On Tuesday, Microsoft released a beta version of its Office Open XML converter program, which allows Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac and Microsoft Office v.X users to be able to open Office XML and Word Macro-Enabled Document files used in Microsoft Office 2007. Here, users can open the files as a Rich Text Format document and work with them from there.
The Office XML and Word Macro-Enabled Document file formats are identified by the “.docx” and “.docm” extensions at the end of the file names.
Microsoft’s web site warns that this is a beta release (the version number currently stands at 0.1) and the following issues have been listed with the software:
-Macros and Visual Basic content are not included in the converted file.
-Charts and SmartArt graphics are converted to pictures.
-Graphics and other objects in the document might appear with a different size.
-Color fills and shading in tables might not be preserved.
-Conversion might not succeed if the document contains a bibliography or citations.
-Conversion might not succeed if the document contains WordArt.
-Document layout and formatting might not be preserved.
-Some Unicode characters might not be preserved.
-Conversion might not succeed if the document contains very large pictures.
-Conversion might not succeed if you use an SMB network volume as the preferred destination for converted files.
-Picture bullets might not be preserved.
-Fonts might be substituted.
Users must have version 11.3.4 or later of Microsoft Office or version 10.1.9 or later of Microsoft Office v.X and Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later installed to run the converter.
The Open XML Converter beta is a 24.9 megabyte download and can be found here.
If you’ve tried the converter and had either a positive or negative experience with it, let us know.
On Tuesday, Microsoft released a beta version of its Office Open XML converter program, which allows Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac and Microsoft Office v.X users to be able to open Office XML and Word Macro-Enabled Document files used in Microsoft Office 2007. Here, users can open the files as a Rich Text Format document and work with them from there.
The Office XML and Word Macro-Enabled Document file formats are identified by the “.docx” and “.docm” extensions at the end of the file names.
Microsoft’s web site warns that this is a beta release (the version number currently stands at 0.1) and the following issues have been listed with the software:
-Macros and Visual Basic content are not included in the converted file.
-Charts and SmartArt graphics are converted to pictures.
-Graphics and other objects in the document might appear with a different size.
-Color fills and shading in tables might not be preserved.
-Conversion might not succeed if the document contains a bibliography or citations.
-Conversion might not succeed if the document contains WordArt.
-Document layout and formatting might not be preserved.
-Some Unicode characters might not be preserved.
-Conversion might not succeed if the document contains very large pictures.
-Conversion might not succeed if you use an SMB network volume as the preferred destination for converted files.
-Picture bullets might not be preserved.
-Fonts might be substituted.
Users must have version 11.3.4 or later of Microsoft Office or version 10.1.9 or later of Microsoft Office v.X and Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later installed to run the converter.
The Open XML Converter beta is a 24.9 megabyte download and can be found here.
If you’ve tried the converter and had either a positive or negative experience with it, let us know.