Do you want to open Microsoft Office 2007 document without installing Office 2007? If you already have an older version of Microsoft Office for example Office 2003, you can actually open Microsoft office 2007 files with the extensions “.docx”, “.xlsx”, and “.pptx”.

This problem normally occur when you are trying to open a newer Microsoft Office document such as Office 2007 using an older version of MS office. The documents saved by the new office software are not backward compatible directly. But there is a very useful and easy add-on available from Microsoft itself.

There is a simple workaround to save your documents in such a way that will open it on any computer with older version of Microsoft Office.

Download Microsoft Compatibility Fix

This compatibility pack enable you to open newer Microsoft Office documents with the extensions .docx , .xlsx and .pptx with the older versions of Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003. You not only can open the documents but you can also edit, and save them using the newer file formats in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007. You just need to download Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack and install it on your computer which has the older version of Microsoft Office.

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