Office 2007 saved Files

[marlsrsoftball]

It seems that all my 2007 files saved are half the size of the same 97-2003
files. When I try to upload to my web site they upload in zip format which I
can't read. Is there a setup somewhere that I have to go to in order to fix
this?

 

[Daddy]

Office 2007 Word, Excel and Powerpoint use a new, XML-based file format.

"Introducing the Office (2007) Open XML File Formats"
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa338205.aspx

If you wish, you can convert files in Office Open XML (OOXML) to the earlier
binary format, known as Office 97-2003 format. You can also set Word, Excel
and Powerpoint to save in the old binary format by default.

One of the advantages of OOXML is improved ease-of-access to the raw data in
the file. Depending on what your website is doing with the Office files, you
may learn to like the new format.

Daddy

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

It seems that all my 2007 files saved are half the size of the same 97-2003
files.

Depending in the contents, that may well be.

When I try to upload to my web site they upload in zip format which I
can't read.

That seems unlikely. What's VERY likely is that when you click a link to them,
they DOWNLOAD back to your PC or others' as ZIP files.

Have a look here for more info on that:

Office files don't download correctly from a Web Server; saved as zip files
instead
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00911.htm