Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: DocX

On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com> wrote:
> > Note that those [the freeware Microsoft viewers for Word, Excel, and
> > Powerpoint document files] will not open .docx files: ...
>
>
> Natively, this is true, but read on ...
>
>
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891090 "Please note that there was not a
> > Word Viewer created for Word Viewer 2007 or Word Viewer 2010. To view Word
> > 2007 and 2010 documents, please download the following link and install the
> > Office Compatibility Pack noted below"
> >
> > I like the typos on the MS site! The "following link" links to an Office
> > Compatibility Pack for older versions of MS Office, so those with no MS
> > Office installed cannot view Word 2007/2010 files.
>
>
> I think you miss the point here: the instruction is both to download (the
> viewer) and install the Compatibility Pack.
>
> The Compatibility Pack is indeed intended for systems with Microsoft Office
> XP (2002) or 2003 and it enables those versions of Office, as modified, to
> open, edit, and save documents in the new "x" formats.  But it is equally
> applicable to the freeware viewers (which are effectively cut-down versions
> of components of Office 2003) and enables the viewers, as similarly
> modified, to open, display, and print documents in the newer formats too.

Hi, Brian. Are you suggesting that the compatibility packs update the
Word | Powerpoint | Excel Viewers? I understood that to not be the
case when I last tried some years ago (~2009, and the code has not
been updated since I see).




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