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[edit] Work With Most Files - DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, HTML, ODT, PDF, TXT, RTF, WPD**

• OpenOffice.org - http://OpenOffice.org - Though not as refined as word, this feature-packed software can open most files. This free download is almost 100MB. Having a copy of OpenOffice.org on your computer should ensure that you can open most files. OpenOffice.org is also the best (and perhaps only) free option for MS Word XML/DOCX, Word Perfect WPD files and OpenDocument formated files.

• The most recent version of MS Office opens most of these files and earlier versions of MS Office might if the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats is applied. You can download the pack for free from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

Note ** Reading .WPD files including more than only text isn't possible. Graphics e.g. are not imported. .WPG files are not supported.

[edit] PDF

• PDFCreator - http://pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator - PDFCreator installs a fake printer to allow any program that can print to create a PDF.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader - http://adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html - A very common free tool for reading PDF files

[edit] ODT - OpenDocument

• ODF-Converter for MS Word - http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter - If you wish to work with the Open Document Format with your existing copy of MS Word this converter will enable Open Document in MS Word.

[edit] RTF

• WordPad - This is free software that comes with every copy of Windows in the Accessories section of the Start menu.

[edit] MS Word DOC

• WordPad - This is free software that comes with every copy of Windows in the Accessories section of the Start menu. DOC is the default MS Word format for MS Word XP and earlier.

[edit] MS Power Point PPT PPS

• PowerPoint Viewer 2007 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=048DC840-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en -Microsoft has released a PowerPoint viewer for PowerPoint files compatible with version 2007 and earlier. More information about PowerPoint and Sakai.

[edit] MS OFFICE 2007, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX

• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

default MS Word format for MS Word XP and earlier. This free compatibility upgrade will allow owners of older version of MS Office to open newer files -- http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466

[edit] Microsoft Works, WPS

Microsoft Works is a word processing software created by Microsoft that's native file format is not compatible with Microsoft Word. Confusion is understandable as both Works and Word share developers, purpose and 1/2 of their letters. The only way to open WPS files on a Windows Computer with MS Word NOT MS Works is with this Microsoft Works 6–9 File Converter: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=bf41401e-70fa-465d-ae2e-cf44dbf05297&displayLang=en