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It's not just Windows that needs security updates, the last version of Office without the Ribbon will come to an end in a couple of years
Having listened to reader comments since Office 2007, it's been very clear that the Ribbon is not very popular. While I rather like it, I certainly recognise that it is quite a shock the first time you seen it and takes some getting used to.
So it probably won't make me that popular to point out that support for the last version of Office not to include the Ribbon, Office 2003, ends at the same time as Windows XP, in 2014.
There hasn't been a good way to revert Office 2007 or 2010 to the old style menus. That leaves Open Office or Libre Office if you don't want to make the switch.
Will you upgrade, keep using Office 2003 without security updates or move to Libre/Open Office?
More information can be found here on the Windows Team blog.
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How about some useful analysis such as how many security fixes for Office 2003 has MS released in the past 18 months? The Ribbon remains a major hindrance to productivity.
Posted by G Haro, 14 Jun 2012
office 2007
hello,i use libre now and find it just as good as any microsoft,but at the end of the day I suppose its what u want to use it for,but for me libre office is about right,can write letters,envelopes spreadsheets etc so what else do u want,in my opinion for what its worth microsoft has found a good match for theirs
Posted by Edgar Mills, 14 Jun 2012
Kingsoft Office
Kingsoft office free is a better choice than Open/LibreOffice. I don't understand why supposedly knowledgeable computer journalists consistently recommend the buggy, bloated, inelegant and incompatible OPen/Libre.
Posted by michel, 14 Jun 2012