# Gem to open office 2007 xls in older version office

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-to-open-office-2007-xls-in-older-version-office/164451>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 1, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-to-open-office-2007-xls-in-older-version-office/164451 "2009-04-01T16:08:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![radha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@radha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/radha)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-to-open-office-2007-xls-in-older-version-office/164451/1 "2009-04-01T16:08:09Z")

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Hello Friends,

In my rails application i have to open office 2007 spreadsheets in the  
older versions of open office ex.2003.

Is there any gem or plugin to do the same. Or the gem/plugin which  
converts office 2007 xls files in the older version so that these can be  
read.

any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and Regards,  
Radha