Microsoft Office 2007
MCCC Upgrade Plans
Microsoft Office 2007 has been installed in all computer labs. Administrators, faculty and staff have access to the new Office suite via the campus-wide MCCC applications menu system. During Winter break, all offices will be upgraded. Note that Information Technology currently has no definitive timeline for the upgrade to Windows Vista. The Microsoft Office 2007 web site has lots of information on new features and training:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
Compatibility Information
Office 2007 introduces a new file format that may not work with older versions of Office. However, there is a converter, linked below, that addresses this problem. Older versions of Microsoft Office save Word documents as .doc files. Microsoft Office 2007 saves Word documents as .docx files.
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Instead of using the default xml format, you should click the Office Button, choose Save As, and choose Word 97-2003 format. This saves your Word 2007 document not as a .docx file but rather .doc file that can be opened and read in older versions of Microsoft Word.
Excel and PowerPoint 2007 also use new file formats -- .xlsx and .pptx that also cannot be opened in older versions of Office. When saving an Excel 2007 spreadsheet or PowerPoint 2007 presentation, we recommend you click the Office Button, choose Save As, and save your spreadsheet or presentation in the old file format.
To force Office 2007 to always save your new files in the old .doc, .ppt, or .xls file formats, click the Office Button, choose Options, click Save, and in the Save files in this format pull-down list, choose the old file format. You will need to do this in each Office 2007 program.
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If you get a file that was created in Office 2007 and you need to open it there is a converter (for PC's only) available at:
Note that this is a one time install, and will work for Word, Powerpoint and Excel.
More information
Information on the new file types is at:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA100069351033.aspx
Information about Office compatibility mode is at:
