open office 95 and earlier files in 2007 tedescoj 12/2/2008 3:26:00 PM Is there a way I can open or convert files from office 97 and earlier in office 2007?

Re: open office 95 and earlier files in 2007 Steve Rindsberg <abuse[ at ]localhost.com> 12/2/2008 5:50:40 PM In article <B66E484B-93EB-46D5-BE60-55A50280EC42[ at ]microsoft.com>, Tedescoj wrote: [Quoted Text] > Is there a way I can open or convert files from office 97 and earlier in > office 2007? Office 97 files should be openable in most if not all of the Office 2007 apps. Earlier versions won't be, at least on some of the Office 2007 apps. You don't say which apps you're concerned with, so a more specific answer isn't possible. In any case, you'll probably have to find an earlier copy of Office or get someone who has one to open older files and resave them in a more current format.

Re: open office 95 and earlier files in 2007 tedescoj 12/2/2008 6:13:01 PM I am concerned about opening word 95 and earlier in 2007. I work at an education institute and our professors have very old documents they need to modify. "Steve Rindsberg" wrote [Quoted Text] > In article <B66E484B-93EB-46D5-BE60-55A50280EC42[ at ]microsoft.com>, Tedescoj > wrote: > > Is there a way I can open or convert files from office 97 and earlier in > > office 2007? > > Office 97 files should be openable in most if not all of the Office 2007 > apps. > > Earlier versions won't be, at least on some of the Office 2007 apps. > > You don't say which apps you're concerned with, so a more specific answer > isn't possible. > > In any case, you'll probably have to find an earlier copy of Office or get > someone who has one to open older files and resave them in a more current > format. > >

Re: open office 95 and earlier files in 2007 Steve Rindsberg <abuse[ at ]localhost.com> 12/3/2008 9:45:41 PM In article <F3C005FE-EC55-4D20-A2C6-9184B0BEF898[ at ]microsoft.com>, Tedescoj wrote: [Quoted Text] > I am concerned about opening word 95 and earlier in 2007. I work at an > education institute and our professors have very old documents they need to > modify. Then my answer applies. You can't open Office 95 documents in Office 2007. You'll have to find an intermediate version to do the conversion. > > "Steve Rindsberg" wrote > > > In article <B66E484B-93EB-46D5-BE60-55A50280EC42[ at ]microsoft.com>, Tedescoj > > wrote: > > > Is there a way I can open or convert files from office 97 and earlier in > > > office 2007? > > > > Office 97 files should be openable in most if not all of the Office 2007 > > apps. > > > > Earlier versions won't be, at least on some of the Office 2007 apps. > > > > You don't say which apps you're concerned with, so a more specific answer > > isn't possible. > > > > In any case, you'll probably have to find an earlier copy of Office or get > > someone who has one to open older files and resave them in a more current > > format. > > > >

Re: open office 95 and earlier files in 2007 Peter Flynn <peter.nosp[ at ]m.silmaril.ie> 12/13/2008 10:00:49 PM tedescoj wrote: [Quoted Text] > I am concerned about opening word 95 and earlier in 2007. I work at an > education institute and our professors have very old documents they need to > modify. While you're at it, you might want to use the opportunity to alert them to the dangers of storing important information in file formats that become obsolete. This has been a known risk in business and academia for at least 30 years and it has improved only marginally with the use of XML for office documents. See http://epu.ucc.ie/doc/markup for an explanation. ///Peter > "Steve Rindsberg" wrote > >> In article <B66E484B-93EB-46D5-BE60-55A50280EC42[ at ]microsoft.com>, Tedescoj >> wrote: >>> Is there a way I can open or convert files from office 97 and earlier in >>> office 2007? >> Office 97 files should be openable in most if not all of the Office 2007 >> apps. >> >> Earlier versions won't be, at least on some of the Office 2007 apps. >> >> You don't say which apps you're concerned with, so a more specific answer >> isn't possible. >> >> In any case, you'll probably have to find an earlier copy of Office or get >> someone who has one to open older files and resave them in a more current >> format. >> >>

Re: open office 95 and earlier files in 2007 Steve Rindsberg <abuse[ at ]localhost.com> 12/14/2008 4:05:59 AM Since you suggested Open Office in another thread, do you happen to know whether it'll open PPT95 files? If so, it might be a lot simpler to install and use it than to find an older legal version of PPT. In article <6qipkhFc4248U1[ at ]mid.individual.net>, Peter Flynn wrote: [Quoted Text] > tedescoj wrote: > > I am concerned about opening word 95 and earlier in 2007. I work at an > > education institute and our professors have very old documents they need to > > modify. > > While you're at it, you might want to use the opportunity to alert them > to the dangers of storing important information in file formats that > become obsolete. This has been a known risk in business and academia for > at least 30 years and it has improved only marginally with the use of > XML for office documents. > > See http://epu.ucc.ie/doc/markup for an explanation. > > ///Peter > > > "Steve Rindsberg" wrote > > > >> In article <B66E484B-93EB-46D5-BE60-55A50280EC42[ at ]microsoft.com>, Tedescoj > >> wrote: > >>> Is there a way I can open or convert files from office 97 and earlier in > >>> office 2007? > >> Office 97 files should be openable in most if not all of the Office 2007 > >> apps. > >> > >> Earlier versions won't be, at least on some of the Office 2007 apps. > >> > >> You don't say which apps you're concerned with, so a more specific answer > >> isn't possible. > >> > >> In any case, you'll probably have to find an earlier copy of Office or get > >> someone who has one to open older files and resave them in a more current > >> format. > >> > >>

Re: open office 95 and earlier files in 2007 Peter Flynn <peter.nosp[ at ]m.silmaril.ie> 12/14/2008 5:36:31 PM Steve Rindsberg wrote: [Quoted Text] > Since you suggested Open Office in another thread, do you happen to know whether > it'll open PPT95 files? If so, it might be a lot simpler to install and use it > than to find an older legal version of PPT. I haven't tried, but I see no reason why not. It opens pretty much everything I throw at it. ///Peter