Backwards compatibility

[Kim]

I am wondering is Office 2003 is backwards compatible with Office 2000. That
is, if I created documents in Word 2000, will I be able to open them in Word
2003?

Thanks in advance
Kim

 

[Bob I]

Yes.

 

[bxb7668]

Office 2003 can open Office 2000 documents. Office 2000 can open
Office 2003 documents with a small caveat. Any 2003 features in a
document will be ignored by 2000. If you then save in 2002 the
document that was created in 2003, those new feature elements are lost
but the rest of the document is fine.

 

[zeyan]

I'm sure there is no problem in Office 2003 SP1. But in office 2003 RTM,
there is a critical problem in Word 2003 when you open a document created by
Word 2000 and 2002:
Please visit the following for details and install the SP1:

Description of the Office 2003 critical update: November 4, 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828041

Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 1
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842532