Microsoft Filter Pack

I just spotted this on Sarah’s blog on 10 – the 2007 Office System Converter: Microsoft Filter Pack. Quite a mouthful but looks like it’s well worth an install.

As Sarah says,

Windows Search 4.0 is able to search within Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Office 2007 documents based on the text they contain. It also works for Vista too, adding new search capabilities which can be accessed right from Vista’s search bar. Now when you do a search, the Windows indexing service doesn’t just search for file names but also knows what’s in the files themselves, and that makes finding the right file so much easier.

 

Download details: Microsoft Filter Pack

Comments

• Anonymous
  October 21, 2008
  Wierd. The download page (here) says that it is version 2. However when you install it, it says "Filter Pack Version 1.0". Did someone forget to update the installer?

• Anonymous
  October 21, 2008
  Why isn't this built into Windows?  You can't expect users to have to download this type of thing.

• Anonymous
  October 21, 2008
  I'll have to disagree - I think it's perfectly reasonable to download stuff like this when it adds more capability to the product you own. sometimes it's just not feasible to get everything in to windows at launch time so making it available after the fact I see as a great bonus

• Anonymous
  October 21, 2008
  Why not release it through windows update, then?

• Anonymous
  October 22, 2008
  that's actually a fair point but I think there may be some legal restrictions on this particular technology. will check