Windows vista word file on windows XP?

Question

is it possible to open and print in anyway????

Answer 1

If you have an older version of Office on your XP computer, you can download the free compatibility pack from Microsoft. Ot will allow you to open and erdit the new Office 2007 file formats.
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Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

Brief Description
Open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007.

For those that have older Office products installed, the Compatibility Pack is located at the following site:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101686761033.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en

Note: If you use Microsoft Word 2000 or Microsoft Word 2002 to read or write documents containing complex scripts, please see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925451 for information to enable Word 2007 documents to be displayed correctly in your version of Word.

Note#2: You can also download the newest Powerpoint Viewer for 2007
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=048DC840-14E1-467D-8DCA-1

Answer 2

It is not whether it is Vista or Xp that is the issue.

There is a new version of Word called Office 2007. If it is a Word2007 file, then it will not open on the old Office XP and need to be saved in an earlier version.

Answer 3

I did it without any trouble at all - after I instaled Word on the laptop. I was using Office XP ( which includes Word) and it was all very easy. Vista is a nasty operating system though.

Answer 4

save it as an older word file.

Answer 5

yes you can but you cant if you are using office 2007 with office 2003 or older.

Answer 6

how did that exactly happen it seems impossible, but it probably would work