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Word 2007 change the default save as
I have Office 2007 on my new Windows 7 PC but still use Office 2003 on my
laptop and most of my associates use 2003. I therefore prefer to save Word 2007 documents as Word 97-2003 .doc files. Trouble is, I keep forgetting to save as... (.doc) and Word 2007 defaults to it's new fangled .docx format. I know you can get a viewer but I don't want to force all my associates and clients to do this, so can I set Word 2007 so that is saves by default to the older .doc format -- Ron |
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Word 2007 change the default save as
I don't know that you can set Word to down-save to the earlier version as a
default action, but everybody with the earlier version of Office can download a converter that lets them open Office 07 files. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/do...449811033.aspX Clients and associates will run into this hurdle eventually with other clients and associates they have, so you may as well embrace the change instead of try to buck it. "RonOB" wrote in message ... I have Office 2007 on my new Windows 7 PC but still use Office 2003 on my laptop and most of my associates use 2003. I therefore prefer to save Word 2007 documents as Word 97-2003 .doc files. Trouble is, I keep forgetting to save as... (.doc) and Word 2007 defaults to it's new fangled .docx format. I know you can get a viewer but I don't want to force all my associates and clients to do this, so can I set Word 2007 so that is saves by default to the older .doc format -- Ron |
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Word 2007 change the default save as
I'm answering my own question here as I just found the answer which may be
useful to others. To default save in another format: Click the Office button Click on Word Options (bottom of page then on Save options where is states Save files in this format, select Word 97-2003 (or whatever you want) ta da - job done! |
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Word 2007 change the default save as
"RonOB" wrote in message ... I'm answering my own question here as I just found the answer which may be useful to others. To default save in another format: Click the Office button Click on Word Options (bottom of page then on Save options where is states Save files in this format, select Word 97-2003 (or whatever you want) ta da - job done! Cool. Your clients and associates might still enjoy the converter though because they are still going to be faced with Office 07 files from sources that they can't control or that are not willing as you are to accomodate them. |
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Word 2007 change the default save as
"Jeff Strickland" wrote in message ... Your clients and associates might still enjoy the converter though because they are still going to be faced with Office 07 files from sources that they can't control or that are not willing as you are to accomodate them. That's true....I'd just rather not be the pain-in-the-butt that tells them to do this - most are computer illiterate at the best of times and need the instruction manual to enter their log-on password! :-) Ron |
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