Office 2007 Compatibility Pack

[Joseph T Corey]

Hi All,

I'm looking for any experiences that people have on rolling out the Office
2007 Compatibility Pack to Office 2003 installations. We're looking to do a
mass rollout, but I wanted to gather any "gotchas" first. Thanks!

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I haven't experienced any problems with it.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

Create a file in Word 2007 that has a SmartArt, Chart or Equation in it
(all using the new 2007 features). Save it as docx and open it in Word
2003 with the Compatibility Pack installed. Hit Save As, or make an edit
and save, or copy & paste one of the objects (now images) to a new
document and save it as docx. Doesn't matter. Reopen the document in
Word 2007, go into Office button menu, Convert. You'll see that those
three objects are now images in Word 2007. The compatibility pack made
them non-editable.
Now start a new file and put the same content in it. Save it as doc. Do
the same steps, but always saving it as doc. After you hit Convert in
Word 2007, all the images will become editable again.

There is your gotcha...


Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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