Can Microsoft Office 2000 Programs read other file formats and is there a conversion between Office 2000 and Office 97 files?
Microsoft Word 2000, Excel 2000, and PowerPoint 2000 are totally interchangeable with the Microsoft Office 97 Professional packages. No file formatting is required. The user can create a file in Word 97 and then edit the file in Word 2000 then open the file in Word 97. Microsoft Office 2000 can convert many different file formats into its own format, just as it did in previous versions of Microsoft Office. For example, various versions of WordPerfect (versions 5.0 through 9.0) can be imported into a Word document. Note: Versions of WordPerfect previous to 5.0 may convert most text, but might need to be edited to be completely legible. The first time you attempt to open a non-Microsoft Word document that can be converted into Microsoft Word 2000, you may be prompted with a message stating, “Microsoft Word can’t import the specified format. The feature is not currently installed. would you like to install it now?” Once you click Yes, follow the directions to install the necessary compone
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