Cannot save a Word 2003 Doc to Word 2007 docx full mode

[Alex Zimmerhaven]

The following post asks my question, but doesn't answer it
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...atibility+mode+can't+convert#21a676da5f768d0f

When I open a Word 2003 document in Word 2007 and choose "Save As" Word
document, it converts it to a .DOCX but it says "Compatibility Mode" at the
top. I realize it is supposed to do this if I have checked the 97-2003
button at the bottom of the Save As dialog box, but my button is unchecked.
Therefore, it should be saving the document to a .DOCX without the
"compatibility mode". But it isn't. I've checked all of my settings, and
this is a fresh install of Word 2007, with all of the Office updates.

Now, I realize that I can use the "Convert" button, but according to the the
Word 2007 Microsoft Word team blogs (below), I should be able to do both.
Besides, sometimes I may want to save as .DOCX and leave the original
document in .DOC format. (Whereas if I use "Convert" I won't be able to do
this).

According to the following blogs, I should be able to do it either way -
"Save As" or "Convert": (Specifically Part III talks about this)

Part I
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2006/09/27/774611.aspx
Part II
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_off...ompatibility-in-Word-2007-_1320_-Part-II.aspx
Part III
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_off...mpatibility-in-Word-2007-_2D00_-Part-III.aspx
Part IV
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_off...10/13/compatibility-in-word-2007-part-iv.aspx

Any help you can provide here would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Alex