When Jonathan Schondorfer wrote: >> Dear sirs >> >> I have just downloaded Open Office 2.3 and I am trying to open >> Microsoft Office 2007 documents for some reason it will >> not open them it just comes up with this screen
James Knott replied: > OpenOffice does not currently support Office 2007 files and neither does > anything else, other than Office 2007. You'll have to arrange for the > files to be saved in older Microsoft Office formats. For those that need to view M$ Office 2007 files without purchasing Office 2007, the following M$ websites may be useful: <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891090> How to obtain the latest Microsoft Word Viewer <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923505/> How to install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack so that you can use earlier versions of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word to open and to save files from 2007 Office programs <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en> Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Brief Description Open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007. But be forewarned - The following text is from the 2nd of the urls provided above: Step 4: Visit Microsoft Update again To verify that you have all of the latest updates to the Compatibility Pack, vist the Microsoft Update Web site again: http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us If you believe that and want M$ to "scan your computer to determine whether Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft programs are up to date", go ahead. I won't! (And I'll be changing to Linux before too long). "Microsoft Update will scan the computer to determine whether Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft programs are up to date. If Windows or the Microsoft programs on the computer are up to date, you will not be prompted to install the latest updates." The question is, what is it really looking for and what else will it do to your system? Douglas Hinds --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
