Microsoft Office 2007 Compatibility Issues
This entry was posted on 3/2/2008 11:24 PM and is filed under Microsoft,Miscellaneous,Tips and Tricks.
If you purchased a new computer in the past year, chances are you are
using some version of Microsoft Office 2007, but the great majority of
my clients have not yet migrated to Office 2007. That's too bad, as it's
a definite improvement; but I digress...
Microsoft introduced several new file formats in Office 2007 - .docx for Word, .xlsx for
Excel, etc. The end result of this shift is that there have been an
increasing number of issues this past several months with clients who
either couldn't open a document that had been sent to them, or had
clients/coworkers who could not open a document they had created in Office 2007.
There are a couple of simple fixes that can resolve this issue.
If you don't have Office 2007, and but you do have Office 2000, XP, or 2003 installed on your system:Download and install the
Compatibility Pack. This will allow you to convert and read documents created in Office 2007.
If
you already have Office 2007 and are receiving complaints from others
about being unable to open your files, you have a few choices. - You
can point them to the compatibility pack above; they will likely need
to install it or upgrade in the coming year as more people move to
Office 2007.
- You can use the "Save As" feature within your
program and save the file as an Office 97-2003 document. This option is
available to you in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- If you are
experiencing consistent issues, you can also change the program defaults to
save all documents in the older format. To do this, click the
Office Button (It used to be "File.") and then select Options from the
lower left. Click the "Save" button on the left, and then select Office
97 - 2003 from the list. (See below)
As usual, if you have any questions, please give us a call.
NCTCS 
