Some answers please, otherwise its old Word 2000 for me!!!

[Simon B]

When creating a new document in Word 2007, should it not automatically be
saved as a Word 2007 document, ie docx? My PC seems to pick and choose how it
saves things.

Why does Word 2007 sometimes randomly save my files as shortcuts?

Also, my computer has 'lost' documents, they have been created correctly and
saved correctly, then when I return a couple of days later, they have
disappeared!!!

Please could anyone answer these questions in 'laymans' terms.

Many many thanks..

 

[Stefan Blom]

in message

When creating a new document in Word 2007, should it not automatically be
saved as a Word 2007 document, ie docx? My PC seems to pick and choose how
it
saves things.

Click Office button | Word Options, Save category. Choose the desired option
for "Save files in this format."

Why does Word 2007 sometimes randomly save my files as shortcuts?

Where do you see these shortcuts?

Also, my computer has 'lost' documents, they have been created correctly
and
saved correctly, then when I return a couple of days later, they have
disappeared!!!

Where did you save the documents? Did you search for them in Windows?