Convert MS Office 2007 .docx to doc

12 01 08'

Written by Pottson

2 Comments

I was working at office, I opened up my system and checked my mails, I got an attachment which when I opened gave me an error. Now here was a problem to solve. The attachment was word file with extension .docx. All files created in MS Office 2007 have different extensions and they do not open in earlier versions of office. Now what is to be done? I will give one permanent & temporary solution. But both are pretty simple.

1. Permanent solution

Download from Microsoft site a “COMPATIBILITY PACK” for word, Excel and PPT 2007 file formats.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displayLang=en#

Run the .exe like any other normal exe. It is installed with some simple steps. Once the installation is done, your 2007 files open just like that. You do not even realize the file is of a newer version.

2. Temporary solution

Go to www.zamzar.com. (Actually this site allows conversion of any type of file to any other)

On the site you have to go through 3 steps

* upload the file you need to convert
* choose the format you want
* provide a mail ID for them to send you link.

The process is actually a little messy. They will not mail you the converted file. They will send you a link which takes you back to their site and you can download from there. So better think of the content in the file before you upload for conversion. Security matters right.

Happy browsing till I catch you next week.

VN:F [1.1.4_465]
Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

Category:

1

Tagged with:

Share it:

Comments on: "Convert MS Office 2007 .docx to doc" (2)

  1. Vaibhavi said:
    January 27, 2009 at 10:54 am

    Hi all,

    I am working for a software integrator company. My projects includes working on Java and Ruby on Rails and Ajax. I think Web Services is really cool. We also recently have to now work on REST and they are talking about mashups and Struts. Can anyone tell me if there are some good training or conferences so that me and my team members can get to speed with these technologies. Learning from books is not my cup of tea, even not when I was doing engineering ;)

    All the help that group members can provide in this regard is much appreciated.

    Thanks,
    Vaibhavi

    VA:F [1.1.4_465]
    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

  2. anaz said:
    January 27, 2009 at 11:31 am

    Hi Vaibhavi,

    There are several online resources available that you just google for. If any of your team like to read then quality books from wiley and oreilly cover such technologies in detail.

    I also highly recommend you could attend the upcoming Great Indian Developer Summit (http://www.developersummit.com) that is covering Java, Agile, REST, JAX-RS, mashups, .NET, Rich Web, JPA, SOA, rich user experiences, Spring, Groovy and more. They have most of the creators of these technologies as speakers. My team is attending this summit 22-25 apr at IISc campus where we are attending the web conference on April 23 and java on April 24. We have been able to get very good discounts. Maybe all those who are interested from your group can sign up together and get a good bargain from them. what say? I also attended last year’s conference and had a really cool time.

    In Hyderabad there is Sun Tech Days with some sun speakers.

    Thanks,
    Anaz

    VA:F [1.1.4_465]
    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

Leave a comment for: "Convert MS Office 2007 .docx to doc"

Tag Cloud