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The thread discusses difficulties installing Office 2000 on Windows 8, with most users confirming incompatibility. Some suggest using Compatibility Mode or trying open-source alternatives like LibreOffice or Apache OpenOffice, which are reported to work well. Overall, the consensus is that Office 2000 is unsupported on Windows 8, and free alternatives are recommended for better compatibility and security.
The thread discusses difficulties installing Office 2000 on Windows 8, with most users confirming incompatibility. Some suggest using Compatibility Mode or trying open-source alternatives like LibreOffice or Apache OpenOffice, which are reported to work well. Overall, the consensus is that Office 2000 is unsupported on Windows 8, and free alternatives are recommended for better compatibility and security.
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davidhk129
Essential Member
As far as I know, Win 8 does NOT support Office 2000.
Some claimed that you may be able to use Office Word 2000 in Compatibility Mode.
I cannot confirm that personally.
Some claimed that you may be able to use Office Word 2000 in Compatibility Mode.
I cannot confirm that personally.
It is listed as incompatible.
If your budget is low, why don't you try Libre Office. It is almost identical to MsOffice AND FREE!
http://www.libreoffice.org/download
If your budget is low, why don't you try Libre Office. It is almost identical to MsOffice AND FREE!
http://www.libreoffice.org/download
davidhk129
Essential Member
Apache OpenOffice for Windows
http://www.openoffice.org/product/windows.html
http://www.openoffice.org/product/windows.html
strollin
Honorable Member
One of the open source office suites should work for you but just for kicks I just installed Office 2000 on a machine running Win 8 Pro using compatibility mode for Win XP (right-click on setup.exe, Properties, Compatibility, Select Compatibility Mode for Win XP SP3). I also ran the installer as Admin.
I didn't do extensive testing and I only tried Word, Excel and Power Point but all three opened up fine and things seemed to work OK. I could do things like create a new file, save it to disk, re-open the file, access files on my network, spell check, change formatting, copy/paste, print, open the VB editor in Excel, etc...
I didn't do extensive testing and I only tried Word, Excel and Power Point but all three opened up fine and things seemed to work OK. I could do things like create a new file, save it to disk, re-open the file, access files on my network, spell check, change formatting, copy/paste, print, open the VB editor in Excel, etc...
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robinb9
Well-Known Member
Libre office is the best free office suite out there and runs just fine on windows 8 office 2000 is no longer supported by microsoft so why would you want to run am unsafe software anyway, besides even if you get it to load it will have issues
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