microsoft office 2003-2007?

Question

i have microsoft office 2003. if i download office 2007 will all the files transfer(documents, publications, etc.)? thanks

Answer 1

Your documents should be saved independently in another folder and not in the Office Program itself. Check the file locations.

You don't need to download Office 2007 to work with the new file formats. Since you have Office 2003, you can work with Office 2007 files if you download the free Compatibility Pack from Microsoft.

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-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

Answer 2

Yes they will work. Not so the other way, 2003 will not recognize or open 2007 documents.

Answer 3

Yes, but why ? unless there are special features on 2007 that you really need, stick with 2003, its not that great as an upgrade.

Answer 4

Yes. Totally compatible.

Answer 5

I upgraded mine recently and haven't had any problems. All the files open just fine in the new version.