WBA Tech Tip of the Week: Accessing Microsoft Office 2007 Documents

Accessing Microsoft Office 2007 Documents

With the release of Office 2007, Microsoft introduced new file formats for
Word (Docx), Excel (Xlsx), PowerPoint (Pptx), and Access (Accdb). Many users
receiving these documents via email or disk can¹t open them because they
have an older version of Microsoft Office or use WordPerfect for their word
processing.

Individuals using Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003 can download and install the Office 2007 File Converter software, available free from Microsoft¹s website. Go to www.microsoft.com, access the link for the Microsoft Download Center, and search for the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack. Or, type Œdownload Microsoft office compatibility pack¹ in a Google search and follow the links. Download and install the software, and from now on you¹ll be able to open Office 2007 documents using your earlier versions normal File, Open dialog box.

WordPerfect¹s latest X4 version can access Office 2007 documents directly.
If you have an older version of WordPerfect, a pre-2000 version of Microsoft
Office, or don¹t have Office at all, you can also download and install
Microsoft¹s Word Viewer 2007 utility (again, either from Microsoft¹s
download site or, in Google, search for ŒWord Viewer 2007 download). You
need both the Word Viewer program and the File Converter software. Once both
are installed, you load Word Viewer, locate and open the 2007 document,
click Edit, Select All and then Edit, Copy.

Then bring up your older version of Office or WordPerfect (or any other Windows based word processor) and click Edit and Paste.

-------------------------------------------------