MSOffice new formats
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MSOffice new formats
Hi,
Well, they're really not all that new. Does anybody have an opinion about the MSOffice 'x' formats (e.g. docx and xlsx)?
I have pretty much avoided them to keep things compatible with one of my computes. However, Excel has been acting up on a couple of spreadsheets lately. Seems to run slowly at times. Went better after I redid things with xlsx.
Comments appreciated,
hj
Well, they're really not all that new. Does anybody have an opinion about the MSOffice 'x' formats (e.g. docx and xlsx)?
I have pretty much avoided them to keep things compatible with one of my computes. However, Excel has been acting up on a couple of spreadsheets lately. Seems to run slowly at times. Went better after I redid things with xlsx.
Comments appreciated,
hj
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I haven't seen any problems with the new formats..
As far as compatibility Microsoft has a free file converter to use on older office installations to allow it to read the new format..
Open a Word 2007 document in an earlier version of Word - Word - Office.com
As far as compatibility Microsoft has a free file converter to use on older office installations to allow it to read the new format..
Open a Word 2007 document in an earlier version of Word - Word - Office.com
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Don't the newer versions of Excel and Word have compatibility views? I had the same issue with Excel Invoices I create and some Word docs sent in the .docx format I couldn't open with Word 2000.
I hate the new Windows 7----don't even start the computer that has it---still running XP Pro here!
I hate the new Windows 7----don't even start the computer that has it---still running XP Pro here!
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Newer versions of Office can open older Office documents with no problem.
Newer versions of Office have the ability to save documents in older formats for older versions of Office to open with no problem.
I use Office 2007 quite often, but I'm not a big fan of Office 2010 - that "bar" thing they did up at the top is a bit goofy...
Newer versions of Office have the ability to save documents in older formats for older versions of Office to open with no problem.
I use Office 2007 quite often, but I'm not a big fan of Office 2010 - that "bar" thing they did up at the top is a bit goofy...
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