Microsoft Office Open XML File Converter 0.2 released: Better Word conversion
Hopefully provides better conversion than previous releases.
Published Tuesday, July 31st
The Microsoft MacBU has released a new version of the Office Open XML File Converter 0.2, a tool for converting Office Open XML files (as are generated by Office 2007 for Windows and the forthcoming Office 2008 for Mac OS X) to a format that is compatible with Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac and Microsoft Office v. X for Mac.
This version of the converter improves conversion of Word documents that contain XML content, inline graphics, hyperlinked graphics, WMF/EMF graphics, SmartArt graphics, tracked changes in the document header and footer, Unicode characters, and Japanese Rubi fields. In addition, this version succeeds when converting Word documents that contain bibliography fields, citation fields, and complex tables.
Microsoft says:
"The converter is a Beta release, and might be unable to convert all the data in Office Open XML files. After you convert a file, you should review the file carefully to make sure that it contains all of the information that you expect."
The new release is available as a 21MB standalone download.
We noted some significant issues with the translation services offered by previous editions of the beta Office Open XML File Converter -- namely complete failure to convert simple Word documents.
Feedback? Late-breakers@macfixit.com.
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