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Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack

by Jerome Locson on December 28th, 2007

For those who are still using file formats of the previous versions of Microsoft Office like XP and 2003 versions, use this tool to easily work files that is compatible with Microsoft Office 2007. This tool is called Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats which is about 27.5 MB in size and is downloadable via this link. Here’s an overview:

Users of the Microsoft Office XP and 2003 programs Word, Excel, or PowerPoint—please install all High-Priority updates from Microsoft Update before downloading the Compatibility Pack.

By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able to open, edit, and save files using the file formats new to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007. The Compatibility Pack can also be used in conjunction with the Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003, Excel Viewer 2003, and PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to view files saved in these new formats. For more information about the Compatibility Pack, see Knowledge Base article 924074.

Note: If you use Microsoft Word 2000 or Microsoft Word 2002 to read or write documents containing complex scripts, please see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925451 for information to enable Word 2007 documents to be displayed correctly in your version of Word.

Administrators: The administrative template for the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint converters contained within the Compatibility Pack is available for download

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