6 Alternative Opening document Microsoft Office 2007 docx

Since the emergence of Microsoft Office 2007, many users without thinking long (follow-follow-up) move to the new Office. Although sometimes only be used for typing as usual / previous. It is sometimes making a standard document format is different from the previous version of office, the original pro extension *. doc *. docx switch.





Often the office in 2003 for the user down a word or other difficulties to open the docx file if this does not have Office 2007. So sometimes there is a (forced) to install Office 2007. Actually there are several ways (alternative) free open / edit the document file office 2007 (docx), without having to install Office 2007.

Docx is the new format of Microsoft Word 2007. The format is also added to the ekstenxi x, for example xls -> xlsx (MS Excel), ppt -> pptx (power point). Microsoft may hold if the format changed to make many users would also not need to have (buy) Microsoft Office 2007. This technique seems quite successful, especially for computer users in Indonesia (who always want to install some of the latest program, regardless of ability, performance and effectiveness).

Nevertheless, not all computer users to easily switch to Office 2007, due to various reasons, such as the performance of a more slow, the interface that is far different from the previous version, so the other and even confusing. Due in part to use Office 2007 and Office 2003 to use part of the down, Open Office or other word, many people often find it difficult if the document with the docx format.

Some way to open the File Docx (Office 2007)

1. Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack

Microsoft itself does not fully leave the previous version of Office products. They provide special tools so that previous versions of office (2000, 2002/Xp, 2003) can open and edit the new format, a format such as docx, xlsx and pptx.
But some may not know.
Download Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack (~ 27.5 MB)
Or if we only want to open these documents, we can download the application Word Viewer (docx, 24.5 MB) Excel Viewer (xlsx, 74.1 MB) Power Point Viewer (pptx, 25.8 MB)

2. OpenOffice 3

One of the best alternative for Microsoft Office. The latest version, OpenOffice 3 already have facilities to open Office 2007 format. After I tried with a format that is quite complex, OpenOffice can still display all its contents, even though some have changed the format.

If we want to edit the document, the first dimpan with other formats such as doc or odt (OpenOffice standard format), as docx format can only be opened and not (not) be in the edit directly. Size Installasi windows for around 145 MB, Download OpenOffice

3. Online Format Conversion

For those who have internet connection, and does not want to install additional applications, can use the facilities Free Online File Conversion. There are several sites that provide online conversi format, for example:

Zamzar, support a maximum of 100 MB, and we live to enter the email address will be sent the results dokumentersebut conversion. In addition to document conversion zamzar also provide audio, video, image and other.

Docx Converter, we live like before uploading the document in docx format, choose the format and fill in the email will send the results conversions.

4. Opening with OpenXML Viewer Plug-in browser Mozilla Firefox

In addition to working as a web browser, Mozilla Firefox can also use us to open a docx document with one of the plugins OpenXML Viewer. With this plugin we opened docx as regards to its XML format. But we can not edit it. Plugins are available for firefox linux and windows.

Download OpenXML Viewer (10.9 MB Linux, Windows 3.6 MB. OpenXMLViewer_win_firefox.zip select for Windows)

5. Applications using AbiWord

Abiword open source program is a word that is quite popular, multi-platform (Windows, Linux, QNX, FreeBSD and Solaris). With the size of the installation program, only about 5.95 MB, we can get the features of a Word Processing almost classmates Microsoft word. By adding the installation AbiWord Plugins (900 KB), we can get additional features various import-export format document formats including Office 2007. But if there is a format that is complex, sometimes can not be opened fully to the good (not as well as OpenOffice 3)

More information and downloads at AbiSource

6. Using free software Docx2rtf

If the document docx format simple, we can convert into RTF format with this program. Then the result can be opened with WordPad or an older version of Office. In addition to the office in 2007, Docx2rtf can also convert the format of OpenOffice (asw and odt), open and print the pdf documents, html, rtf, txt, pdb (PalmOS Database documents), prc (Aportis).

Download Docx2rtf (2.56 MB)