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I would like to download and install a compatibility Pack for Word 2007.
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
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The Compatibility Pack usually refers to a patch (for Office 2003) that lets you open the most recent file formats (*.docx etc.). Note that you don't need the Compatibility Pack for Office 2007 or later, because these versions are able to create and edit *.docx files natively.
In addition to Word 2007 saving in *.docx format and opening files in that format, as Stefan mentions, it can also save in Word 97-2003 (*.doc) format and open files that are in that format. Therefore, it has both bases covered.