> How do I change the default from .docx to .doc since all my files need to
> be
> readable by all?
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> God Bless, Socr1st
>
>
> "Peter Jamieson" wrote:
>
>> Although in theory they ought to do the same thing, I suppose I would
>> have
>> slightly more confidence in a process where I used Word 2007 to open Word
>> 2000 documents rather than Word 2000 to save Word 2007 document. But only
>> if
>> it worked, of course :-)
>>
>> Something to check is that Word has a whole raft of "Compatibility
>> options"
>> which let you say, for example, "do line spacing /for this document/ the
>> way
>> that Word 6 did it". There are even some WordPerfect-related options in
>> there. I doubt if they will help you all that much, but perhaps worth a
>> look. However, I wouldn't want to rely on those options long-term even if
>> they do most of what you need.
>>
>> Peter Jamieson
>> "Jeff Mathewson" <jeffwm[ at ]uswest.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23vmZLPAtHHA.1776[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> >I wasn't asking for a solution, but more just a question about the two
>> > versions of Word. Between the two files, Word 2000 and 2007 file
>> > formats,
>> > I
>> > found that tab, fonts and line spacing were changed. Now this could
>> > just
>> > be
>> > me..I'm asking if this could or is an issue between the two formats of
>> > Word.
>> > The problem I had, and was kind of set back, was when saving the
>> > document
>> > from 2000 to 2007 I was expecting the two files to have the same
>> > format.
>> > In
>> > a converting test where I saved the WordPerfect to document to Word
>> > 2000
>> > then from within Word 2007 saved the file as DOCx all three files had a
>> > different page layout look. Page layout meaning, when printing all
>> > three
>> > documents, they did not have the same look.
>> >
>> > Jeff.
>> >
>> > "Graham Mayor" <gmayor[ at ]REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote in message
>> > news:OIQEY$7sHHA.4548[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> >> As you have not said in what way the files lose their format it is
>> > difficult
>> >> to suggest a solution, however starting with the same templates and
>> > template
>> >> formats would minimise any changes, but changes are inevitable between
>> >> platforms - see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TextReflow.htm>> >> .Personally I would put the XML docx format as the only justification
>> >> to
>> >> change to Word 2007 even though it will in the short term make
>> >> document
>> >> exchange with third parties inconvenient.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>> >> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>> >>
>> >> My web site www.gmayor.com
>> >> Word MVP web site
http://word.mvps.org>> >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>> >>
>> >> Jeff Mathewson wrote:
>> >> > We have started a major WordPerfect to Word 2007 project and to get
>> >> > ready I'm looking into all the ways that we can convert. One of the
>> >> > items I tested was all the ways I could convert to Word 2007. All
>> >> > in
>> >> > all, found that I could import the documents 7 different ways. But
>> >> > in most cases what I found really odd was the number of document
>> >> > that
>> >> > lost there formats between Word 2000 and Word 2007. When saving the
>> >> > same file from Word 2000 to Word 2007 the document format was lost
>> >> > in
>> >> > about all the documents I tested. With this in mind, I'm not sure
>> >> > if
>> >> > I want to use DOCx. Anyone else run into this issue?
>> >> >
>> >> > Jeff.
>> >> >
>> >> > "Panic" <smartwit[ at ]home.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news:OdyNbitfHHA.3648[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> >> >> I just upgraded to Word 2007. I notice it defaults to save files
>> >> >> as
>> >> >> .docx. I would guess that won't be useable by previous versions of
>> >> >> Word. But I note that you can elect to save as a Word 97-2003
>> >> >> compatible document. I would assume that saves it as a .doc file.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Word 2007 takes a little getting used to but I'm beginning to like
>> >> >> it. It would seem the smart thing to do is to use the default
>> >> >> .docx
>> >> >> save to retain the new abilities of Word 2007. But if I wanted to
>> >> >> send it by email to someone or planned to copy it for transfer to
>> >> >> another computer I should reload the .docx file and save a
>> >> >> different
>> >> >> version as a .doc file.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Any comments?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Darrell R. Schmidt
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>> >>
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