Microsoft office compatibility pack access 2007 file formats

Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Office - Planning, Deployment, and Compatibility. This IT Professional forum is specific to the Office version. Sign in to vote. I want to edit the file and also retain the name of it. Any help in this is appretiated. Tuesday, August 17, AM. I found it Bruno Rezende.

Details required :. Cancel Submit. DaveM Independent Advisor. Hi O'COnnor Microsoft Office Word and Excel use the exact same file format as Office , so there should be absolutely no compatibility issues when opening those files from the version of Office. When you open an older file, you may be prompted to save that in the newest format to allow you to edit those documents, but that is about all the difficulties your will encounter.

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No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Users can also directly open the new file formats by just double clicking on them. Jump to: navigation , search. Using the Office Compatibility Pack Once the compatibility pack is successfully installed, the 'open' and 'save as' dropdown options in Word, Excel, and Powerpoint will now include Microsoft Office formats.