newsobserver.com | Reader geeks tackle Office 2007

Herb Depke of Cary suggested that to solve compatibility problems from their end, folks with Office 2003 can download the program FileFormatConverters.exe to open, edit and save Excel, Word and PowerPoint 2007 files. To find the download, go to microsoft.com/downloads and search for "FileFormatConverters.exe."

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Office 2007 users can download an add-on from Microsoft that allows them to save documents in the PDF format, eliminating the middle step of using Adobe Acrobat or one of the many programs available online.

The file, called SaveAsPDFandXPS.exe, also can be found at www.microsoft.com/downloads.

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