compatibility issues between the Office 2003 and Office 2007. Because
all programs in office 2003 used the old file extensions for its
different programs. For example Word 2003 saved files with extension
.doc, Excel 2003 with .xls and PowerPoint with .ppt. but on the other
office 2007 used the new file extensions for its different programs.
For example Word 2007 saved files with extension .docx, Excel 2007 with
.xlsx and PowerPoint with .pptx. Now the problem is that when you will
try to open office 2007 files into office 2003 and you will not open the
file due to compatibility issues between both office versions.
Microsoft provides a free compatibility pack to convert office 2007
documents to the office 2003 format. There are many third party free
converter are available but here we are using Microsoft office
compatibility pack.
Follow the given steps to download free Microsoft compatibility
pack and install it.
pack and install it.
To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer
with administrative rights.
with administrative rights.
Visit the following link to download
the Microsoft compatibility pack:
the Microsoft compatibility pack:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en
When you have downloaded the file, double click on
FileFormatConverter.exe file to start the installation.
Now here it’s simply a
case of pretending you’ve read the license terms and clicking continue.
Now click on Ok button to complete the
installation.
Once the process is done, you can enjoy opening .docx files on Word
2003.
