Hi,

I have a new laptop with windows vista OS and have just installed office
2007. my desktop at work is windows XP with office 2003.

Now I know that you can save woprd documents as office 97(.doc) but whenever
I save as this, it still saves the file as .docx

I'm at my wit's end, as the entire package is useless if noone else can read
my files! Any advice gratefully received.

Thanks

Sam wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a new laptop with windows vista OS and have just installed
> office 2007. my desktop at work is windows XP with office 2003.
>
> Now I know that you can save woprd documents as office 97(.doc) but
> whenever I save as this, it still saves the file as .docx
>
> I'm at my wit's end, as the entire package is useless if noone else
> can read my files! Any advice gratefully received.
>
> Thanks
=====================================
In Word 2007...saving as: 'Word.97 - 2003 Document'
should result in a file with the .doc extension.

Maybe this article will offer some ideas:

(925756) The "Word 97-2003 & 6.0/95 - RTF
(*.doc)" file converter is missing in Word 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925756/en-us

Also try the following newsgroups:

Word General Questions
http://tinyurl.com/bdke4

Office General Questions
http://tinyurl.com/dxluy


--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Sam wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a new laptop with windows vista OS and have just installed
> office 2007. my desktop at work is windows XP with office 2003.
>
> Now I know that you can save woprd documents as office 97(.doc) but
> whenever I save as this, it still saves the file as .docx
>
> I'm at my wit's end, as the entire package is useless if noone else
> can read my files! Any advice gratefully received.
>
> Thanks
=====================================
In Word 2007...saving as: 'Word.97 - 2003 Document'
should result in a file with the .doc extension.

Maybe this article will offer some ideas:

(925756) The "Word 97-2003 & 6.0/95 - RTF
(*.doc)" file converter is missing in Word 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925756/en-us

Also try the following newsgroups:

Word General Questions
http://tinyurl.com/bdke4

Office General Questions
http://tinyurl.com/dxluy


--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:02:09 -0700, Sam
<Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a new laptop with windows vista OS and have just installed office
> 2007. my desktop at work is windows XP with office 2003.
>
> Now I know that you can save woprd documents as office 97(.doc) but whenever
> I save as this, it still saves the file as .docx
>
> I'm at my wit's end, as the entire package is useless if noone else can read
> my files! Any advice gratefully received.


Three points:

1. You would likely do much better asking Word questions in a Word
newsgroup rather than here in a Vista one. The Word newsgroup is where
the Word experts (I'm not one of them) hang out.

2. I have personally never had any problem using Save as to save files
in the .doc format.

3. Those people with older version of Word will be able to read the
new docx format if they install the compatibility pack. See
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/p...converter.mspx

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:02:09 -0700, Sam
<Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a new laptop with windows vista OS and have just installed office
> 2007. my desktop at work is windows XP with office 2003.
>
> Now I know that you can save woprd documents as office 97(.doc) but whenever
> I save as this, it still saves the file as .docx
>
> I'm at my wit's end, as the entire package is useless if noone else can read
> my files! Any advice gratefully received.


Three points:

1. You would likely do much better asking Word questions in a Word
newsgroup rather than here in a Vista one. The Word newsgroup is where
the Word experts (I'm not one of them) hang out.

2. I have personally never had any problem using Save as to save files
in the .doc format.

3. Those people with older version of Word will be able to read the
new docx format if they install the compatibility pack. See
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/p...converter.mspx

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:02:09 -0700, Sam
<Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a new laptop with windows vista OS and have just installed office
> 2007. my desktop at work is windows XP with office 2003.
>
> Now I know that you can save woprd documents as office 97(.doc) but whenever
> I save as this, it still saves the file as .docx
>
> I'm at my wit's end, as the entire package is useless if noone else can read
> my files! Any advice gratefully received.


Three points:

1. You would likely do much better asking Word questions in a Word
newsgroup rather than here in a Vista one. The Word newsgroup is where
the Word experts (I'm not one of them) hang out.

2. I have personally never had any problem using Save as to save files
in the .doc format.

3. Those people with older version of Word will be able to read the
new docx format if they install the compatibility pack. See
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/p...converter.mspx

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

In article <9E5128E8-09D1-46F0-8E98-65D8FC3F71CD@microsoft.com>,
Sam@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> Hi,
>
> I have a new laptop with windows vista OS and have just installed office
> 2007. my desktop at work is windows XP with office 2003.
>
> Now I know that you can save woprd documents as office 97(.doc) but whenever
> I save as this, it still saves the file as .docx
>
> I'm at my wit's end, as the entire package is useless if noone else can read
> my files! Any advice gratefully received.

Click on the MS Office ICON, the strange Windows ICON in the upper left,
select SAVE AS, then select the TOOLS button in the lower left, then
select SAVE OPTIONS, now you can pick "Save files in this format" and
select the one you want.

It will use that method from then on - same for Excel and others.

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In article <9E5128E8-09D1-46F0-8E98-65D8FC3F71CD@microsoft.com>,
Sam@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> Hi,
>
> I have a new laptop with windows vista OS and have just installed office
> 2007. my desktop at work is windows XP with office 2003.
>
> Now I know that you can save woprd documents as office 97(.doc) but whenever
> I save as this, it still saves the file as .docx
>
> I'm at my wit's end, as the entire package is useless if noone else can read
> my files! Any advice gratefully received.

Click on the MS Office ICON, the strange Windows ICON in the upper left,
select SAVE AS, then select the TOOLS button in the lower left, then
select SAVE OPTIONS, now you can pick "Save files in this format" and
select the one you want.

It will use that method from then on - same for Excel and others.

--

Leythos
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)

In article <9E5128E8-09D1-46F0-8E98-65D8FC3F71CD@microsoft.com>,
Sam@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> Hi,
>
> I have a new laptop with windows vista OS and have just installed office
> 2007. my desktop at work is windows XP with office 2003.
>
> Now I know that you can save woprd documents as office 97(.doc) but whenever
> I save as this, it still saves the file as .docx
>
> I'm at my wit's end, as the entire package is useless if noone else can read
> my files! Any advice gratefully received.

Click on the MS Office ICON, the strange Windows ICON in the upper left,
select SAVE AS, then select the TOOLS button in the lower left, then
select SAVE OPTIONS, now you can pick "Save files in this format" and
select the one you want.

It will use that method from then on - same for Excel and others.

--

Leythos
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)