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Office 2007 and 2010 are like an secret way to have Word open faster than notepad, or a full Outlook that takes less space than the individual Mail or Calendar
by csdvrx 4y ago
Office 2007 and 2010 are like an secret way to have Word open faster than notepad, or a full Outlook that takes less space than the individual Mail or Calendar files.
2007 is wonderful in 32 bit for Wine. 2010 is wonderful in 64 bit native on Windows 11. And you get a "forever" license for like $30 on ebay (the activation server may refuse activation right now, but it can be made to work for new computers, and it's not a problem if you have an already activated one)
They recently cut both from OWA connectivity to outlook.com, but google conveniently provides a pluging (Google WorkSpace Sync) to keep going with gmail.
I'll invest an insane amount of effort to keep them going, just because how how pleasant and reactive they are - and if that requires running in Wine from WSL, so be it.
- throwifasd 4y ago[flagged]
- grishka 4y agoExcept Microsoft Office is a feature-complete product that doesn't need any further work and only gets objectively worse with each major release.
- yccs27 4y agoSome Office features that came after 2010: - Latex math formulas - SVG graphics - Opening PDFs in Word - Alignment guides for images and other objects and these are just the ones I noticed with my limited MS Office use.
- petodo 4y agomy other work software would disagree, had to update office to be able to export stuff to XLS, didn't work with older version and I can't use older version either because company send me files in newer format, so I had to upgrade everything because of them
- mongol 4y agoI have a valid license of 2010 but it was not installed at the time the activation server news broke. So I don't know how to install it any more. Are there any tricks that can help? Still the same computer as I originally had it on.
- schroeding 4y agoYou can try the alternative phone activation hotlines[1], they might work. [1] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/-telephone-activation-is-no-longer-supported-for-your-product-error-when-activating-office-9b016cd2-0811-4cb3-b896-5a6a13177713 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/-telephone-activa...
- csdvrx 4y agoI've enough valid licenses for every computer I use to have Office 2010 (or 2007 as I play with old hardware from time to time)/ I've reinstalled Office on a spare laptop 2 weeks ago, and it's just fine. > Are there any tricks that can help? Still the same computer as I originally had it on. Yes, there are ways to make it work. Use google to find them.
- gr4yb34rd 4y agomassgravel on github is probably the easiest route if phone activation doesn't work out.