Microsoft office 2003 is more better than 2007  

i beg to differ. As far as my own experience is concerned, MS 2007 can do everything 2003 can do, and has a much better interface. If you're going to open files in another version, what on earth do u save the file in 2007 format for? You can save files in a format compatible with all versions - it's what I sometimes do.

i do not quite agree with what you say,as for me,office 2007 is better than 2003,may be the function of office 2007 is similar with 2003,but, it have changed a lot,and it's fairly easy to use.it also add many of wonderful effects and make you better demonstrate your doc/ppt/excel,if its file are not open as you said,perhaps you have not correctly install,my suggestion is that you can uninstall and install it again.may be u'll have a comfortable experience with it,good luck to you!

The problem is the format in which u save the document. U just save the document in .doc format instead .docx format. Other softwares u r using do not have newer technologies to adopt .docx format, so they cant show the contents of .docx file. I like 2007 edition because of easy access to buttons and larger icons. We can esily do a task without checking drop down menus.

Actually it depends on which version u r doing practicing if a persons done work on 2003 he/she likes this version only because he/she has the good knowledge in this...and vice versa...yeah 2007 has improve version of 2003 having good things...but many of persons like to work 2003 because they think it is more reliable than 2007...so,I think i make my point clearly...have a nice day...

hi mayan...,

before i was thought like you that ms office 2007 is not better. but office 2007 is more much better then 2003. you can open 2007s file in 2003 easily, Next time whenever you save your file in ms office 2007, there is a option "save as type" click on it their are some options like "97-2003 document" select this option and then save your. no need to convert your file. And file will be open in all kind of office like 97, xp, 2000, 2003..2007 also. office 7 have many new things like it have formats of invoice, latest resume formats, cards formats and more.

have a nice day

Hi,
I mainly use ms office suite for creating my ebooks. The subjects I write to choose usually involve lots of scientific notations, like differentiation, integration, Greek and Latin alphabets etc. MS 2007 leaves MS 2003 far behind in mathematical notations. I know there is provision in MS 2003 too. But the ease of using it is quite better in latter. I've written a whole book of mathematical induction with the help of this version. Take a look http://selflearners.wordpress.com/my-ebooks/ This works fine with me. I would say MS 2007 is amazingly effective for e-book writers like me.
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I think that 2003 is more practical and faster then 2007. It seems that 2007 is quite overcharged with buttons and commands but Everybody has his opinion..

For me 2007 is better since it can do what 2003 can also do. and if you are worried about the format of the file when your saving it. there is always an option during save as if you will save it as a 2003 document which will have and extension of .doc or save it as a 2007 file which has an extension of .docx what is also good with 2007 is that it has better interface already compared to 2003 and has added features. the only thing which i hate on 2007 is it's already more graphical and icons are combined with different settings which took me time when i first used it. but continued use of it will make you more better in manipulating the system.

Both versions are Good. But according to the latest opening of ms office 2007 is better than its old version. However there are some reason behind this. Once you can work with Ms office 2007 more easily you can feel free to open it all the formats. For this you need to save your doc file as compatible file. I have worked on both of them even i was learned by 2003 but in today's situation 2007 is better choice.
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The biggest difference – and the only difference most users are going to notice – is the ribbon, which is a replacement for the traditional menu system. The ribbon is supposed to make it easier for people to discover features that are already present in the office suite.

There really isn’t a huge difference for the average user: if you just type away then the difference between the two is negligible. for the power users, they’ll notice some slight tweaks and differences, along with a major speed boost in Outlook 2007.

Should you get Office 2007? Well, if you already have a version of Office that works fine, then don’t spend the money (and it is a lot of money).

For me, both are more less the same.