Need to open an Office 2007 document in Office 2000

I need to find some way to open an Office 2007 document in Office 2000. My
Vista computer has died (motherboard probably) and all I have to use are XP
machines with Office 2000 on them. I've tried downloading something that was
supposed to be a 'converter' but it still won't open the Office 2007 file.
There's a document I need to access before the end of the month, but I don't
see getting my Vista machine back from the repair shop before that.

Is there a real converter out there that would let me read these Office 2007
files on my Office 2000 machine? Or could I temporarily install my Office
2007 program on my XP machine to use until I get my Vista machine back? With
all the 'authentication' steps involved, I sort of thought it would not let
me temporarily install 2007. I was also worried that installing it on the XP
would permanently ruin the 2000 installation on the XP computer (which is a
work computer).

Could someone please advise me? Thank you.

According to MS, the converter will work with Office 2000 SP3. Do you have
SP3 installed?

"Ariel" <Ariel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6248677A-37B2-456A-A931-F485A7914D84@microsoft.com...
:I need to find some way to open an Office 2007 document in Office 2000. My
: Vista computer has died (motherboard probably) and all I have to use are
XP
: machines with Office 2000 on them. I've tried downloading something that
was
: supposed to be a 'converter' but it still won't open the Office 2007 file.
: There's a document I need to access before the end of the month, but I
don't
: see getting my Vista machine back from the repair shop before that.
:
: Is there a real converter out there that would let me read these Office
2007
: files on my Office 2000 machine? Or could I temporarily install my Office
: 2007 program on my XP machine to use until I get my Vista machine back?
With
: all the 'authentication' steps involved, I sort of thought it would not
let
: me temporarily install 2007. I was also worried that installing it on the
XP
: would permanently ruin the 2000 installation on the XP computer (which is
a
: work computer).
:
: Could someone please advise me? Thank you.

Ariel wrote:
> I need to find some way to open an Office 2007 document in Office 2000. My
> Vista computer has died (motherboard probably) and all I have to use are XP
> machines with Office 2000 on them. I've tried downloading something that was
> supposed to be a 'converter' but it still won't open the Office 2007 file.
> There's a document I need to access before the end of the month, but I don't
> see getting my Vista machine back from the repair shop before that.
>
> Is there a real converter out there that would let me read these Office 2007
> files on my Office 2000 machine? Or could I temporarily install my Office
> 2007 program on my XP machine to use until I get my Vista machine back? With
> all the 'authentication' steps involved, I sort of thought it would not let
> me temporarily install 2007. I was also worried that installing it on the XP
> would permanently ruin the 2000 installation on the XP computer (which is a
> work computer).
>
> Could someone please advise me? Thank you.

Open Office -- www.openoffice.org -- will open it. Open Office is free
and will not dork your Office 2000 install. Either that or tell the
person who sent it to you to resave it in a non "x" format.

Alias

Yes, on my home machine I do. But I do not believe it has been installed on
my work computer. I will try that and keep you posted. Thank you.

Ariel

"Tom [Pepper] Willett" wrote:

> According to MS, the converter will work with Office 2000 SP3. Do you have
> SP3 installed?
>
> "Ariel" <Ariel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6248677A-37B2-456A-A931-F485A7914D84@microsoft.com...
> :I need to find some way to open an Office 2007 document in Office 2000. My
> : Vista computer has died (motherboard probably) and all I have to use are
> XP
> : machines with Office 2000 on them. I've tried downloading something that
> was
> : supposed to be a 'converter' but it still won't open the Office 2007 file.
> : There's a document I need to access before the end of the month, but I
> don't
> : see getting my Vista machine back from the repair shop before that.
> :
> : Is there a real converter out there that would let me read these Office
> 2007
> : files on my Office 2000 machine? Or could I temporarily install my Office
> : 2007 program on my XP machine to use until I get my Vista machine back?
> With
> : all the 'authentication' steps involved, I sort of thought it would not
> let
> : me temporarily install 2007. I was also worried that installing it on the
> XP
> : would permanently ruin the 2000 installation on the XP computer (which is
> a
> : work computer).
> :
> : Could someone please advise me? Thank you.
>
>
>

"Alias" <iamalias@REMOVEgmailTHIS.com> wrote in message
news:g3gh7u$icn$1@aioe.org...
> Open Office -- www.openoffice.org -- will open it. Open Office is free and
> will not dork your Office 2000 install. Either that or tell the person who
> sent it to you to resave it in a non "x" format.
>


The current stable version of OO will NOT open docx documents. Beta 3 will
and so will Oxygen Open Office, but OO 2.4 will NOT.

Gordon wrote:
> "Alias" <iamalias@REMOVEgmailTHIS.com> wrote in message
> news:g3gh7u$icn$1@aioe.org...
>> Open Office -- www.openoffice.org -- will open it. Open Office is free
>> and will not dork your Office 2000 install. Either that or tell the
>> person who sent it to you to resave it in a non "x" format.
>>
>
>
> The current stable version of OO will NOT open docx documents. Beta 3
> will and so will Oxygen Open Office, but OO 2.4 will NOT.

I got an update to OO in Ubuntu to address that.

Alias