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MS Office 365/2013

Michael Friedli

Hello All

Following on from the discussions on whether or not to upgrade to Windows 10, I was wondering if there are any views on the various versions of MS Office?

I currently use 2010, just wondering if anyone uses 365 or 2013, and what, if any, any improvements it offers for use with Studio or translation in general. I'm in the process of setting up a new desktop PC and generally reviewing things, since it came with Windows 8.1, I probably will take the leap into Windows 10.

Successive versions of Word don't seem to add much in terms of usability, particularly when one gets documents to be translated from major corporate outfits which are resolutely in "typewriter" mode. I still have fond memories of WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS - there is not much you can do in the current MS Word (apart from interaction with CAT tools of course) that you couldn't in WP 5.1. (I still have the manual and tutorials, certainly no progress in that department!)

Any thoughts?
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  • Having just upgraded to Office 2016, I can confirm that it is NOT working properly with Studio 2011. Docx files are not being recognized by the internal filters so I assume we have to wait for an update from SDL. In the meantime, I have to save every Word file in 2003 doc format. What's worse, there seems to be no way of reverting to Office 2013 if you are a 365 subscriber, so we're stuck with 2016 and waiting for compatibility updates. Definitely hold off upgrading for now if I were you. Windows 10 on the other hand doesn't seem to be causing any issues in my experience.
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  • Having just upgraded to Office 2016, I can confirm that it is NOT working properly with Studio 2011. Docx files are not being recognized by the internal filters so I assume we have to wait for an update from SDL. In the meantime, I have to save every Word file in 2003 doc format. What's worse, there seems to be no way of reverting to Office 2013 if you are a 365 subscriber, so we're stuck with 2016 and waiting for compatibility updates. Definitely hold off upgrading for now if I were you. Windows 10 on the other hand doesn't seem to be causing any issues in my experience.
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