Software to view vista files using windows xp

[Lindsey]

Is there a download available for Windows XP that will allow me to see files
that were created using Vista? I have some people using XP and others using
Vista and when a file from Vista is sent to the person using XP, rthey are
unable to open it. I know that you can save the vista file in compatibility
mode, but I was trying to eliminate that step. Any help would be great!

 

[DL]

It might help if you stated what these files were or what software was used
to create them
Its nothing to do with Vista or XP but what specific software was used to
create them.

eg Office 2007 files, saved in office2007 format, require a 'viewer' to be
installed on Office 2003 in order for the Office 2003 user to be able to
view them.

 

[Lindsey]

They are basic office files such as word documents and such. So you are
saying that a document created in word using vista, would require me to
download a viewer for word compatable with xp?

 

[Lindsey]

I see what you are saying, however the operating system uses different
formats for word, ppt, etc. A word document was created using Vista word.
That doc was sent to a user currently operating on xp. When he tried to open
the file, it was scrambled and could not be read.

 

[Edric]

Is there a download available for Windows XP that will allow me to see files
that were created using Vista? I have some people using XP and others using
Vista and when a file from Vista is sent to the person using XP, rthey are
unable to open it. I know that you can save the vista file in compatibility
mode, but I was trying to eliminate that step. Any help would be great!

WTF are you talking about? WHAT programs are they using in Vista?
Perhaps you could ask in a group that has something to do with the
programs they are using.

 

[philo]

I see what you are saying, however the operating system uses different
formats for word, ppt, etc. A word document was created using Vista word.
That doc was sent to a user currently operating on xp. When he tried to open
the file, it was scrambled and could not be read.

It is has nothing to do with the operating system...
it's simply a matter of the applications you are using

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

I see what you are saying, however the operating system uses different
formats for word, ppt, etc. A word document was created using Vista
word. That doc was sent to a user currently operating on xp. When he
tried to open the file, it was scrambled and could not be read.

First let's get you on the right track. Vista is an Operating System it does
not create Office files. Microsoft Office is a suite of programs that run
under Vista , it is this set of programs that are creating the files.

From what I believe you you are saying is that Office 2007 is producing
files in a format that Office 2003 can not read.

There are three ways to tackle this problem one is to get the users of
Office 2003 to upgrade to Office 2007 (this of course costs money), the
second way is to get the Office 2003 users to install the 2007 compatibility
pack (see the link below), thirdly is to get the 2007 users to save their
documents in the old format, this can be done by useing the "Save as"
function.


Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007
File Formats
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&DisplayLang=en
or use http://tinyurl.com/y5w78r

 

[John]

Take Windows Vista and Windows XP out of the picture because they have
nothing to do with your problem.

My guess is one of you is using OFFICE 2007 and the other is using OFFICE
2003 or older (2002, 2000 etc). The document you're having problem opening
could be in Office 2007 Open XML format. What you need is Microsoft Office
2007 compatibility pack.

Get it from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

Install the compatibility pack on your PC that has problem opening the
document.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Is there a download available for Windows XP that will allow me to see files
that were created using Vista? I have some people using XP and others using
Vista and when a file from Vista is sent to the person using XP, rthey are
unable to open it. I know that you can save the vista file in compatibility
mode, but I was trying to eliminate that step. Any help would be great!

No, this has nothing to do with compatibility mode or anything else
like that. There is *nothing* that stops a file created in Vista from
being opened in XP. There are only applications issues, not operating
system ones. The only issue is what application created the file and
having the same (or compatible) application available.

It's just a guess, but are you trying to open files that were created
in Word 2007, or other Office 2007 applications? If so, the problem is
that Office 2007 by default uses a whole different file format
than earlier versions of Office did. Word's new file format is called
..docx, instead of the older .doc format.

So the problem is that if you create a .docx file in Word 2007
(regardless of whether you are running Word 2007 under Windows Vista
or XP), another computer running an older version of Word (again,
whether it's running Word under Vista or XP) can not read it.

There are two possible solutions:

1. When you create the file in Word 2007, instead of doing a "Save,"
do a "Save as," and choose "Word 97-2003 document." That will save it
in the old .doc format instead of the new .docx one, and allow it to
be read by any version of Word.

2. Have the other computer, the one running the older version of Word,
go to
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en
or http://tinyurl.com/y5a879
and install the "Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats"

The second solution is the better one.

 

[DL]

Its nothing to do with the operating system
Its all to do with the different versions of Office

 

[M.I.5¾]

WTF are you talking about? WHAT programs are they using in Vista?
Perhaps you could ask in a group that has something to do with the
programs they are using.

Or as it is a general question related to Windows XP, he could try asking in
a Windows XP general newsgroup. Hey, what do you know - that is exactly
what he did.

****wit.

 

[Edric]

Or as it is a general question related to Windows XP, he could try asking in
a Windows XP general newsgroup. Hey, what do you know - that is exactly
what he did.

****wit.

Actually, it almost is certainly likely that it has NOTHING to do with
XP. What "files" are being created in Vista? Almost certainly
nothing with "VISTA" but with some App installed on the computer.

Of course a narrow minded low IQ dumbass like you would never admit
you were wrong on this.

Hypocrite.

 

[Walter Wall]

WTF are you talking about? WHAT programs are they using in Vista?
Perhaps you could ask in a group that has something to do with the
programs they are using.

Everyone else who answered the point understood more or less perfectly.
That you failed to comprehend is a statement of the poor educational
standards at your school. As the OP believes that his problem is to do with
incompatibility between XP and Vista, this is as good a place to ask as any.
As Vista is involved, the assumption, however incorrect, is entirely
resonable.

 

[Walter Wall]

Actually, it almost is certainly likely that it has NOTHING to do with
XP. What "files" are being created in Vista? Almost certainly
nothing with "VISTA" but with some App installed on the computer.

Of course a narrow minded low IQ dumbass like you would never admit
you were wrong on this.

I believe that I have answered that point already. The only person who is
always wrong and will never admit around here is yourself.

Of course, it would never occur to a know it all 13 year old like you that
the OP believes that the issue is to do with incompatibility between
operating systems. But that is of no interest to a newsnet nazi who just
snipes away from the sidelines.