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Microsoft File Format Help

With the delivery of Office 2007 there is a new file format for Word, Excel and PowerPoint based on the XML file layout. If you have an earlier version of Office you will need a program to translate the new file formats into ones you can read. Microsoft has a compatibility pack available. You can download it here but be aware that it doesn't provide total compatibility at this time. Before installing it make sure that you have installed all updates for Office

Do you need to open Microsoft Office files and don't have the appropriate program? Microsoft makes a number of free downloadable viewers to allow you to open, view and print files. These are for the standard .DOC, .XLS and .PPT file formats and work with office files through Office 2003. They are available at the links below.

Word - This will open
Word documents (.doc etc)
* Rich Text Format (.rtf)
* Text (.txt)
* Web Page formats (.htm, .html, .mht, .mhtml)
* WordPerfect 5.x (.wpd)
* WordPerfect 6.x (.doc, .wpd)
* Works 6.0 (.wps)
* Works 7.0 (.wps)
* XML (.xml)
Excel - This will open Excel Spreadsheets (.xls )
PowerPoint - This will open PowerPoint presentations (.ppt) (revised for PowerPoint 2007)
Hint -- All of these will allow you to print and you can also copy their contents and paste to another program.

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