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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
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Following-up on our previous post on Office for Mac compatibility ...if you have not seen this yet, check-out the updated beta of the Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac . This update fixes an issue with beta expiration functionality.
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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,
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We've talked about the compatibility of Word's new default file format (.docx) with previous versions of Office and Office for Mac, but what about compatibility with Windows Mobile? Will you be able to read and edit .docx files on the go? Yes. Pocket
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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:
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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
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In my previous posts I talked about Compatibility in Word 2007 , what it means to be in Compatibility Mode and how you get out of Compatibility Mode in Word 2007. In today's post I am going to talk about Compatibility in Word 2007 as a collaboration scenario.
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In my last post about Compatibility in Word 2007 I talked about Compatibility Mode and how you get into Compatibility Mode in Word 2007. In today's post I am going to talk about getting out of Compatibility Mode. Going back to the first post on Compatibility
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In today's post I am going to talk about opening or creating older file formats (.doc, .dot, .xml [Word 2003 XML Format]) in Word 2007. Opening or creating any of these older file formats in Word will result in Word being in Compatibility Mode . Going
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My name is Zeyad Rajabi and I'm a program manager on the Word team. I work on file format related issues, including HTML support in Word. Compatibility in Word 2007 – Part I There has been a lot of discussion around the new default file formats we are
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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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