[cw-discuss] office 2007 viewer -- FileFormatConverters.exe install fails

[Richard Lemay]

Hello,

I might be wrong, but usually, the viewers (word, excel, powerpoint) use 
the main technology of the office software to view the file without the 
editing capabilities. So it is reasonable to expect that if Office 2007 
do not work with CrossOver Linux 6.0.1, the viewer will not work since 
both products use the same functions. I believe the viewer won't work 
before Codeweavers make serious headway with Office 2007 support. To be 
fair, I believe it is an important undertaking since the inner working 
of Office did change quite a lot.

However, if you need to access the XML format of Office 2003, I think 
there is an add-on to allow Office 2003 to access these file formats. 
This might be your best option for the moment. I believe the traditional 
formats (.doc, .xls, .ppt) did not change significantly between both 
versions, so you should still be able to access all documents with 
Office 2003 without problem.

Richard


Mike D a écrit :
> so there is this add-on to office 2003 that supposedly allows one to
> view office 2007 docs.  I upgraded my office 2003 to SP1 (the minimum
> requirement for this viewer package) and tried installing.
> 
> However, it failed (after about 2 seconds).  The log file from
> crossover was huge & I'm not really sure what I'm looking for.  I
> would be glad to post snippets if anyone can help identify what might
> be helpful to view.
> 
> Anyone install this successfully or have other ideas on how to view
> the new .docx files?  I have office 2003 installed in a windows 2000
> bottle on crossover linux 6.0.1.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
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