MS Office: How to open Docx files in Word 2003 or Word XP?

How to open Docx files in Word 2003 or Word XP?

Posted Date: 05-Jul-2010		Category: Microsoft Office
Author: Mobin Ali	Member Level: Silver
Rating:	Points: 12 (Rs 6)

If you are using Microsoft Office Word 2003 document with doc file extension. But you have file of the Office 2007 document file with docx extension and you want to open that file in Word 2003 or Word XP.
Open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the Open XML file formats which were introduced to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint beginning with Office 2007.

Download the Office compatibility pack (File Format Converter) after that install Office compatibility pack in your pc. By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able to open, edit, and save files using the file formats in newer versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint . The Compatibility Pack can also be used in conjunction with the Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003, Excel Viewer 2003, and PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to view files saved in these new formats. Your can open docx file in Word 2003 or Word XP and save files in Office Open XML docx format.

Instruction for download Office compatibility pack:

Go to google search engine and type keyword ‘download file format converter’ you see multiple links but Click the first link on the google search engine than download file format converter and install in you pc and now open docx file in word 2003.

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