Category: Beta

Today I got my first email with an Office 2007 Word .docx attachment, and since I’m still running Office 2003 on my desktop PC at the office, I couldn’t open it.  So now I have to e-mail Andrew back and ask him to re-save the file in Office 2003 format, right?  Wrong.

Title:  Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats (Beta 2 Technical Refresh)
File Name: O2007Cnv.exe
Date Published: 09/14/2006
Language: English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish
Download Size: 26.6 MB
Download URL: http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/converter.mspx

Description:  Open, edit, save, and create files in the robust file formats new to the 2007 Microsoft Office system in Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, and Office 2003. 

By installing the Compatibility Pack (Beta 2 Technical Refresh) along side of Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able open, edit, save, and create files using the robust file formats new to the 2007 Microsoft Office system, including:

Word

• .docx—Microsoft Office Word 2007 document
• .docm—Microsoft Office Word 2007 macro-enabled document
   

PowerPoint

• .pptx—Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 presentation
• .pptm—Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 macro-enabled presentation
• .potx—Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 template
• .potm—Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 macro-enabled template
• .ppsx—Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 show
• .ppsm—Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 macro-enabled show

Excel

• .xlsb—Microsoft Office Excel 2007 binary workbook
• .xlsx—Microsoft Office Excel 2007 workbook
• .xlsm—Microsoft Office Excel 2007 macro-enabled workbook
• .xltx—Microsoft Office Excel 2007 template
• .xltm—Microsoft Office Excel 2007 macro-enabled template
• .xlam—Microsoft Office Excel 2007 add-in