On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:52 PM, tonym <tonym at compusource.net> wrote: I guess I'm also at one of the 1 in 10 where you can use OpenOffice. And it's not my problem if the place you work has a brain-dead gotta-have-the-latest-version-of-office IT policy. Every time you send a document in Office 2007 format you are forcing the person you send it to consider upgrading as well. Ever wonder if that's why Microsoft offers these cheap copies? But then again when I use Bessel functions in a spreadsheet, people who are still using Office 2000 can't read it because they don't have Bessel functions. I suppose I should bend over backwards to maintain compatibility and write my own Bessel function macros. But if I can save things in Office 2000 format with OpenOffice, couldn't the idiots using Office 2007 do the same thing? In other words, when someone sends you something in Office 2007 format, do the same fscking thing you would if you were running Office 2003, tell them you don't have Office 2007 and don't intend to buy it. Tell them to send you an earlier format or a PDF for FSM sake. I typically don't do business with companies that insist on sending me things in incompatible formats. When it comes to incompatible formats you can be part of the problem or part of the solution.