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A Compatibility Guide for the ‘End User’

What is an ‘end user’ and why write a post specifically for them? The vast majority of Word users are ‘end users’. An ‘end user’ is someone who uses Word but is not involved in supporting or buying Word for a business. We call individuals who support

Easing the Transition to Word 2007

It’s been awhile, but for what it’s worth, the time has been spent planning a great Word vNext. Stay tuned for vNext posts. Anyway, while we have been working on vNext, we have certainly not forgotten about Word vNow (Word 2007) or Word vPast (Word 2003,

Office for Mac Compatibility

In a previous post on the Compatibility Pack , I mentioned that a similar compatibility experience will be available to Office for Mac users. Yesterday, The Office for Mac Team Blog posted with more specifics on the release of these converters . In short:

RTM Compatibility Pack Released

I'll be taking some time off and visiting lovely Las Vegas starting tomorrow to celebrate the release of the RTM Compatibility Pack . If you remember my first post , the Compatibility Pack is what I've been spending a lot of my time on, so I'm pretty

Programmatically opening & saving the new default file formats in previous versions of Office

This is a follow up post to Jonathan's Opening & Saving Word, PowerPoint and Excel's new default file formats in previous versions of Office . So not only can you use the user interface to open and save the new default Office 2007 Open XML file formats
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Opening & Saving Word, PowerPoint and Excel’s new default file formats in previous versions of Office

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 have new XML based default file formats (Word -- .docx, Excel -- .xlsx, and PowerPoint -- .pptx). New formats?! You may be wondering : "How will these new formats affect previous releases of Office?" Or, put a bit more
 
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