Excel 2003

Kingsd316

Hi All

Is there anywhere i can download a trial version of Excel 2003, i have office 2007 on my laptop and as part of a course i am doing there is a assessment on excel, I’ve just found out that the assessment will be on 2003 rather than 2007, i just want it to familiarise myself with where things are cause 2007 is quite different.


Ive found the 2010 download but not 2003

Thanks

victor2

Haven't used it, but there's a free utility called UBitMenu, which puts the old menu style back into Office 2007/2010.
There is an awful lot of difference in the menus, but if the assessment is more on the being able to get the results and not how you get them, then you should be OK with Office 2007.
If the tuition is based on the older version though, it could be worth going back to the old style system. Drove me crazy when I upgraded, so many commands I just knew through experience no longer worked!

enigma52

why is the course based on out of date software?

Kingsd316

enigma52 wrote: »

why is the course based on out of date software?

It’s not an actual excel course, just a finance course which has a section on using spreadsheets, the college that i am sitting the assessment only has office 2003.

enigma52

have you asked them if they can give you a copy as you already have 2007 version and it is not financially viable for you to be expected to buy an older version because they are not up to date.

System

enigma52 wrote: »

why is the course based on out of date software?

Possibly because a lot of large multinationals are still using 2003 due to the upgrade costs not being justifiable.

My company, a multinational IT company has no plans to upgrade from XP & Office 2003 until tech refresh next year. 2003 suits our needs and 2007/10 doesn't give anything extra that is vital for the business

enigma52

still out of date by 8 years, but doesn't help op who has already got updated 2007 version. Obviously not viable for op to take a step backwards and purchase 2003, is it !!!!!!?

debitcardmayhem

Don't know if this works for what you want but have a look http://www.mrexcel.com/classicexcelmenu.html

System

enigma52 wrote: »

still out of date by 8 years, but doesn't help op who has already got updated 2007 version. Obviously not viable for op to take a step backwards and purchase 2003, is it !!!!!!?

I never said that it was viable, I was was answering your question on why the course was possibly based on Excel 2003.

The software is still supported by the manufacturer so is not out of date as such and probably still has a very large user base in the corporate world.

BTW you can still 'downgrade' 2007/10 licences to 2003

asbokid

!!!!!! wrote: »

Possibly because a lot of large multinationals are still using 2003 due to the upgrade costs not being justifiable.

My company, a multinational IT company has no plans to upgrade from XP & Office 2003 until tech refresh next year. 2003 suits our needs and 2007/10 doesn't give anything extra that is vital for the business

Is there a suggestions box at your company?

Your company could save on paying any more upgrade bills to the Great Parasite of Redmond simply by moving to the free OpenOffice suite.

System

Don't think so somehow since the majority of the solutions they sell as part of multi-million pound/dollar contracts are MS based.