Since the release of Microsoft Office 2007 and announcement of OOXML, I am repeatly be asked by my friends to open an OOXML Document, docx and xlsx files, and convert it to the plain old format. Last week when I had a trip with K.Fukiat, Microsoft Thailand Academic Developer Evangelist.
He told me while on the way back to Bangkok that I can open any OOXML document without MS Office 2007. Of course, unzip it, use any text editor and treat the document as a xml file is the traditional way. For anyone who has earlier version of MS Office, you can get the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, which is freely available at Microsoft Office Download Center, and make your MS Office recognizes these new formats.
I hope that no one will ask me to convert a document again.
PS. I prefer the Open Document format but I don’t like the way people use to promote it. OOXML has better solid, real world example.
