A file with the.xlsx file extension is a Microsoft Excel Open XML Spreadsheet (XLSX) file created by Microsoft Excel. You can also open this format in other spreadsheet apps, such as Apple Numbers, Google Docs, and OpenOffice. They are stored as a compressed Zip file, which contains a bunch of other files used to open the document. Still communicating with someone who is using Office 2003 or previous? You might want to include this link when sending mails with an attachment in the new Office 2007/2010/2013 document format like docx, xlsx and pptx. The Office Assistant, whose frequent unsolicited appearance in Excel 97 had annoyed many users, became less intrusive. Excel 2002 (v10.0) Included in Office XP. Very minor enhancements. Excel 2003 (v11.0) Included in Office 2003. Minor enhancements, the most significant being the new Tables. Excel 2007 (v12.0).
Office 2003 Xlsx
most of the people might be facing this problem like unable to open the docx,pptx,xlsx files in their older version of office like 2003 well the main reason behind this is that these formats come with the 2007 onwards and the office 2003 will not have the compatibility feature to convert and open. inorder to solve the problem some steps need to be done inorder to open the above mentioned files
if the people dont want to install the office 2007 or the latest version and still want to use the same office 2003 to open the files then they should convert the above file formats to the xls or the doc or the ppt file format so that the office will be able to read this type of file formats
steps:
1.download the microsoft compatibility pack from the microsoft site or click the below link
2.now download the file and then install
3.follow the instructions while installing the program
4.and then click finish to finalise the installation
Microsoft Office Xlsx Converter
5.done
now the installation procedure for the file format coverters.exe is completed
next step is select the file you want to open
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and the automatic conversion of the file from the xlsx format to xls will be done automatically only after the installation of the fileformatconverter and will be able to read the contents of the file.