Opening Office 2003 document files (doc, xls, ppt) in office 2007 would not be a problem, because the document can still be opened. But it would be different if the file from Office 2007 to open using office 2003, will become a problem.
If the Word 2007 file is opened using Word 2003, Excel 2007 file is opened using Excel 2003 or PowerPoint 2007 is opened using PowerPoint 2003, then the file can not be opened. This is because different file formats, the Office 2003 file formats are doc for word, xls to pdf for excel and powerpoint. While on ms office 2007 file formats are docx for Word, xlsx for Excel and pptx for PowerPoint.
In order files word, excel, ppt 2007 be able to be opened using ms word, excel, PowerPoint 2003, Microsoft has released the Microsoft compatibility pack for free to do the job. By installing FileFormatConverters.exe, you will have your word 2007 file able to be opened using MS Word 2003, as well as with Excel and PowerPoint files. to download fileformatconverters (Microsoft compatibility pack) (37 mb) please click the link below:
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