Compatibility Pack does not work for IE ?

[TIA]

Environment: Windows Server 2003, SP2; IE 6, SP2; MS Office 2003 and
'Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office'

I'm using Internet Explorer 6, SP2 to access documents (created with MS
Office 2003) on a temporary share all right.

However, there is a problem when I try to access MS Office 2007 documents on
the same share (i.e. IE does not recognize them; thinks it is a zip file ...).

NOTE: I did install the 'Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office' and this
works fine with WINDOWS EXPLORER (i.e. Windows Explorer can read the MS
Office 2007 documents all right).

QUESTION: How to get the IE 6, SP2 (on WIndows Server 2003, with MS Office
2003) to read the MS Office 2007 documents (just like the Windows Explorer) ?


TIA

 

[Gordon]

Environment: Windows Server 2003, SP2; IE 6, SP2; MS Office 2003 and
'Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office'

I'm using Internet Explorer 6, SP2 to access documents (created with MS
Office 2003) on a temporary share all right.

However, there is a problem when I try to access MS Office 2007 documents on
the same share (i.e. IE does not recognize them; thinks it is a zip file ...).

NOTE: I did install the 'Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office' and this
works fine with WINDOWS EXPLORER (i.e. Windows Explorer can read the MS
Office 2007 documents all right).

Windows Explorer won't "read" ANY Office documents by itself - how are
you "reading" them in Windows Explorer?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I was wondering the same thing.

 

[TIA]

When I use

file://share and click on the listed Office2007.docx it opens the
file all right.

This makes sense , since I installed the 'Office 2007 Compatibility Pack'.

However,when I use

http://share and click on the listed Office2007.docx, it treats is as A
ZIP file !?

Obviously, the Office 2007 Compatibility Pack does not help here ?

Any ideas ?

TIA

I was wondering the same thing.

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Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Windows Explorer won't "read" ANY Office documents by itself - how are you
"reading" them in Windows Explorer?




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[Gordon]

When I use

file://share and click on the listed Office2007.docx it opens the
file all right.

This makes sense , since I installed the 'Office 2007 Compatibility Pack'.

However,when I use

http://share and click on the listed Office2007.docx, it treats is as A
ZIP file !?

What if you right-click on the "share" and choose "open With"? Does that
allow you to choose the app to open it with?

 

[Gordon]

When I use

file://share and click on the listed Office2007.docx it opens the
file all right.

This makes sense , since I installed the 'Office 2007 Compatibility Pack'.

However,when I use

http://share and click on the listed Office2007.docx, it treats is as A
ZIP file !?

Also see this:
http://www.edugeek.net/forums/office-software/20423-docx-files-opening-zip-files.html

 

[TIA]

Thanks for the pointer.

When I right click on the document (using http://share/), I don't get the
"open with ..." . I only get "open" and "Open in a new window".

TIA

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

The web server's mime type table needs to be updated to include the new Office 2007 file
extensions:

PowerPoint 2007 files don't download correctly from a Web Server, open as zip files
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00911.htm

(PPT-specific answer, but the same info would apply to DOCX, XLSX etc files)

 

[TIA]

Thank you Steve !

The web server's mime type table needs to be updated to include the new Office 2007 file
extensions:

PowerPoint 2007 files don't download correctly from a Web Server, open as zip files
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00911.htm

(PPT-specific answer, but the same info would apply to DOCX, XLSX etc files)