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1. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads . 
2. Under the title New Downloads, click Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats.  This will bring you to the download page.
3. Click on the silver Download button
4. Click Run
5. Follow the Install prompts.

      Now, when you need to open a Microsoft 2007 document, it will automatically be converted to Microsoft 2003.      

       Already using Microsoft 2007?  For the ease of others, please save your work as a Microsoft 97-2003 document.  Here’s how to do that…

1. Click on the Office Button located in the top left hand corner.
2. Click Save As
3. Click Word, Excel, or PowerPoint 97- 2003 document
4. Continue to save your document as you normally would

             Now when you send something to someone who does not know about the compatibility pack and does not have Microsoft 2007, they can open your documents.  Once you get used to saving your 07 documents this way, it is really simple and quickly becomes habit.