Software updates. Hate them.
So MS Office 2007 has just been approved for use where I work. For some reason I hesitated in downloading the upgrade when it was approved.
And now I am quite glad I did!
I used MS Project to edit a file for my client. Finished it, closed it, sent it back. Turns out the copy of MS Project I had available to me was 2007. Her copy is 2003. No biggie, I tell her, download the patch. (Seriously now, who makes updated software that doesn't recognize former or future file types without a patch? Shouldn't this just be automatically incorporated that your file will be recognized by prior versions?)
Unfortunately her organization will not allow downloads of any patches. So she was unable to read my edits. Enter her actually having to go purchase a copy of MS Project 07 to put on her personal computer at home (since it is not accepted by her organization yet) to read my edits.
And because of all this, I cannot upgrade to MS Office 2007 until my client does because she will not be able to read any of my reports or files I send her.
Annoying.
(But I do think I have located an old copy of MS Project I can use though... )
(Oh and I fear the quandry I am going to be in early September. I just agreed to set aside the week to work on a few publications for a coworker... who I am guessing HAS upgraded to 2007 and will want his "publication ready" articles in the same format he already has. Ugh.)
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