Can different versions of Office share the same files?
The 2007 Office release includes both compatibility checkers and file converters to ease file-sharing between different versions of Office. Opening previous-version files in the 2007 Office release You can open and work on a file that was created in an earlier version of Office, and then save it in its original format. To prevent introduction of features in the 2007 Office release. The 2007 Office release uses a compatibility checker that reports those features to you and then you can remove them before continuing with the save. Opening the 2007 Office release files in earlier versions of Office You can open and edit a 2007 Office release file in an earlier version of Word, Excel, or PowerPoint by downloading file converters. On the computer with an earlier version of Office, go to the Download Center and download the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for 2007 Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint File Formats. Important Your version of Microsoft Office must be updated to one of the serv
