Vista and older versions of Word

[Guest blackdog]

I prefer my Word 97 to any newer Word version. However, with Vista I get this

error message when I print from Word 97.

 

winword.exe-Application error

 

The instruction at ox776d82b8 referenced memory at ox000000.... The memory

could not be read.

 

What I do now, is I copy the Word 97 file to a new version of Works, and

print it there.

 

Is there a solution, as I want to use Word 97 in Vista. By the way, I can

print envelopes in Word 97?

[Guest Malke]

Re: Vista and older versions of Word

 

blackdog wrote:

> I prefer my Word 97 to any newer Word version. However, with Vista I get

> this error message when I print from Word 97.

>

> winword.exe-Application error

>

> The instruction at ox776d82b8 referenced memory at ox000000.... The memory

> could not be read.

>

> What I do now, is I copy the Word 97 file to a new version of Works, and

> print it there.

>

> Is there a solution, as I want to use Word 97 in Vista. By the way, I can

> print envelopes in Word 97?

 

You've posted in a newsgroup for the Windows XP operating system and your

question is about Vista and Word 97. I'd post in one of the Word

newsgroups. IIRC, you can use Word 97 in Vista but there may be workarounds

for issues. Sorry, but I don't know what they are. The Word experts in a

Word newsgroup will.

 

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups

microsoft.public.word.general

 

Malke

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[Guest blackdog]

Re: Vista and older versions of Word

 

Thanks...but I got lost. Can you give me a direct link to Word.....

 

"Malke" wrote:

> blackdog wrote:

>

> > I prefer my Word 97 to any newer Word version. However, with Vista I get

> > this error message when I print from Word 97.

> >

> > winword.exe-Application error

> >

> > The instruction at ox776d82b8 referenced memory at ox000000.... The memory

> > could not be read.

> >

> > What I do now, is I copy the Word 97 file to a new version of Works, and

> > print it there.

> >

> > Is there a solution, as I want to use Word 97 in Vista. By the way, I can

> > print envelopes in Word 97?

>

> You've posted in a newsgroup for the Windows XP operating system and your

> question is about Vista and Word 97. I'd post in one of the Word

> newsgroups. IIRC, you can use Word 97 in Vista but there may be workarounds

> for issues. Sorry, but I don't know what they are. The Word experts in a

> Word newsgroup will.

>

> http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups

> microsoft.public.word.general

>

> Malke

> --

> MS-MVP

> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

>

>

[Guest Tim Slattery]

Re: Vista and older versions of Word

 

blackdog <blackdog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I prefer my Word 97 to any newer Word version. However, with Vista I get this

>error message when I print from Word 97.

>

>winword.exe-Application error

>

>The instruction at ox776d82b8 referenced memory at ox000000.... The memory

>could not be read.

>

>What I do now, is I copy the Word 97 file to a new version of Works, and

>print it there.

>

>Is there a solution, as I want to use Word 97 in Vista. By the way, I can

>print envelopes in Word 97?

 

Right-click the shortcut you use to start Word97, choose "Properties"

and check the "Compatibility" tab, that may solve your problems.

 

Vista questions are best asked in microsoft.public.windows.vista.*

(there are several of those groups), Word experts can be found in the

microsoft.public.word.* groups.

 

--

Tim Slattery

MS MVP(Shell/User)

Slattery_T@bls.gov

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

[Guest Malke]

Re: Vista and older versions of Word

 

blackdog wrote:

> Thanks...but I got lost. Can you give me a direct link to Word.....

 

http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx

 

Malke

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[Guest EncinoMan]

Re: Vista and older versions of Word

 

On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:04:01 -0700, blackdog

<blackdog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I prefer my Word 97 to any newer Word version. However, with Vista I get this

>error message when I print from Word 97.

>

>winword.exe-Application error

>

>The instruction at ox776d82b8 referenced memory at ox000000.... The memory

>could not be read.

>

>What I do now, is I copy the Word 97 file to a new version of Works, and

>print it there.

>

>Is there a solution, as I want to use Word 97 in Vista. By the way, I can

>print envelopes in Word 97?

 

Why are you asking here? Do you see Vista or Word in this group's

title? No.

 

Ask elsewhere

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: Vista and older versions of Word

 

 

"blackdog" <blackdog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:AE56D795-1F45-47BD-B906-2C808C2ED23A@microsoft.com...

>I prefer my Word 97 to any newer Word version. However, with Vista I get

>this

> error message when I print from Word 97.

>

> winword.exe-Application error

>

> The instruction at ox776d82b8 referenced memory at ox000000.... The memory

> could not be read.

>

> What I do now, is I copy the Word 97 file to a new version of Works, and

> print it there.

>

> Is there a solution, as I want to use Word 97 in Vista. By the way, I can

> print envelopes in Word 97?

