Word 2007 compatibility mode

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Saltlick

I use Vista Professional OS with Office 2007. I have several large documents
in 2007 version, but when I save these back to Word 2003, the file size is
huge--often doubling and almost tripling in size from the 2007 version.

Can anyone tell me what is happening, or if there is a fix to this?

Also, if I wanted to install Word 2003, can I? I do have an OEM version of
Vista.

Thanks,
Salty
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Salty,

Are you saving as Word 2003 document (.doc) or as .rtf files? .Doc files aren't always able to compress as well as the zipped-XML
..docx files of Word 2007, and .RTF files compress very little of their content.

You can install Office 2003 if it is not an OEM edition that was previously used (OEM MS Office products are licensed to their
first-used-on machines rather than to a person).

The save size of a .doc file from either Word 2003 or Word 2007 should be relatively comparable.

============I use Vista Professional OS with Office 2007. I have several large documents
in 2007 version, but when I save these back to Word 2003, the file size is
huge--often doubling and almost tripling in size from the 2007 version.

Can anyone tell me what is happening, or if there is a fix to this?

Also, if I wanted to install Word 2003, can I? I do have an OEM version of
Vista.

Thanks,
Salty >>
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Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
 
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Saltlick

Thanks, Bob, for your prompt response. I am saving the 2003 file as .doc, not
..rtf. This is the first machine OEM, so if I understand you correctly, it
would support Office 2003. Nope, the .docx and the .doc save sizes are WAY
off. Hmm...wonder what that means. For instance, one .docx file is 34 MB.
When I save it in 2003 compat mode, it balloons to a whooping 110 MB. Wonder
why?
 
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Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Generally, the zipped .XML content that makes up the .docx documents can be smaller than its corresponding Unicode binary file .doc
type (i.e. the new file format may compress better than another).

A 34mb Word document is a rather large file (regardless of format) in that it can require a lot of your computer resources to
marshall, manage and edit. That it's OEM should not make a difference. What do you have in the file besides text. (i.e. inserted
objects will generally consume more resources than inserted graphics).

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Thanks, Bob, for your prompt response. I am saving the 2003 file as .doc, not
..rtf. This is the first machine OEM, so if I understand you correctly, it
would support Office 2003. Nope, the .docx and the .doc save sizes are WAY
off. Hmm...wonder what that means. For instance, one .docx file is 34 MB.
When I save it in 2003 compat mode, it balloons to a whooping 110 MB. Wonder
why? >>
--

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

If you're using Insert=>Object (right click on a 'slide' and see if it says 'Presentation Object' in the list) then you're embedding
an object that will call PPT to let you edit in place, likely more so if they're .PPT rather than .PPTX files. Those objects would
be larger (file size) than a comparable photo of slide (i.e. copy a slide and paste special as a picture, or save a PPT presentation
as a series of PNG or JPG graphics from PPT and then use in Word 2007
Insert=>Picture (From File).

Inserted objects will also often be less compressed when saved in .doc (97-2003) format than in Word 2007 (.docx/.docm) formats.

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Inserted .ppt slides. >>
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Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
 
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