Hello,

Can I make some change so Excel and Word save documents as the previous
version so the rest of my office can open them in case I forget to choose
save as instead of save.

Thanks

I assume that you are referring to Office 2007. You can set the save
default for Word and Excel in the Options dialog. To get to the dialog
click on the Microsoft Office Button on the top left of the Word or
Excel screen. In the bottom of the resulting drop down you'll see a
button labeled Word Options or Excel Options. Click on it. In the
Options dialog, click on Save. This will bring up the option to set
the default save option to 97-2003 format.

Brian

"boe" <boe_d@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> Can I make some change so Excel and Word save documents as the
> previous version so the rest of my office can open them in case I
> forget to choose save as instead of save.
>
> Thanks
>

If no one else comes up with an answer, just create a "Save AS" macro
that switches it for you and use that button instead.

boe wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Can I make some change so Excel and Word save documents as the previous
> version so the rest of my office can open them in case I forget to choose
> save as instead of save.
>
> Thanks
>
>

"boe" <boe_d@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote:

> Can I make some change so Excel and Word save documents as the
> previous version so the rest of my office can open them in case I
> forget to choose save as instead of save.

Yes. Previously asked (by me) and answered by Bob Buckland.

"In Office Button=>Options section of the core (ribboned) apps you can
set a default save format in the 'Save' options area. This
also limits the feature set available when you start a new document."

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