For our school work, Microsoft Office is very much used. Students exchange MS Office files with one another for homework and projects. Based on my observation, each time a file in MS Office 2007 format (.docx, .pptx, or .xlsx) is sent to a student who uses MS Office 2003, that receiving student complains, and either makes the sender save it as a 2003 file and resend it, or sulk face in one corner of the room for not knowing how to open the 2007 file.
Let’s make a list here of few ways to open .docx, .pptx, and .xlsx files in a computer without Microsoft Office 2007. 🙂
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats
This probably is the easiest thing to do – install this MS Office compatibility pack for Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003. You will not only be able to open MS Office 2007 files in your older version of MS Office, but will also be able to edit and save files in such format.You may download this compatibility pack from its download page in the Microsoft website. For more information on its installation, you may refer to their support page.
- Convert your files:
Original file Convert into .DOCX doc – Microsoft Word Document
mp3 – Compressed audio file
odt – OpenDocument Text Document
pcx – Paintbrush Bitmap Image
pdf – Portable Document Format
png – Portable Network Graphic
ps – Postscript document
txt – Text document.PPTX html – Hypertext Markup Language
odp – OpenDocument presentation
pcx – Paintbrush Bitmap Image
pdf – Portable Document Format
png – Portable Network Graphic
ppt – Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation
ps – Postscript document
swf – Macromedia Flash Format File.XLSX csv – Comma Separated Values
html – Hypertext Markup Language
mdb – Microsoft Access Database
ods – OpenDocument spreadsheet
pcx – Graphics format
pdf – Portable Document Format
ps – Postscript document
rtf – Rich text format
xls – Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
xml – Extensible Markup Language
