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I am about to transfer my files from my old XP to my new Vista computer. At the same time, I have purchased the Microsoft Office 2007 to replace the old Office 2000. Should I install the Office 2007 on the new computer before or after transferring all my old files over? Will all the old Office 2000 files convert to 2007? Or should I transfer all the old stuff over first and then install the new Office 2007? I did buy the Belkin Easy Transfer Cable for Vista. I appreciate any help or any other insights or advice for this process.

Marilyn Brown, ABR, e-PRO, REALTOR�
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Marilyn Brown

I use Office 2007 Ultimate. It reads Word documents from all prior versions of Word easily. It also seems to open all other older Office program files. In my opinion it won't make any difference if Office 2007 is installed or not when you transfer files.

After installing Office 2007, be sure to download this add-on that enables you to save in a PDF format. It's handy, and I don't understand why it wasn't standard with Office 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4D951911-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en

The following will then be able to save as a PDF

• Microsoft Office Access 2007
• Microsoft Office Excel 2007
• Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
• Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
• Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
• Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
• Microsoft Office Visio 2007
• Microsoft Office Word 2007

Older versions of Office could need this upgrade to view and edit Office 2007 files:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en

Yours,

Chris Parks - ABR, e-Pro, GRI - Accelerated

Broker

CParksGo@Gmail.com