2007 Office System Converter

Oct 13, 2008 11:13 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft has made available for download a new Filter Pack designed to enhance the capabilities of the Windows Desktop Search and the Windows indexing Service. According to the Redmond giant, the 2007 Office System Converter is set up to permit the Windows Indexing Service to play well with the IFilters necessary for all Microsoft search products to index not only documents, but the contains of documents for specific file formats, in this context belonging to the programs of the Office 2007 System.

“This download will install and register IFilters with the Windows Indexing Service. These IFilters are used by Microsoft Search products to index the contents of specific document formats. This Filter Pack includes IFilters for the following formats: .docx, .docm, .pptx, .pptm, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb, .zip, .one, .vdx, .vsd, .vss, .vst, .vdx, .vsx, and .vtx. Because Windows Desktop Search (WDS) consumes IFilters from Windows Indexing Service, the IFilters will be automatically registered and available for use by WDS,” explained Nick MacKechnie, Senior Technical Account Manager at Microsoft New Zealand.

It is important to note that the 2007 Office System Converter does not integrate exclusively with Windows Search 4.0 in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3. In fact, beyond Vista SP1 and XP SP3, the tool will work with Office SharePoint Server 2007; Search Server 2008; Windows SharePoint Services v3.0; SharePoint Portal Servicer 2003; Exchange Server 2007; SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008; and Windows Desktop Search 3.1. The Redmond giant is offering two versions of 2007 Office System Converter, built for 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.

2007 Office System Converter: Microsoft Filter Pack 2.0 is available for download here.

MacKechnie added that “to register these IFilters with a specific Search product, please see the associated KB article below:

Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Office SharePoint Server 2007 registration steps Search Server 2008 - Search Server 2008 registration steps SharePoint Portal Server 2003 - SharePoint Portal Server 2003 registration steps Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 - Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 registration steps Exchange Server 2007 - Exchange Server 2007 registration steps SQL Server 2005 - SQL Server 2005 registration steps SQL Server 2008 - SQL Server 2008 registration steps”.