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| − | The files produced by Microsoft Office 2007 are also called Office Open XML, OpenXML, OOXML, Office 12, .docx, .docm, .xlsx, etc. ([http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/e077da98-0216-45eb-b6a7-957f9c510a851033.mspx?mfr=true full list]). | + | The files produced by Microsoft Office 2007 are also called Office Open XML, OpenXML, OOXML, Office 12, .docx, .docm, .xlsx, etc. ([http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/e077da98-0216-45eb-b6a7-957f9c510a851033.mspx?mfr=true full list]). |
| − | * | + | * OpenOffice.org 3 can open these files, but it cannot save in these formats. |
| − | * Use an OpenOffice.org variant which | + | |
| + | If you are using an older version of OOo 2.x, you have several options: | ||
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| + | * Upgrade to OOo 3. It's free. | ||
| + | * Use an OpenOffice.org 2.x variant which includes the xmlfilter code: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/ooop OxygenOffice Professional] ([http://www.oooninja.com/2008/02/word-2007-docx-converter-oxygenoffice.html <span title="Review of how well OxygenOffice imports .docx files as well as an overview of Office Open XML in OxygenOffice and OpenOffice.org">review</span>]), [http://go-oo.org/ Your OpenOffice.org (go-ooo.org)] | ||
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* Use OdfConverter integrated with [http://www.neooffice.org NeoOffice], Novell OpenOffice.org, or Ubuntu OpenOffice.org | * Use OdfConverter integrated with [http://www.neooffice.org NeoOffice], Novell OpenOffice.org, or Ubuntu OpenOffice.org | ||
Revision as of 11:15, 14 October 2008
How do I open Microsoft Office 2007 files?
The files produced by Microsoft Office 2007 are also called Office Open XML, OpenXML, OOXML, Office 12, .docx, .docm, .xlsx, etc. (full list).
- OpenOffice.org 3 can open these files, but it cannot save in these formats.
If you are using an older version of OOo 2.x, you have several options:
- Upgrade to OOo 3. It's free.
- Use an OpenOffice.org 2.x variant which includes the xmlfilter code: OxygenOffice Professional (review), Your OpenOffice.org (go-ooo.org)
- Use OdfConverter integrated with NeoOffice, Novell OpenOffice.org, or Ubuntu OpenOffice.org
- Use OdfConverter integrated in any OpenOffice.org in Windows or any Linux with odf-converter-integrator.
- Use OdfConverter via the command line (good for automated conversions) in Windows or Linux.
- Use Zamzar.com (review) which converts documents online.
- Use the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats even if you do not have any Microsoft Office.
- Use Docx2rtf (review).
- Use Adobe Buzzword, an online word processor.
- Use Office 2007 to convert the document.
- Ask whoever sent you the document to use a different format.
- As a last resort you can rename a copy of the file to .ZIP filetype, and access the content that way. This is of limited use for Powerpoint & Excel files, and works best for Word documents where the main content is in 'document.xml'.
To view the file correctly, you may also need the new Office 2007 fonts.
