In message , fred writes
Yes. The first one I tried unzipped OK but did not allow any alterations. Norton comments hinted at a minefield of doubtful sites so I didn't persist.
regards
Windows 7 pro
May 09, 2012
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It marked a low period in his life.
You could use open office to re-save in an older MS office format.
A policy called "embrace and extend" (or how to take a non-proprietary open format and slowly make it proprietary!)
Yes or several other strategies suggested as a work around.
regards
In message , fred writes
What, like this?
;-)
M$ Office often struggles with documents created by different versions of itself.
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However VirtualPC is _very_ slow and, therefore, not particularly useable. If you're not concerned about the licensing issue then I'd suggest using VirtualBox instead.
Its slower compared to other options, however on modern hardware its unlikely to be a problem running old XP software - it will still probably be faster than it was on your previous machine IYSIM.
They have also integrated it in such a way as to make it a bit more transparent.
Indeed...
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