Hi richard:  I up dated my computer to windows 2007, but I don't have any desire at this time to update Micrososft office to 2007. My question is, what are you going to do for those customers that will still use 2003. for example, I have been waiting for handbooks for Power Point 2003. Will you continue putting programs out for 2003 users? I realize tat the real thing today is windows 7, which is good and you must keep up with the changes if you are to continue with your business. I hope you don't mind me spouting off as is. thanks

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Reply from Richard Rost:

Donald, I am going to base the new courses and handbooks that get produced solely off the WAITING LIST.

I have a lot of customers who, like you, are still interested in Office 2003 materials, so I hope to make more of them soon. Right now my top two priorities are Access 2007 and Windows 7. Those are both on top of the Waiting List voting results.

Since I've covered a lot of material for Office 2003 already, any new VIDEOS that I produce will likely be seminars in which I show how to do things in both 2007 and 2003 (like my Calendar and Security seminars for Access where I showed how to do things in both versions). I really like this format, so expect to see a lot more seminars in the future dealing with specific TOPICS instead of just the Level 1, 2, 3, etc. classes. Those work great for beginner lessons, but when you get to advanced material, you start to hit stuff that some people want, and others don't, and it becomes a jumble.

As far as the PowerPoint 2003 handbooks go, as soon as there are 10 people signed up for them, they'll get written (right now those old handbooks only have three people signed up). It costs me money to have my handbook authors write a handbook, so I have to be able to justify the cost. For old classes like PowerPoint 2003 (which doesn't really sell well anymore) it's hard to justify the cost.

Here's what's leading the Waiting List as of right now:

Access 2007
Windows 7
Visual Basic
HTML, CSS, & JavaScript