I had a client today that had some problems opening some document files that were emailed to her. Turns out that they were written in either Office 2007 or 2010 which has a new document format called XML that is used. Office 2003 does not natively have the ability to open, view or edit these files but thankfully Microsoft has given anyone in the predicament a way to update their version of Office 2003 to be capable of accessing files in saved in this format.
Users that are lucky enough to be able to keep up to date with their Office Licensing need to keep in mind that not everyone has the luxury of buying the new version when it comes out. While I love the new Ribbon and the graphic and printer support that we find in the Office 2010 package I do understand why you might not have made the leap yet. Do if you can but if you can’t visit the link listed below to download the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats convertor to give you this capability. Be sure to follow the directions shown on the page.
Download details: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats