 Office 2007 File Formats
Office 2007 uses new file formats for its Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.
The Bad News: These new file formats are not compatible with older versions of Office.
The Good News: There are converters that enable older versions of Office to open and save in these new file formats!
ITS has installed these converters on all lab, classroom, faculty and staff computers on campus. If you're a faculty member or staff, you don't need to do a thing. (We have done all of the heavy lifting for you!)
If you would like to install the converters on your personal computer, you can download them from the Microsoft Office
Compatibility Pack web page.
Note: There are currently no converters for the Mac system Office 2004. Office 2008 for the Mac has the conversion capability built in and is now available. There is no word on whether there will be converters for older versions of Office for the Mac.
To ensure a smooth exchange of documents with others, please refer to the following matrix.
|
Sender Uses: |
Office 95
Office 97
Office 98
Office 2000
Office XP
Office 2003
Office 2004 (Mac)
 |
Office 2007
Office 2008 (Mac)
|
Recipient
Uses: |
Office 95
Office 97
Office 98
Office 2000
Office XP
Office 2003
|
No problem. |
Sender saves files in
the
older Office file
format, or
Recipient installs the
Microsoft Office
Compatibility Pack. |
Office 2007
Office 2008 (Mac) |
No problem. |
No problem. |
| Office 2004 (Mac) |
No problem. |
Sender saves files in
the
older Office file
format, or
Recipient upgrades to
Office 2008. There are
no import/export tools
for Office 2004. |
Return to the Office 2007 Online Help Page.
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