Stilly: "so I ended up having to upgrade here also" [my emphasis].

In a classic M$ move Office 2007 and older versions are incompatible out-of-the-box (2007 uses the XHTML, not .doc et al format).

Many people like me are refusing to play their game.

But: "Users of pre-Office 2007 Windows versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint can use the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats, to make it possible to view and create files in the new Office 2007 file formats."

Typically, M$ don't encourage you to do this. They want your money.

You may call me a freetard, but it seems that the whole world has been seduced by (a) the triumph of form over substance (eye candy vs. content) and (b) interoperability (read: everyone has to use Microsoft products of all the same version).

Mutter ... grumble ... gripe ... .rtf ... ASCII ... (goes on for 94 pages)

;O)
AP