Nifty Office Downloads

If you are running a version of Office prior to 2007 and someone sends you a document that is saved in the new 2007 format (.docx, .xlsx, etc.), you will not be able to open the documents. Microsoft has provided those of us who are not on 2007 a way to open the new extensions using our current versions of Office. You can download the file format converters on Microsoft’s website. Just install the converters, and the next time you try to open a document in the new format it will convert the document so that you can open it, and then save it back as an original file extension (.doc, .xls, etc.).

There’s also a nifty download for people who have the new Office 2007 and want to save their documents as a PDF or XPS file. Just download and install the executable file and you will get a new save option in your Save As menu for the two formats.