of them on the
> PriceGrabber site, and only 16 of them (in the three years they have been on
> there) are either neutral or negative with the rest being positive.
>
> I'm thinking I might forget the trial and go with the full version. I just
> wanted to see how the interface worked and what kinds of changes had been
> made. I have actually switched over to the Mac and am running my Windows and
> Access in a virtual machine, which works very well. I have installed a trial
> of Office 2011 for Mac and really like the interface for Word and Excel and
> thought I might buy it and keep my old Access 2007 as that will be the only
> Windows "must have" program left. But despite the slight inconvenience of
> working in the virtual machine, I'm thinking that the full Office 2010 Pro
> is my best bet. Even found a Mac blog that recommended the same because the
> Mac Outlook must really be weak compared to Windows. I don't use outlook any
> more, so that won't make any difference. Plus, the Excel Analysis ToolPak
> and some Pivot Table features aren't available in the Mac version, and I'll
> always wonder about complete VBA compatibility between the two platforms.
> And though it's a picky detail, some of the shortcuts I'm used to in Excel
> and Word don't appear to have equivalents in the Mac versions.
>
> To hear those of you who are real experts say good things about 2010 gives
> me a lot of confidence, too. I really appreciate the comments!
>
> James
> www.james-mc.com
> Words To Live By
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Bill Mosca <wrmosca@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > James
> >
> > That site has a really good price. MS charges around $500 for the same
> > suite. Have you checked the site to see if you are getting the real deal and
> > not some pirated thing?
> >
> > Now back to your questions...
> >
> > I have Win 7 Enterprise 64-bit with Office 2010 32-bit installed. All is
> > good. On my personal PC I have Win 7 professional 32-bit with the same
> > result.
> >
> > You can install both versions on the same machine (except for Outlook -
> > that's a one-version-only thing). Switching between 2007 and 2010 Access
> > will cause a registry update. Not as bad as switching from 2003 to 2007.
> > That is what we call the coffee break switch.
> >
> > But I have dabbled in 2007 and 2010. 2010 is far better in all products. I
> > used to have all versions of Access installes on one machine but it really
> > isn't worth the pain. I dumped 2007 as soon as 2010 came out. The file
> > format is the same. The only thing I miss is acc 2007's Themes. They
> > included some really cool graphics for forms. 2010 has themes but sans
> > graphics.
> >
> > One of our MVPs put it perfectly when she referred to 2007 as Microsoft's
> > redheaded stepchild. MS listened to us MVPs when we complained about a lot
> > of shortcomings in 2007 (like non-customizable Ribbon) and fixed most of
> > them.
> >
> > As to saving the downloaded file, yes, you should be able to copy it to a
> > DVD provided the file you get is not one of those .exe files that just
> > connects to the internet and downloads cab files for installation.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> > --- In MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com, James McAlister <forums01@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm considering upgrading to Office 2010 from 2007 and have some
> > > questions. I do, by the way, use Windows 7 Pro 64-bit if that makes
> > > any difference in the answer.
> > >
> > > 1. Can I install the trial version of Office 2010 without messing up
> > > my current installation of Office 2007? Since all is working well now,
> > > I don't want to waste a lot of time trying to fix something that the
> > > trial might cause to go awry.
> > >
> > > 2. Is there any drawback from getting the full version as a download?
> > > I see it here, and it supposedly activates on two computers. I'm
> > > assuming that if I download I would be able to burn the downloaded
> > > file to DVD for safekeeping.
> > >
> > > http://www.discountmountainsoftware.com/miofpr20doon.html?cmp=pg
> > >
> > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!!
> > >
> > > James
> > > www.james-mc.com
> > > Words To Live By
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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