Microsoft Office 2010 v 2024

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I've recently bought a new PC (not yet set it up).  I currently use Microsoft Office Home 2010 on my old PC, but I was going to buy Office 2024 for my new PC because I was getting messages telling me that, because 2010 is no longer supported, it's not particularly safe.  Can anyone advise whether it's safer to buy the 2024 version, or ok to carry on with my old 2010 version, please?

400ixl

2010 is very out of date, unsupported and has many known exploits making it insecure if the PC is connected to the internet.

Have you looked at just using the online version of Office at www.office.com? Gives the features most people want for free.

10_66

Does this mean that it would be cloud based?  I don't save anything to cloud (sorry, I know, I'm a dinosaur 🙄 ).

HillStreetBlues

2010 hasn't been supported for over 7 years, it's no more dangerous now that it has been for many years.
Do you web-links or have macros enabled?

APWhiteSavvy

It's not very dangerous, as long as you don't open files which have macros in them which could run something malicious. But generally most files will work, and the newer .docx file format should be compatible. 

The new version may run faster, smoother and just generally feel nicer to use though. It does depend on the PC you have though, as the new Microsoft Outlook for example can be quite a resource hog, especially with multiple inboxes. The older version may run more smoothly if you don't have a particularly decent spec machine.

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HillStreetBlues said:

2010 hasn't been supported for over 7 years, it's no more dangerous now that it has been for many years.
Do you web-links or have macros enabled?

I'm really sorry, I don't know the answer to that.  I'm assuming I don't have them enabled, unless they were automatically enabled when I first installed Home & Student 2010.  I installed it and just used it as it came.  As you can tell, I'm not at all techie.

HillStreetBlues

Click File then Options, Trust Centre, Trust Centre Settings, then Macro settings then Disable all macros with notification, then OK
This will stop any macros but will tell if one is trying to run.

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APWhiteSavvy said:

It's not very dangerous, as long as you don't open files which have macros in them which could run something malicious. But generally most files will work, and the newer .docx file format should be compatible. 

The new version may run faster, smoother and just generally feel nicer to use though. It does depend on the PC you have though, as the new Microsoft Outlook for example can be quite a resource hog, especially with multiple inboxes. The older version may run more smoothly if you don't have a particularly decent spec machine.

Thank you.  Again, apologies for my lack of knowledge, but I don't understand Outlook's effect.  I thought Microsoft Home 2024 just had Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote?  To my knowledge, Outlook doesn't come with Home 2024?

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HillStreetBlues said:

Click File then Options, Trust Centre, Trust Centre Settings, then Macro settings then Disable all macros with notification, then OK
This will stop any macros but will tell if one is trying to run.

Thank you for this.  I've just followed your instructions, and am happy to say that they are, indeed, already set to disable all macros with notification.  I don't even know what macros are, I'll Google to find out now.  

400ixl

10_66 said:

Does this mean that it would be cloud based?  I don't save anything to cloud (sorry, I know, I'm a dinosaur 🙄 ).

Yes, but you can save the files to your hard drive if you wish. 

However it does give you some cloud storage space which means it is getting backed up securely for you. No time like the present to start taking advantage of modern applications. Especially when its free and from a very reputable company.

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400ixl said:

10_66 said:

Does this mean that it would be cloud based?  I don't save anything to cloud (sorry, I know, I'm a dinosaur 🙄 ).

Yes, but you can save the files to your hard drive if you wish. 

However it does give you some cloud storage space which means it is getting backed up securely for you. No time like the present to start taking advantage of modern applications. Especially when its free and from a very reputable company.

Thank you.  Technology scares the bejeebers out of me