win 98 office 2000 reading office 2007 docs

[Guest]

I have Windows 98 and Office 2000. I am unable read office 2007 files. are
there viewers to do this. Microsoft only seems to offer a viewer download
package but it won't install for windows 98

 

[Jay Freedman]

I have Windows 98 and Office 2000. I am unable read office 2007 files. are
there viewers to do this. Microsoft only seems to offer a viewer download
package but it won't install for windows 98

You're out of luck. The compatibility pack requires Windows 2000
Service Pack 4, Windows XP Service Pack 1, or Windows Server 2003.
Your installation of Windows 98 is too old and is missing things that
the compatibility pack requires. There will not be a compatibility
pack for Windows 98.

Until you're able to install a later operating system, the only thing
you can do is use Word 2007 to save the documents in the Word 97-2003
(*.doc) format. You can do that for individual files by selecting that
format in the "Save as" menu of the Office button; or you can set it
as the default format in the Word Options dialog.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[JoAnn Paules]

Unfortunately there comes a time when are computers can no longer do what we
need to do, even if they still work.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Jay, but I can't install office 2007 with windows 98 so I guess I am
stuck until i upgrade to xp