Office 2007 Compatibility Pack Updates?

[deomsh]

FileFormatConverters.exe is version 12.0.6500.5000,  the version number 12.0.6514.5001 is after installation.

All names for the same, but compatibilitypacksp3-kb2526297-fullfile-en-us.exe is latest update. I can't remember if it can be used  standalone.

BTW you can open these packs with 7z if you want to see what's inside.

Edited July 27, 2024 by deomsh
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[j7n]

I have installed Office 2000 SP-3 and the XML format compatibility pack for opening DOCX and XLSX files. The operating system is 2008 R2 x64. Lately this setup cannot open anything. I remember it worked in the past, but I used  it very rarely. "There was an error opening file." from Microsoft Word. Has the DOCX format changed recently or is my installation broken? What is the talk of updates here? Can I get a new version that works?

[deomsh]

Please give more exact and accurate information!

I use Office 2003 with Windows 10 x64, no problems with Compatibility pack. But this Compatibility pack can not open all docx-files (more specs are *somewhere* on the Internet).

For now I made you a test file in Word, saved as docx with Compatibility pack.

Feel free to try. 

Test file for Compatibility pack.docx

Edited 20 hours ago by deomsh

[NotHereToPlayGames]

My Office is 2007, so I may not be of much help.

But maybe this will fix your issue (article cites your exact issue but on Windows 2000)  --  https://superuser.com/questions/1504407/office-2003-cant-open-newer-office-files

More specifically, solution was to use "version 2" of the compatibility pack (linked in superuser article)  --  https://www.malavida.com/en/soft/microsoft-office-compatbility-pack/download

Edited 19 hours ago by NotHereToPlayGames

[j7n]

I had a compatibility pack v4 from 2009 and was unable to open this example file. Registering ole32.dll didn't resolve the problem. The event log has a report saying that Wordconv.exe had crashed every time I try to open a DOCX. Unfortunately on my system crashes are silent like that.

Installing this older compatibility pack v2 from 2006 was sucessful. I can now open the files I have on hand including this test file with my avatar. I do remember this pack v4 actually working because it is the only one I have. But that was on 32-bit WinXP.

I was not able to open a new thread in this forum, which I initially wanted to do. I remember that was discussed some months ago. The error from the forum was "something went wrong".

Edited 18 hours ago by j7n

[MilkChan]

14 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

My Office is 2007, so I may not be of much help.

But maybe this will fix your issue (article cites your exact issue but on Windows 2000)  --  https://superuser.com/questions/1504407/office-2003-cant-open-newer-office-files

More specifically, solution was to use "version 2" of the compatibility pack (linked in superuser article)  --  https://www.malavida.com/en/soft/microsoft-office-compatbility-pack/download

"This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and can only open pre-release Office 2007 files."
= This is a problem with MSVCRT.DLL in Windows 2000.

I have created Update KB926436-v2 to fix this issue in Windows 2000.

You can use the latest version.

MEGA

Thanks for the information from 2013.
https://msfn.org/board/topic/161323-msvcrtdll-without-_resetstkoflw-w2k/

[mshultz]

I was never able to correctly open all *.???x files with either Office XP or Office 2003 using the Compatibility Pack.  As a result, I moved to Office 2010 with UBitMenu.  Another problem with Excel on these previous versions of Office is that they were unable to correctly handle more complicated spreadsheets, such as Glenn Reeves' Excel IRS Form 1040.

[j7n]

The hate for the Ribbon toolbar died quickly. I remember how initially there was even a paid add-on to put a normal toolbar into Office. I don't even have Office 2010; it is fairly chunky. My operating system is Windows 2008 R2, so those updates are not applicable. Well, I hope it can at least recover some text that I can reformat if needed. My only other alternative is Office on a Xiaomi smartphone, which can open X and save to another format. I don't even get how that program could be used productively.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

3 hours ago, mshultz said:

such as Glenn Reeves' Excel IRS Form 1040

Thanks !!!  Never know what one will discover from MSFN.  I've been estimating based on Publication 15 Circular E and Tax Schedule X.