Information about the new formats of Office2007 and compatibility pack

[NewFox]

Hello, as some of you may already know, the new office 2007 has a new
default format,
the extensions are the same as before but with an X in the end.. for
example,
the .doc format is now .docx
These new formats are compressed (with a zip function) to save space and are
now based on XML.
Of course office2007 can save in the older formats too.

What happens though when someone sends you a docx file and you have only
word 2000, 2002(XP) or 2003?

Well they have made a compatibility pack... see these links for the download
and a video demo...

Note: These links are long and may wrap


http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2006/09/27/774087.aspx
http://www.jonesxml.com/jobailor/compatpackopenandsavedemo/compatpackopenandsavedemo.html
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en



- NewFox

 

[Chad Harris]

Also see:

How to use earlier versions of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word to open and save
files from 2007 Office programs
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924074

Webcast from Radio 9 MSFT
http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=247408

Office 2007 Open XML Format
http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2005/10/01/476067.aspx

Advanced Basics: Setting Word Document Properties in Office 2007
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/06/advancedbasics/default.aspx

http://msmvps.com/blogs/theproblemsolver/archive/2006/10/12/Working-with-Office-2007-documents.aspx

http://brineykratz.com/blogs/biztalk/default.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/jeff_bell/

Save as .xps and Save as .pdf
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/results.aspx?qu=document+format+office+2007

Office 2007 Files Not Compatible with Mac Office 2004
www.tuaw.com/2006/12/05/windows-office-2007-files-not-compatible-with-mac-office-2004


CH