Cannot open Word 2007 Document in Word 2003

[Guest]

I am trying to open a Word Document created in Word 2007. I have Word 2003 on
my machine. I installed SP-3 and the FileFormatConverter.exe download. When I
open the file, a File conversion dialog box appears. Is there anyway to
convert this file?

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem. Can anyone help? The File Conversion dialog box
gives dozens of options but none of them work for me.

 

[Beth Melton]

If you are seeing the File Conversion dialog box in Word 2003 then you don't
have the converter installed. Did you double-click FileFormatConverter.exe
after you downloaded it in order to install the converters?

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[Guest]

Yes I did double-click FileFormatConverter.exe and got the resultant message
"Compatability Pack for the 2007 Office System - the installation is
complete", but still when I try to open the 2007 document in 2003 all I get
is the "File conversion - test" box,and none of the selected options lets me
read the file.