You can now able to open Microsoft office 2007 formats (docx, pptx, xlsx) in linux.

After the advent of Microsoft office 2007, most people are saving their files in docx, pptx,xlsx formats.

Previously the Microsoft office 2003 used the doc, ppt, xls to save word, presentation, and spreadsheets.

Now Microsoft office 2007 is using docx,pptx,xlsx formats which are Open XML file formats.(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officr_Open_XML)

People using linux feel inconvenient in viewing these files formats.

Here is a solution to view those formats in linux.

1. OpenOffice 3.0

2. ODF Converter (open document format)

1.OpenOffice 3.0

OpenOffice.org 3.0 is now capable of opening files created with Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac OS X (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, .accdb, etc

Download at download.openoffice.org

OpenOffice is available for Windows also(both XP and Vista) and it is more powerful than Microsoft Office.

2. ODF Converter (open document format)

For Older versions of OpenOffice, you can use this package to open Open XML files in OpenOffice.

odf-converter-integrator is an easy way to open Microsoft Office 2007 files (also called Office Open XML, .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx) with a high-quality conversion on any Linux or Windows system in any OpenOffice.org

Download the Converter

    open your browser and type the address given below and save the file.

    i386 users

    ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/www.getdeb.net/od/odf-converter_1.0.0-2~getdeb1_i386.deb

    Amd64 users

    http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/getdeb/od/odf-converter_1.0.0-2~getdeb1_amd64.deb

Install the Converter by just double clicking the downloaded package

or use this command line in the terminal

•i386 users

sudo dpkg -i odf-converter_1.0.0-2~getdeb1_i386.deb

•amd64 users

sudo dpkg -i odf-converter_1.0.0-2~getdeb1_amd64.deb

Restart OpenOffice, and enjoy. You can now open and edit .docx files using OpenOffice.org.