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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
Unless you really, really need it? Don't. It's badly bloated with quite a few dependencies, has a service pack and a bunch of patches rather than simple versions (some of them quite large, basically the Office 2007 patches!) and introduces a number of vulnerability vectors.
It's not one of their better efforts, and it illustrates why OOXML is no standard.
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Don't think I've heard of that version of XML. I assume it means 'Object Oriented' XML which makes no sense as XML is already Object Oriented. So it's probably Microsoft's name for its own 'standard'. Won't be the first time Microsoft has foisted off a shoddy, proprietary, standard on the unknowing.
As for really, really need it-IMO people only have 4 choices. 1) delete any documents you receive from friends/co-workers that are in Office 2007 format. 2) Buy Office 2007 yourself. (I suppose you *could* steal/pirate it, but I refuse to recommend that.) 3) Send them back & ask that they convert them to the older format for you. And 4) install the compatibility pack.
IMO most people prefer the last. I've never understood it myself-I'm certainly not shy about sending something I can't read back & asking whoever sent it to me to 'fix' the problem. When I'm certain they *can* fix it. But in my experience, few people are willing to do that if there's any way that they can fix the problem themselves, without spending money, and the compatibility pack is that way.
I've never had any problem with the compatibility pack, BTW-but that's just me. I have read quite a few stories about problems with it.