>

 

Word 97 is not oficially compatible with Vista. It doesn't even work if you

install it in compatibility mode.

 

As you have discovered, it works in parts but not in others.

[Guest Peter in New Zealand]

Re: Vista and older versions of Word

 

I went through the same fight and gave up in the end. Only I didn't give up

on Office 97, I dumped Vista and went back to XP and 97 runs just as good as

ever. Now I'm planning to buy one of those little Asus Eee things and

getting it with Linux instead of XP on it saves me exactly $100 on the

price.

 

Not trying to tell you to revert to XP, but any Office version prior to 2000

will not work, and even 2000 has a few issues with Outlook.

 

Good luck.

--

Peter in New Zealand. (Email address is fake)

Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and

compulsive computer fiddler.

 

"M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message

news:48f6e65d$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net...

>

> "blackdog" <blackdog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:AE56D795-1F45-47BD-B906-2C808C2ED23A@microsoft.com...

>>I prefer my Word 97 to any newer Word version. However, with Vista I get

>>this

>> error message when I print from Word 97.

>>

>> winword.exe-Application error

>>

>> The instruction at ox776d82b8 referenced memory at ox000000.... The

>> memory

>> could not be read.

>>

>> What I do now, is I copy the Word 97 file to a new version of Works, and

>> print it there.

>>

>> Is there a solution, as I want to use Word 97 in Vista. By the way, I can

>> print envelopes in Word 97?

>>

>

> Word 97 is not oficially compatible with Vista. It doesn't even work if

> you install it in compatibility mode.

>

> As you have discovered, it works in parts but not in others.

>

>

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: Vista and older versions of Word

 

 

"Peter in New Zealand" <peterbalplug@extra.co.nz> wrote in message

news:gd6vuj$ref$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...

>I went through the same fight and gave up in the end. Only I didn't give up

>on Office 97, I dumped Vista and went back to XP and 97 runs just as good

>as ever. Now I'm planning to buy one of those little Asus Eee things and

>getting it with Linux instead of XP on it saves me exactly $100 on the

>price.

>

> Not trying to tell you to revert to XP, but any Office version prior to

> 2000 will not work, and even 2000 has a few issues with Outlook.

>

 

I have heard (but have no personal experience) that Office 2003 doesn't work

completely either.

[Guest Peter in New Zealand]

Re: Vista and older versions of Word

 

 

"M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message

news:48f73c20$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net...

>

> "Peter in New Zealand" <peterbalplug@extra.co.nz> wrote in message

> news:gd6vuj$ref$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...

>>I went through the same fight and gave up in the end. Only I didn't give

>>up on Office 97, I dumped Vista and went back to XP and 97 runs just as

>>good as ever. Now I'm planning to buy one of those little Asus Eee things

>>and getting it with Linux instead of XP on it saves me exactly $100 on the

>>price.

>>

>> Not trying to tell you to revert to XP, but any Office version prior to

>> 2000 will not work, and even 2000 has a few issues with Outlook.

>>

>

> I have heard (but have no personal experience) that Office 2003 doesn't

> work completely either.

>

 

Yetch! Looking at the new Open Office 3 I really wonder why on earth anyone

would even bother with MS Office any more. After using it for more than ten

years I have a large number of doc and xls files, but OOo can be set to

default to those types transparently. Unless there are some exotic business

reasons why MSO *must* be used, it strikes me that OOo does just about all

the usual stuff incredibly well.

 

--

Peter in New Zealand. (Email address is fake)

Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and

compulsive computer fiddler.

[Guest The Bored Spoofer]

Re: Vista and older versions of Word

 

""Peter in New Zealand" <peterbalplug@extra.co.nz>" wrote

>Yetch! Looking at the new Open Office 3 I really wonder why on earth anyone

>would even bother with MS Office any more. After using it for more than ten

>years I have a large number of doc and xls files, but OOo can be set to

>default to those types transparently. Unless there are some exotic business

>reasons why MSO *must* be used, it strikes me that OOo does just about all

>the usual stuff incredibly well.

 

The ONLY that Writer can't do at the present is handle the Word 2007

..DOCX files. Even older versions of MS Word can handle those wtih a

patch.

 

Still... OO ver.3 looks like a real WINNER. I've finally tossed MS

Office 2000!

--

TBS

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: Vista and older versions of Word

 

Peter in New Zealand wrote:

>>

>

> Yetch! Looking at the new Open Office 3 I really wonder why on earth

> anyone would even bother with MS Office any more. After using it for

> more than ten years I have a large number of doc and xls files, but

> OOo can be set to default to those types transparently. Unless there

> are some exotic business reasons why MSO *must* be used, it strikes

> me that OOo does just about all the usual stuff incredibly well.

 

A blow-up doll does the usual stuff incredibly well (or so I'm told).

 

But it's just not the same thing.