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AnotherCat · 03-26-2013, 04:50 PM

I don't think the following has been mentioned and it may make your decision to move away from Word 2003 easier.

Microsoft is scheduled to end all support for Word 2003 in April next year (Windows XP and other Office 2003 products too, for those with them). Mainstream support ended over 3 years ago but security updates end too next year.

This may not be a concern if one operates a closed environment where only ones own documents are ever used, but will be a concern if documents created by others are ever opened.

03-26-2013, 04:50 PM	#59
AnotherCat .... Posts: 1,547 Karma: 18068960 Join Date: May 2012 Device: ....	I don't think the following has been mentioned and it may make your decision to move away from Word 2003 easier. Microsoft is scheduled to end all support for Word 2003 in April next year (Windows XP and other Office 2003 products too, for those with them). Mainstream support ended over 3 years ago but security updates end too next year. This may not be a concern if one operates a closed environment where only ones own documents are ever used, but will be a concern if documents created by others are ever opened. Last edited by AnotherCat; 03-26-2013 at 05:01 PM.