Hi *,
Gordon wrote:
Dan Lewis wrote:
For right now, only MS Office 2007 can work with .docx files.
(Office 2003 can do it with a plug-in.)
The plug in will work also on Office 2002, but is NOT available for office
2000 and 97, which many people, especially home users, still use. [...]
If you're talking of 'Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word,
Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats' -
it's working too with e.g. my old Word2000 ...
(.docx -> .doc -> .odt / .odt -> .doc -> .docx -
but without profound tests).
[ s.o. having used with success e.g. even Word97 ->
http://de.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=users&msgNo=64197 ]
The importance is:
It's working with the free available viewers from Microsoft ...
[see also: Brian Barker ->
http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=146523 ]
Information and download:
'FileFormatConverters.exe'/v2.0/27.1 MB [11/6/2006]
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en
Another example of the arrogance and megalomania of MS....
There are remaining enough ...
(e.g. the format Office 'Open' XML itself) ... ;-)
Manfred
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