How do I open Microsoft Office 2007 files?

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. (other extensions).

• OpenOffice.org 3 can open these files, but it cannot save in these formats.

If you imperfections with OOO 3.0 or 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.