Upgrading MS Office 2003,2004 to MS Office 2007,2008

Any shortcuts you have to this program (on the desktop, quick launch toolbar, or start menu) will need to be re-created.
For convenience, you may want to change the default document extension from .docx to .doc. This may be done in Word 2007 by clicking on the MS Office button in the upper-left corner of the application, click on "Word Options" > choose the "Save" option in the left pane of the new window > in the right pane, choose to save files in "Word 97-2003 Document" format > click "OK." Now, when you click on the icon to save a file, the document will be saved in the old format. However, be careful when doing a "Save As..." because there is still an option in that menu to save as a "Word Document," which will save the document in the .docx format. For Word 2008 (Mac), just click on "Word" on the menu bar, go to "Preferences..." and choose the "Save" option under "Output and Sharing," then you can choose which file format you wish to save as.
For help on finding a command in MS Word 2007 similar to a command used in MS Word 2003, please click here to download the Word 2007 Interactive Command Reference Guide (Windows ONLY, Flash Player required).
For help with Office 2008 for Mac, please click here.

Any shortcuts you have to this program (on the desktop, quick launch toolbar, or start menu) will need to be re-created.
Files will now be saved as ".xlsx" by default. To change this setting, refer to the Microsoft Word help section.
In creating graphs and charts, it is extremely helpful to have the cells (you wish to use as data in the chart/graph) formatted as simple numbers (i.e. a whole number or decimal - not currency or percentage). If the cells are formatted and you do not want to lose the formatting, you may copy and paste the cells to another area of the sheet (or onto an entirely different sheet), then highlight the cells, click on the yellow exclamation mark at the top-left of the highlighted cells, and choose the option to convert to number format.
For help on finding a command in MS Excel 2007 similar to a command used in MS Excel 2003, please click here to download the Excel 2007 Interactive Command Reference Guide (Windows ONLY, Flash Player required).
For help with Office 2008 for Mac, please click here.

Any shortcuts you have to this program (on the desktop, quick launch toolbar, or start menu) will need to be re-created.
Files will now be saved as ".pptx" by default. To change this setting, refer to the Microsoft Word help section.

Any shortcuts you have to this program (on the desktop, quick launch toolbar, or start menu) will need to be re-created.
When opening this application, you may be prompted to run an Office 2007 Enterprise installer. It will take a while to run, and will ask you to restart your computer when it finishes. You do not actually need to restart your computer when this is finished, as the application will run and function correctly without restarting.
Pay very close attention to file formats when saving! There are three different choices for file formats: Access 2000, Access 2002-2003, and Access 2007. You must save it in the format is was created in to ensure everyone who needs to read the file can do so.
When creating a file from a template, there are some templates that will not allow you to save the file as a previous version's file format.
Access 2007 has some new, very restrictive security settings. It is very selective in which macros it will accept and doesn't allow for many custom buttons.

Any shortcuts you have to this program (on the desktop, quick launch toolbar, or start menu) will need to be re-created.
Any custom buttons you had in Outlook 2003 will most likely be removed or need to be re-created to get their functionality back (buttons such as "Purge Deleted Items").
Your "Favorite Folders" list will contain all of the default folders, such as Sent Items and Unread Mail, even if they weren't there in Outlook 2003.
If you use colored flags in Office 2003, they will be converted to red flags in Outlook 2007 and categorized by their color (Outlook 2007 does not have color-coded flags, but does have color-coded categories).
If you have set up a send/receive scheduled in Outlook 2003, the settings will be deleted when you move to Outlook 2007.
If your e-mails are grouped or arranged by a certain category, then the e-mails will have to be re-categorized after upgrading to Outlook 2007. This can be done be going to View > Arrange By > Show in Groups.