I was recently sent a Word 2007 document and without realising it I opened it. I only have Word 2003 and a strange message appeared. It mentioned something about a compatibility pack.

I was actually in shock because I didn’t think Microsoft would create a tool for forward compatibility. I mean, create a tool that was actually useful and would mean that they could potentially lose out on sales of a newer version. I just had to check it out.

I downloaded it from here and it works a treat.

No more telling my clients that they have to save the documents in a lower version for me.

Well done Microsoft for saving me some money.