Office Enterprise 2007 compatibility with old Office issue

[London Geezer]

Hey guys,

I just installed Office 2007 and briefly played around with it last night. It looks amazing - not sure that it will be better to actually work with than old Office, but i digress...

I saved a Word 2007 file, and when i tried opening it in my office with Word 2003, it wouldn't work. Word 2003 prompted me to install a "converter" but as i don't have enough privileges at work, i can't actually install it.

What setting do i have to change on Office 2007 to make sure that all documents i create actually work on older versions of Office, if that's even possible? I don't see the point of having a shiny brand new Office application if only 3 people can actually see documents created with it - as the vastest majority will be on older versions of Office for a long long time.

Thanks!


PS: And PLEASE do NOT come in here to tell me to boicott MS and use free downloadable office applications which "are much better than Office anyway" and yadda yadda yadda...

 

[atlantis]

Boycott MS!
Use free downloadable office applications which "are much better than Office anyway"
Yadda yadda yadda...


Seriously... there isn't an "Export" function or a "Save", "File type", "Word 97 / 2000 / XP /2003" in Word 2007?
Most of the time it converts the .doc keeping proper formatting, style, etc.
But I didn't try 2007 yet....

 

[Blazkowicz]

can't you choose the file format in the save dialog?
I remember the rare time where I used something like Word 97 and there was, .doc, .doc (word 6.0), .doc (word 2.0), .rtf, .txt etc.

 

[Rys]

Yes, you can save in the old format.

There's also the compatability pack, letting older versions of Office work with 2007's new OpenXML formats:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101686761033.aspx

 

[London Geezer]

Yes, you can save in the old format.

There's also the compatability pack, letting older versions of Office work with 2007's new OpenXML formats:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101686761033.aspx

I'm sure i can save to the old format, but i was thinking that i rather have it defaulted as that, than having to select the old format every time i save - as i will probably forget sometimes.

 

[Blazkowicz]

likewise I'd want paint shop pro to default to png and not their useless (for me) .PSP format

 

[Malo]

In word 2003, in Tools -> Options -> Save, there is a dropdown to allow you to specify an older version of *.doc files to save as default for compatibility. Don't have my laptop here so can't check but see if Word 2007 has the same option.

 

[London Geezer]

In word 2003, in Tools -> Options -> Save, there is a dropdown to allow you to specify an older version of *.doc files to save as default for compatibility. Don't have my laptop here so can't check but see if Word 2007 has the same option.

Cool thanks!!! That's what i needed...