Backward compatibility problems

[Metallo]

Hi,

I need to buy new OEM licenses and thought to get Office 2007 Standard.

Since many of my Excel sheets have been created with Office 2000
Professional and Premium packages, somebody told me that I might have
backward compatibility problems, is this true?
Should I expect any problem for the Word and Ppt files created with the
same sw?

OS: XP Pro & Home editions

Thank you

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Hi, Metallo,

Office 2007 will read files created in previous versions.

If you need to share your documents with people who have Office 2000, XP or
2003, they can either install the Microsoft Office compatibility Pack, or
you can save your files from Office 2007 back to earlier versions.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

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[PJSampson]

I have installed all the Windows Updates, the latest available service packs,
and the compatibility pack but I still can't get Excel 2003 to open Excel
2007 files. When the Excel 2007 machine has two large files with links open
in "Compatibility Mode," Excel locks up.

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Hi, PJ,

Are you trying to share the files (open at the same time) on both machines?

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[PJSampson]

Hi Susan,

Sometimes they will have the files open at the same time, but very rarely
and it's understood that one will be read-only.

When I saved the spreadsheet in the 2007 format, that 2003 Excel no longer
recognizes the file format and it will not open even after installing the
compatibility pack.

Today I'm going to try this suggestion from another thread to test the
software: "The compatibility pack lets you save in the new formats, as well.
So, you
should be able to create testing opportunities by saving documents in .xlsx
format ... to see if you can read a new format document you create."