opening word documents

brow_601

my trial version of office 2007 just expired.i finished a document and saved it, and because the computers in my college only have 2003 i went to save it again but it wouldn't let me as the trial ran out.is there any way i can open the file i have in the 2007 format in 2003?or iis there any other programme that will allow me to open it and convert it?

thanks

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Get OpenOffice

brow_601

i was thinking that, just wanted to know if there was something handier since its quite a big file to download

trout

You could try Abiword ... much smaller download ... it may struggle with 2007 documents, depending on the format.

Still ... it's < 6 Mb to download, and it's open source.

http://www.abisource.com/download/

brow_601

trout wrote: »

You could try Abiword ... much smaller download ... it may struggle with 2007 documents, depending on the format.

Still ... it's < 6 Mb to download, and it's open source.

http://www.abisource.com/download/

tried it, won't open the 2007 file

Archytas

There's a freely available MS add-on for 2003 that will allow you to open any 2007 document.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en

There ya go....

EDIT: Actually - you're not going to be able to install it are ya...

trout

brow_601 wrote: »

tried it, won't open the 2007 file

Long shot ... Google Docs ?

Question - what format is your document ... is it .doc or .docx ?
Question - what happens when you try to open it in Office 2003

brow_601

trout wrote: »

Long shot ... Google Docs ?

Question - what format is your document ... is it .doc or .docx ?
Question - what happens when you try to open it in Office 2003

its docx
when i try open it with 03 it opens about 8000 pages of numbers and stuff...i'm not so good with the technical terms

trout

Umm ... obvious question; do you know anyone with Office 2007 installed who could convert the file for you, using Save As ?

If not, like Archytas said, there is a free add-on to Office 2003 that makes it compatible with docx format -> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

Can you download/install this on a machine with Office 2003 ?

If that is not a runner, and you don't want to go down the OpenOffice route for whatever reason, the only other thing I can suggest is an online conversion site; I've not used them, so I can't comment on how good they are ... http://www.zamzar.com/ is one I've heard mentioned. I'm sure Google search will give you more results.

brow_601

trout wrote: »

Umm ... obvious question; do you know anyone with Office 2007 installed who could convert the file for you, using Save As ?

If not, like Archytas said, there is a free add-on to Office 2003 that makes it compatible with docx format -> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

Can you download/install this on a machine with Office 2003 ?

If that is not a runner, and you don't want to go down the OpenOffice route for whatever reason, the only other thing I can suggest is an online conversion site; I've not used them, so I can't comment on how good they are ... http://www.zamzar.com/ is one I've heard mentioned. I'm sure Google search will give you more results.

i could probably install that yeah, thanks

dulpit

I've used Zamzar once or twice (needed to hand something up in college, had it in the wrong format) and it worked grand, was able to convert to pdf or doc no hassle...

It's handy if you only need to convert 1 file, it'll save you downloading a new program..

irlrobins

If you want PM me and you can email the file to me. I can open in 2003 (as I have plugin installed) and then resave it as 2003 and email back to you. Prob the quickest and easiest way.