Limitations of SharePoint Portal Server 2003 with Old Version Of Office?

[Res]

Does anyone have any information on using SharePoint Portal Server 2003 with
older versions of Office? e.g. 2000 or XP/2002.

Does SPPS2003 work with documents created in these older formats?
What functionality is not supported?
Would it be better to use SharePoint 2001?

Thanks

[Karsten Grombach]

you can use sps2003 with these office version. problem is certain functions
do not work with these versions:
eg.
- create new document from doclib
- edit document inside doclib (ie. you have to download, edit the document
and then upload again)
- datagrid view on lists does not work
- no office integration
and numerous other small features..

all depends on, what you want to do. we have written an extension for a
customer of ours so that his partners with older offices(2000&xp) versions
also can use the portal to create and edit documents.

i would not recommend using sharepoint 2001. you could probably buy your
office 2003 licenses from the time(=money) you spend customizing and
maintaining it..

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