davidgmore
Thu Jan 10 15:59:02 PST 2008
Hi,
I also have a heap of older format files I need to access from time to time
in Office 2007. The trusted location approach does not work for me.
Any useful suggestions.
David
"Joshua" wrote:
> Not really. We actually have this installed on all our machines now as we
> have decided to not do a company wide install of Office 2007 until next
> Desktop Refresh in 1 year.
>
> What were trying to do is convert old versions of Word Docs that will not
> open anymore from SP3 security fix in office. If we could convert them all
> to 2007 it would not be an issue again for a very long time.
>
> In my opinion Microsoft made a huge mistake with this feature in SP3 without
> giving us proper alternatives. We have 100's if not close to a 1,000 files
> spread out throughout the network that date back to 1994 and that will now no
> longer open.
>
> "Russ" wrote:
>
> > Joshua,
> > Does this link provide the help you need?
> > Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007
> > File Formats:
> >
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923505
> >
> >
> > > Apparently a security fix in service pack 3 for Office is preventing older
> > > word files from being opened.
> > >
> > > When the users try to open they get a message:
> > >
> > > "You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of
> > > Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by
> > > your registry policy setting."
> > >
> > > I found an article regarding this at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922849
> > >
> > > We are going to apply the policy templates but my boss wants a better
> > > solution. He thinks that if Microsoft is blocking these files by default we
> > > cannot ensure there future in new versions of Office.
> > >
> > > What would be the best way of accomplishing an upgrade(conversion?) of all
> > > documents on a server to 2007 format?
> > >
> > > We were thinking possibly a VB or a VBA script, but there has to be a better
> > > way of accomplishing this.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any advice offered.
> > >
> > > Joshua
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Russ
> >
> > drsmN0SPAMikleAThotmailD0Tcom.INVALID
> >
> >