Can Word 2007 documents be opened in earlier Word versions?

[jobob]

I have heard documents written in Word 2007 cannot be opened in previous
versions of Word. Is this true? I bought Word 2007 in part so I could e-mail
attachments to other people with older versions of Word. Please tell me the
new version is backwards-capatable?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

There are two options. Either you save the documents in the older format or
your readers will be required to download a compatibility pack. Personally,
I don't think you should make them do that - not everyone will want to.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[jobob]

Thanks, I was hoping I could just save Word 2007 documents in older formats
(just like I used to save Works to Word format). I also don't think other
people should have to download compatibility packs just to read what someone
has sent them.

There are two options. Either you save the documents in the older format or
your readers will be required to download a compatibility pack. Personally,
I don't think you should make them do that - not everyone will want to.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

I have heard documents written in Word 2007 cannot be opened in previous
versions of Word. Is this true? I bought Word 2007 in part so I could
e-mail
attachments to other people with older versions of Word. Please tell me
the
new version is backwards-capatable?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

You can and it's nice that someone else agrees with me about forced
downloads.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Thanks, I was hoping I could just save Word 2007 documents in older
formats
(just like I used to save Works to Word format). I also don't think other
people should have to download compatibility packs just to read what
someone
has sent them.

There are two options. Either you save the documents in the older format
or
your readers will be required to download a compatibility pack.
Personally,
I don't think you should make them do that - not everyone will want to.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

I have heard documents written in Word 2007 cannot be opened in previous
versions of Word. Is this true? I bought Word 2007 in part so I could
e-mail
attachments to other people with older versions of Word. Please tell me
the
new version is backwards-capatable?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Depending on the skill level of the recipient, they may not understand
what's going on. I deal with users with minimal skills. They would be ready
to hang me if I sent them files that needed that download.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Not a problem

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi James,

The latest Windows updates include a portion of the compatibility update that advises you when you try to open an Office 2007
document that someone sent you that there is a converter available and asks if you'd like to download it.

Until the Adobe (Acrobat) reader became commonplace it wasn't unusual for folks to be upset that they couldn't open those files when
they were sent to them

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<<"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote in message
I must say I agree. It has not happened yet but I think I would
have been rather irked if someone had sent me a file that
required me to load a "compatibility pack" had I not just been
warned. I buy my own software but a large number of aquaintances
have it bought by employers and will probably change to 2007
long before I do. If MS had any tact or commercial sense at all
they would have sent such packs as updates to all registered
copies of Office.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*