Ways to open MS Office 2007 docx files for free.

markiemark_3

Also you can use google docs if you have a gmail email account.

You can create upload word/excel files if you dont fancy using microsoft

Although there are both about the same size in relation to taking over the internet etc etc

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superscaper

markiemark wrote: »

Also you can use google docs if you have a gmail email account.

You can create upload word/excel files if you dont fancy using microsoft

Although there are both about the same size in relation to taking over the internet etc etc

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Google docs doesn't appear to be relevant to the OP. I.e. it can't handle docx files. In other words (as far as I know) google docs is NOT a way to open docx files.

doomesday90

Can someone help me out please. I've downloaded open office and it does serve some purposes. however, I've put my CV on it and tried to send it out as an attachment via e-mail but firms say they can't open it because its not word. All this faffing about is driving me nuts. Can't I just download Word for free from anywhere?

dogsbodyorg

In Open Office just select File, Save As, and pick "Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc)".

That will save the file as a doc file as opposed to an odt file.

The other option is to click File, export as PDF

I hope that helps

BTBW

I'm a non techie! Have Windows xp and outdated MS Works on an old pc. Sometimes if I email documents,they cannot be opened/converted by others. Is it possible for me to get either MS Word or MS Office.If so,what advantages are there?Will it affect my stored documents on my pc? BTBW

superscaper

BTBW wrote: »

I'm a non techie! Have Windows xp and outdated MS Works on an old pc. Sometimes if I email documents,they cannot be opened/converted by others. Is it possible for me to get either MS Word or MS Office.If so,what advantages are there?Will it affect my stored documents on my pc? BTBW

You're better off posting your own thread (not really relevant to this one). Of course it's possible to get MS Word or MS Office but up to you whether you think they're worth the money or better off getting the free Open Office. The reason others are struggling with attachments you send is because Works saves in it's own formats and either the person receiving has to also have Works or faff about trying to convert the file formats. At least Open Office can save in standard (older) MS Office formats that most people can open.

If you can afford it MS Office 2007 is far better than Open Office. If you've got anything other than Office 2003 (i.e. older or the restrictive Works etc) then change over to Open Office as it'll be superior.

Patr100

dogsbodyorg wrote: »

Open Office v2.4.1 doesn't yet support docx (I believe that's coming in v2.5) however you can install the free Office Compatibility Pack on a machine with Open Office to add support.

So does this definitely work with Open Office only installed to enable it to open docx files? - ie without MS Office/Word?

milo1973

superscaper wrote: »

You're better off posting your own thread (not really relevant to this one). Of course it's possible to get MS Word or MS Office but up to you whether you think they're worth the money or better off getting the free Open Office. The reason others are struggling with attachments you send is because Works saves in it's own formats and either the person receiving has to also have Works or faff about trying to convert the file formats. At least Open Office can save in standard (older) MS Office formats that most people can open.

If you can afford it MS Office 2007 is far better than Open Office. If you've got anything other than Office 2003 (i.e. older or the restrictive Works etc) then change over to Open Office as it'll be superior.

I would like to remain application agnostic here and just point out the facts. Its not really in Microsoft's interest to make this easy for you to do or to make Office inter-operable with any other application, like OpenOffice (and why not: its their business). However with a little effort all of the above can be achieved, for free, rather than buying a commodity application for a hundred-odd quid. One application being 'better' than another is a matter of preference, but if the main criteria is cost, which I assume is why people are reading this, then OOo is by far the 'better' choice.

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superscaper

milo1973 wrote: »

I would like to remain application agnostic here and just point out the facts. Its not really in Microsoft's interest to make this easy for you to do or to make Office inter-operable with any other application, like OpenOffice (and why not: its their business). However with a little effort all of the above can be achieved, for free, rather than buying a commodity application for a hundred-odd quid. One application being 'better' than another is a matter of preference, but if the main criteria is cost, which I assume is why people are reading this, then OOo is by far the 'better' choice.

:beer:

Depends on individual circumstance which is why I said "if you can afford it" meaning whether it's worth the money for you as an individual. For me spending less than £40 to get Office 2007 Ultimate was definitely worth it and there's no free alternatives that cover all the programs. Plus in my case I use a lot of apps that are only compatible with MS Office. I think I qualified my statements already so I'm not sure what you're getting at in quoting my post.

As for the personal preference I don't think that's quite true, Office 2007 is much better than OpenOffice and you can see that when you use them side by side. I don't really know anyone who thinks from, an application point of view that OO is better than 2007. OO was about the same as 2003 in functionality but it's a bit better than that now but it still seems a generation behind 2007.

dogsbodyorg

Personally I think MS Office 2007 was a step backwards. They peaked with Office 2003 and it feels like they changed everything in 2007 just to say it was different

I'll stick with Open Office myself