Need to open an Office 2007 document in Office 2000

[Ariel]

I need to find some way to open an Office 2007 document in Office 2000. My
Vista computer has died (motherboard probably) and all I have to use are XP
machines with Office 2000 on them. I've tried downloading something that was
supposed to be a 'converter' but it still won't open the Office 2007 file.
There's a document I need to access before the end of the month, but I don't
see getting my Vista machine back from the repair shop before that.

Is there a real converter out there that would let me read these Office 2007
files on my Office 2000 machine? Or could I temporarily install my Office
2007 program on my XP machine to use until I get my Vista machine back? With
all the 'authentication' steps involved, I sort of thought it would not let
me temporarily install 2007. I was also worried that installing it on the XP
would permanently ruin the 2000 installation on the XP computer (which is a
work computer).

Could someone please advise me? Thank you.

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

According to MS, the converter will work with Office 2000 SP3. Do you have
SP3 installed?

:I need to find some way to open an Office 2007 document in Office 2000. My
: Vista computer has died (motherboard probably) and all I have to use are
XP
: machines with Office 2000 on them. I've tried downloading something that
was
: supposed to be a 'converter' but it still won't open the Office 2007 file.
: There's a document I need to access before the end of the month, but I
don't
: see getting my Vista machine back from the repair shop before that.
:
: Is there a real converter out there that would let me read these Office
2007
: files on my Office 2000 machine? Or could I temporarily install my Office
: 2007 program on my XP machine to use until I get my Vista machine back?
With
: all the 'authentication' steps involved, I sort of thought it would not
let
: me temporarily install 2007. I was also worried that installing it on the
XP
: would permanently ruin the 2000 installation on the XP computer (which is
a
: work computer).
:
: Could someone please advise me? Thank you.

 

[Alias]

I need to find some way to open an Office 2007 document in Office 2000. My
Vista computer has died (motherboard probably) and all I have to use are XP
machines with Office 2000 on them. I've tried downloading something that was
supposed to be a 'converter' but it still won't open the Office 2007 file.
There's a document I need to access before the end of the month, but I don't
see getting my Vista machine back from the repair shop before that.

Is there a real converter out there that would let me read these Office 2007
files on my Office 2000 machine? Or could I temporarily install my Office
2007 program on my XP machine to use until I get my Vista machine back? With
all the 'authentication' steps involved, I sort of thought it would not let
me temporarily install 2007. I was also worried that installing it on the XP
would permanently ruin the 2000 installation on the XP computer (which is a
work computer).

Could someone please advise me? Thank you.

Open Office -- www.openoffice.org -- will open it. Open Office is free
and will not dork your Office 2000 install. Either that or tell the
person who sent it to you to resave it in a non "x" format.

Alias

 

[Ariel]

Yes, on my home machine I do. But I do not believe it has been installed on
my work computer. I will try that and keep you posted. Thank you.

Ariel

 

[Gordon]

Open Office -- www.openoffice.org -- will open it. Open Office is free and
will not dork your Office 2000 install. Either that or tell the person who
sent it to you to resave it in a non "x" format.

The current stable version of OO will NOT open docx documents. Beta 3 will
and so will Oxygen Open Office, but OO 2.4 will NOT.

 

[Alias]

The current stable version of OO will NOT open docx documents. Beta 3
will and so will Oxygen Open Office, but OO 2.4 will NOT.

I got an update to OO in Ubuntu to address that.

Alias