After the release of Microsoft Office 2003 for four years, there was no word about the continuation of the series of office programs. Only in 2007, Microsoft announced the release of a new software package. The new version introduced many innovations, one of which is a new file format. Currently, not all users of Windows operating systems have installed this version of Microsoft Office, so files saved in Office 2007 would not open in Office 2003.
It is necessary
Microsoft Office 2003 software
Instructions
Step 1
How to open xlsx files? Microsoft quickly responded to this problem by releasing a special add-on to the familiar to many Office 2003 users. This add-on is a kind of utility that is embedded in the Microsoft Office software package. The developers themselves claim that there have never been problems with saving and opening new formats, since Office 2007 has the ability to save files for different versions of the office suite.
Step 2
If you have access to Office 2007 but are using the 2003 version, you just need to save the document in the 97-2003 format. To do this, press the round button with the Microsoft logo and select "Save As" (if you select "Save", you will receive a file in a new format). In the window that opens, select the file format that best suits your application, as a rule, “97-2003” format.
Step 3
You can work with new file formats without resorting to the applications of Microsoft Office 2007. This can be done using a standard file converter that can be loaded automatically when the operating system is updated.
Step 4
If you still do not have the "Automatic download of updates" option activated, you can enable it in the "System Properties" applet (for Windows XP): right-click on the "My Computer" icon and select "Properties". In the window that opens, go to the "Automatic updates" tab and activate the corresponding option.
Step 5
The "Automatic Updates" option in the Windows 7 operating system is controlled through the "Windows Update" applet. You can start it by clicking the "Start" menu, entering the word "Center" in the search bar. In the list of results found, select Windows Update and run it. In the left part of the window that opens, click the "Configure settings" link and enable the "Automatic download of updates" option.
Step 6
In some cases, the update for the Microsoft Office package may not work, because By default, application updates are optional to download, so if you enable Automatic Updates, add the ability to download updates for your Microsoft Office suite.
Step 7
After downloading the appropriate updates, you must restart your computer and rerun the document with the xlsx extension. If the document was read, then the update was installed correctly. If not, then you can download the file converter from the official website of the developer of the Microsoft Office software package. After installing it, you also need to restart the program and check its operation with new file formats.
Step 8
The converter also allows you to save xls format files to xlsx format. To do this, open a file with the xls extension, click the "File" menu, then select the "Save As" item. In the field for selecting the format of the saved file, specify xlsx instead of the usual xls and click the "Save" button.
