Word 2007 as attachments to emails Sheila 12.07.2007 02:34:03 I had to "Save As Word97-2003" two documents, originally typed in Word 2007, attached to an email sent via Outlook Express and resend them, as no-one was able to read them. They appeared as grey screen. I have checked with PC and Mac-user friends and none of them could read anything in Word 2007. What else is going to go wrong with this programme! Oh dear, I think this is a rant. Sorry; I think I shall bin my disc and count the money lost, and look for an old Word programme to download and thus be able to sit at peace in front of my computer. Thanks for "listening" - Sheila

Re: Word 2007 as attachments to emails "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit[ at ]mvps.org.NOSPAM> 12.07.2007 17:13:31 Word 2007 saves files as 'docx' by default and, as such, these cannot be opened in earlier versions of Microsoft Word. If the people you are sending the attachments to only have pre-2007 versions of Word then your only option is to save in Word 97-2003 format. I'm not sure whether the free Word viewer from Microsoft will read Word 2007 documents, not having tried it. As for anything else going wrong with the Word 2007 program, it isn't actually a problem. Microsoft have simply changed the way Word saves its files. I certainly haven't experienced any problems with Word or the Office 2007 Suite in general. -- John Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows - Shell/User Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "Sheila" <Sheila[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DA5B0E79-696E-4B53-871C-95E0D6761B55[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I had to "Save As Word97-2003" two documents, originally typed in Word >2007, > attached to an email sent via Outlook Express and resend them, as no-one > was > able to read them. They appeared as grey screen. I have checked with PC > and > Mac-user friends and none of them could read anything in Word 2007. What > else is going to go wrong with this programme! Oh dear, I think this is a > rant. Sorry; I think I shall bin my disc and count the money lost, and > look for an old Word programme to download and thus be able to sit at > peace > in front of my computer. Thanks for "listening" - Sheila

Re: Word 2007 as attachments to emails Sheila 13.07.2007 02:36:02 Thank you for telling me why the attachments couldn't be read by others (interestingly last time I updated my Word - some years back now - I didn't have this problem, somehow those to whom I sent attachments never had a problem opening and reading them!) In regard to your not having any problems with Word or Office 2007, don't you find it rather odd that French was chosen as the default language for Spellcheck in Outlook Express and that the answer given to what to do is to download another company's programme? Also, and so far despite many attempts, I am still unable to send an email directly from a Word document as I used to pre-2007. (See my query "Sending email from Word 2007" dated 06/27/07) But thanks again for responding, Sheila "John Barnett MVP" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Word 2007 saves files as 'docx' by default and, as such, these cannot be > opened in earlier versions of Microsoft Word. If the people you are sending > the attachments to only have pre-2007 versions of Word then your only option > is to save in Word 97-2003 format. I'm not sure whether the free Word viewer > from Microsoft will read Word 2007 documents, not having tried it. > > As for anything else going wrong with the Word 2007 program, it isn't > actually a problem. Microsoft have simply changed the way Word saves its > files. I certainly haven't experienced any problems with Word or the Office > 2007 Suite in general. > > -- > John Barnett MVP > Associate Expert > Windows - Shell/User > > Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org > Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org > > The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any > kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, > reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for > any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the > use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this > mail/post.. > > "Sheila" <Sheila[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:DA5B0E79-696E-4B53-871C-95E0D6761B55[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I had to "Save As Word97-2003" two documents, originally typed in Word > >2007, > > attached to an email sent via Outlook Express and resend them, as no-one > > was > > able to read them. They appeared as grey screen. I have checked with PC > > and > > Mac-user friends and none of them could read anything in Word 2007. What > > else is going to go wrong with this programme! Oh dear, I think this is a > > rant. Sorry; I think I shall bin my disc and count the money lost, and > > look for an old Word programme to download and thus be able to sit at > > peace > > in front of my computer. Thanks for "listening" - Sheila > >