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:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en

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.