Does Microsoft Office 2000 work on WindowsVista???

Am trying to decide whether or not to load my Microsoft Office 2000 disk onto my new computer that has a Windows Vista operating system. I have the option of a free trial Office 2007, and then to later purchase.

Does Microsoft Office 2000 work on WindowsVista???symantic

Yes, you can use Office 2000 on Vista. You may also want to download the Compatibility Pack as well.

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

Brief Description

Open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007.

For those that have older Office products installed, the Compatibility Pack is located at the following site:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/produc...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...

Note: If you use Microsoft Word 2000 or Microsoft Word 2002 to read or write documents containing complex scripts, please see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925451 for information to enable Word 2007 documents to be displayed correctly in your version of Word.

Note#2: You can also download the newest Powerpoint Viewer for 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...