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How to Install Microsoft Office Document Imaging for Office 2007 in Windows Vista
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MDI (Microsoft Document Imaging format) is a file format introduced by Microsoft. It is for storing raster images of scanned documents together with optional annotations or metadata which can include the text of the document, generated by OCR. Office 2007's installation, by default, doesn't install Microsoft Document Imaging Viewer.

To install Microsoft Office Document Imaging viewer:
- Click on Start button to open the Control Panel window.
- Double clicks on the Program and Features.
- Select Microsoft Office XXX 2007 and click Change on the top (XXX may be Ultimate, Enterprise, Professional, Small Business, Home and Student and etc).
- Select Add or Remove Features and click Continue.
- Expand the Office Tools and Microsoft Office Document Imaging.
- Click on the drop down list for Microsoft Office Document Imaging and make sure Run all from My Computer is checked.
- Click Continue to apply the changes.
After the installation, a new virtual printer Microsoft Office Document Imaging Writer will be created and you will be able to open MDI files now.
November 14th, 2009 - 11:16
Still using Office 2003. No need to use this yet.