With the release of Microsoft office 2007 Microsoft changed the extensions for its
MS-word,
Powerpoint and
Excel.Files saved with default extensions (
docx,xlsx,pptx)
with Microsoft office 2007 can’t be opened in office 2003.If you don’t
have the finances to upgrade office 2003 then there are some free
alternative solutions to open these files.
There are four different methods using which you can
open docx file without Microsoft office 2007.If you have a xlsx file you can use the following methods to open it.
Use Microsoft Compatibility Pack
After getting the negative response from the users Microsoft has
released a compatibility pack that allows Microsoft Office 2007 files to
be opened in Office 2003 and using this pack you can also change, edit,
save 2007 Excel files in 2003 format.
Click here to get this compatible pack.This compatibility pack can also be used to open Ms-Word 2007 files in Ms-Word 2003.
Download Excel Viewer
If you don’t have any version of Ms-Office installed in your computer then you can download and install
Excel Viewer
from the Microsoft official website using which you can open, view and
print Excel workbook.You can’t edit xlxs files in Excel viewer.
Download Open office
If you have to edit xlxs files but don’t have MS-Office then you can download and install
Open Office. Open Office is a free and open Source program from Sun Microsystems.It can also be used for making
presentations,
word processing,
spreadsheets,
graphics,
database and many more.
