Office Compatibility

Friday, 20 November 2009

OpenOffice or Microsoft Office. Use either. It’s like OS X vs. Linux… whatever tool that is best for the job right?

Here’s how you can make the two play a little nicer…

OpenOffice

Already reads and writes .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx (admittedly the .pptx support isn’t near as developed as the previous two formats mentioned, from my experiences at least)
Download and install the following: Excel Viewer, Word Viewer, and PowerPoint Viewer 2007
Download and install the following: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

Users with older versions of Microsoft Office Products, including Word 2000/2002/2003, Excel 2000/2002/2003, PowerPoint 2000/2002/2003)

Make sure your office products are updated with the latest service packs if any are available (check Microsoft Update)
Download and install the following: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats
Download and install the following: Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office

Users of Microsoft Office 2007