Need Microsoft Office 2007 - SP3

River Valley Computer

River Valley Computer

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I know, before you all yell at us - does anyone happen to have the MS Office 2007 SP3 update.

We support a church here that has been using MS Office 2007 for years. They are on a very restricted budget. We have been providing free services to them for years.

They are needing access to some older ODT files that were somehow created years ago pertaining to church finances.

We found LibreOffice will open them but the church secretary is rather elderly and can't figure LibreOffice out. Believe me - I sat with her for two hours - NO - no LibreOffice.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Might it not be a better use of resources to get that organization on M365? A church qualifies for non-profit grant status in most cases. In the meantime, if it's not many files, converting them to a modern format should be far easier than trying to trying to get Office 2007 installed again, particularly if you don't have the necessary license code.

I've yet to meet anyone who could use Word 2007 (which is where the ribbons appeared) who doesn't take to any of the later versions with anything beyond minimal bumps.
 
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britechguy said:
Might it not be a better use of resources to get that organization on M365? A church qualifies for non-profit grant status in most cases. In the meantime, if it's not many files, converting them to a modern format should be far easier than trying to trying to get Office 2007 installed again, particularly if you don't have the necessary license code.

I've yet to meet anyone who could use Word 2007 (which is where the ribbons appeared) who doesn't take to any of the later versions with anything beyond minimal bumps.
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You don’t need to convert. All versions of office still can open ODT.

M365 is the correct solution here.
 
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I can confirm, all modern office instances can do this natively. If they do not want a copy of real office, perhaps copy them to your own equipment? If there aren't too many I'll work through saving them into a more modern format for free. It's not like it takes much.
 
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River Valley Computer said:
Thanks Mr. Back. The SPK solved the issue. The Church secretary is happy and we are happy. Thanks again.
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It's always a satisfying feeling to help out an older non tech saavy person get something like this working. Even if we know it's not the best choice per say...but makes them happy because they are in their comfort zone. I usually do try and go out of my way to do those things when it's possible.
 
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lan101 said:
It's always a satisfying feeling to help out an older non tech saavy person get something like this working. Even if we know it's not the best choice per say...but makes them happy because they are in their comfort zone. I usually do try and go out of my way to do those things when it's possible.
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Exactly - it is not always the money and hi-tech. It's a small Church with a very limited budget and she work voluntarily.

Thanks again and Merry CHRISTmas..
 
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River Valley Computer said:
Exactly - it is not always the money and hi-tech. It's a small Church with a very limited budget and she work voluntarily.

Thanks again and Merry CHRISTmas..
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Microsoft gives away so much to churches. Just have to fill in the paperwork. The non-profit discount is 90% off commercial rates in general. They get Business Basic for free. Business Premium is like $2.30 / user / month or something stupid. If they can't handle $26.40 / year for a user to have premium, they're too broke to have office space... They aren't paying anyone to work for them anywhere...
 
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@Sky-Knight

That's exactly what I verified (that churches qualified for non-profit M365 grants) before I posted recommending that route.

I'm not going to criticize @River Valley Computer because we each get to make our own choices. For myself, though, I avoid taking the route that's almost sure to cause me more work later, and less stability in the meantime.

For any non-profit, and I've now done it for two local ones, it's an M365 grant of 10 seats every time. I'm still annoyed that the community theater company I work with on a routine basis, has not gone M365 even after I offered to do the work. It really is a no-brainer.
 
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britechguy said:
@Sky-Knight

That's exactly what I verified (that churches qualified for non-profit M365 grants) before I posted recommending that route.

I'm not going to criticize @River Valley Computer because we each get to make our own choices. For myself, though, I avoid taking the route that's almost sure to cause me more work later, and less stability in the meantime.

For any non-profit, and I've now done it for two local ones, it's an M365 grant of 10 seats every time. I'm still annoyed that the community theater company I work with on a routine basis, has not gone M365 even after I offered to do the work. It really is a no-brainer.
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The 10 seat free Premiums are done... those went away this past summer. As did the free E1s.

Not hard to see why... the free E1s were rife with abuse...

As your non-profits renew they're going to see charges. But again, it's 90% off. So go find the retail and do the math, it's still stupid cheap.
 
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