Microsoft Office Mobile 6.1: Upgrade for Office 2007 format

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Office Mobile 6.1 is an upgrade to Office Mobile applications on Windows Mobile. The new upgrade supports the new Office 2007 file formats.Microsoft Office 2007 introduced new Open XML-based file formats for Office applications. These new file formats reduce file size, improve security and reliability, and enhance integration with external sources.
To allow Windows Mobile users to work with Office documents created in the Open XML formats, Microsoft has developed an upgrade for Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, and PowerPoint Mobile applications. This upgrade to the Office Mobile applications allows viewing and editing of Word documents and Excel workbooks and viewing of PowerPoint slideshows created by using Microsoft Office 2007.

If your Windows Mobile device does not have a version of Microsoft Office Mobile prior to 6.1, you can purchase the full version of Microsoft Office Mobile.

The Office Mobile application suite includes Microsoft Office Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint® Mobile for Windows Mobile 6 powered devices, helping users manage and review documents. Microsoft Office Mobile includes support for rich reviewing and minor editing capabilities as well as support for rights-managed documents.

The primary user scenario enabled by Office Mobile is viewing e-mail attachments, performing minor edits, sharing document versions, and opening documents from an SD card or a SharePoint server. Office Mobile provides a high-fidelity document viewing experience, with capability to edit as well as fast performance in loading the first page of the document.

Note: This free upgrade works only for Windows Mobile powered devices that have an earlier version of Office Mobile. If your Windows Mobile powered device does not have Office Mobile applications, this upgrade will not work for you. You can purchase the full version of Office Mobile 6.1 online. For more information, click here -http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/mic...bileoffice.mspx.

Download: Microsoft Office Mobile 6.1: Upgrade for Microsoft Office 2007 file formats

(2 replies) #1 Neobond on 27 Sep 2007 - 12:34

Windows Mobile 6 devices already have this update by the way. I checked.

#1.1 SoCalRox on 27 Sep 2007 - 12:45

My WM6 did not come with this.

#1.2 +Raa on 27 Sep 2007 - 13:08

Some roms come with it, others don't....

#2 kravex on 27 Sep 2007 - 14:12

It sets the default save file in word to the new one, but you can change it back in the options if you need to.

#3 SHoTTa35 on 27 Sep 2007 - 14:35

Hmm.. well my blackjack with the beta ROM doesn't have this baked in. Hopefully it will be soon. I heard the official update from Samsung/AT&T will be coming out October 1st (Hopefully it's not another September 17th or July X or June X. LOL )

(1 reply) #4 DaViD_BRaNDoN on 27 Sep 2007 - 15:35

How do I go about checking if my device already has Office Mobile 6.1 built-in or not? Am using HTC Touch (ROM 1.11.707.1B)? Thanks

#4.1 bmaher on 27 Sep 2007 - 15:57

Fire up word mobile, and go to save a document. The default format should be .docx

My WM6 device has this already.

#5 lwebster_2000 on 27 Sep 2007 - 19:54

does this add any other functionality or visual improvements or is this simply adding support for the new format?

#6 redeemed on 27 Sep 2007 - 23:29

Is this for WM5 too or only WM6?

#7 ForsytheM on 28 Sep 2007 - 04:39

Download link appears to be broken - Microsoft says "The download you requested is unavailable."

#8 Mercury_22 on 28 Sep 2007 - 14:01

This is why: Infoworld

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