How To Convert An Office 2007 File To An Older Version
Description
When Office 2007 arrives it creates a new format file, for example one of the extension we are talking about is docx.
But, what happens if you want to open it but you don’t want to buy a new Office. This post show you how to do it.
You cannot change the file and save it as a Office 2007 file but you can open it and save in as an older format.
Solution
1. Download the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats:
As you can read in the above page you need at least have installed one of these Office programs:
- Microsoft Word 2000 with Service Pack 3, Microsoft Excel 2000 with Service Pack 3, and Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 with Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Word 2002 with Service Pack 3, Microsoft Excel 2002 with Service Pack 3, and Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 with Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office Word 2003 with at least Service Pack 1, Microsoft Office Excel 2003 with at least Service Pack 1, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 with at least Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003
- Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2003
Once you have done it, follow the next steps to convert the file:
2. Open the file it will show as a Read Only File.
3. Go to the File Menu, Save As and select the format you want.
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