Where can I find the Office 2007 Compatibilty Pack?

Office 2007 - Application Compatibility Issues

This document details issues that may arise while using Office 2007 with campus services and other applications

General

• File Compatibility (Windows)

  The default 2007 Microsoft Office file format is new, and incompatible with all previous versions of Microsoft Office. Users can change the default file format in Word 2007 to the .doc (previous) format by doing this:

  Office button > Word Options > Save > Save files in this format: Word 97-2003 Document (*.doc)

  The procedure for changing the default file format for Excel and PowerPoint is similar.

  Users of pre-Office 2007 Windows versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint can use the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats, to make it possible to view and create files in the new Office 2007 file formats. This helps ensure that users of Office 2007 can continue to work with third-party solutions based on earlier versions, and users of earlier versions of Office can work with their colleagues, suppliers, customers, and others who have upgraded.

  • The Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats is available here.

    File Compatibility (Mac)

    A Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter is available for Office 2004 for Mac in Beta format. These converters will enable Office 2004 for the Mac to use the Open XML format for documents. Since the software is in Beta version. This converter is located here.

    Office 2008 for the Mac is scheduled to be delivered in January 2008. This latest version of the Office suite for the Mac will use the Office Open XML formats natively, making it compatible with Office 2007.

Applications and Services

• Adobe Acrobat Standard/Professional

  1. The Acrobat PDF printer functionality from Adobe Acrobat 6,7, or 8 works with Office 2007.

  2. The Adobe PDFMaker functionality from Adobe Acrobat 6,7,8 is not supported with Office 2007. PDFMaker is a plugin that provides the ability to create PDF documents from within Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, AutoCAD, and Lotus Notes.

  See the Adobe Knowledge Base article, "Acrobat PDF-capable web browsers and PDFMaker-compatible applications," for the full PDFMaker compatibility list.

  http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/333504.html

• Adobe Reader

  1. Adobe Reader 6,7,8 is compatible with PDF documents made with the Microsoft "Save as PDF Add-in for 2007 Microsoft Office programs" plugin.

     http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4D951911-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en

  2. Adobe Reader 6,7,8 is compatible with PDF files made from Office 2007 documents that are converted with Acrobat PDF printer