Going from Office 2000 on Windows 95 to Office 2007 on Vista

[eish]

If I have a client who uses office 2000 on windows 95, and I have office 2007
on windows vista, would we both be able to pass the file back and forth, each
modifing it as required?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Eish,

MS does have a 'compatibility pack' to enable Office 2000 users to open and save Office 2007 files, but to install it requires
Windows 2000 SP4 or higher. You can use Office Button(File)=>Save As to save in Word 97-2003 (same with Excel) file formats and or
set your default file format to that in Office Button=>Options=>Save.

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If I have a client who uses office 2000 on windows 95, and I have office 2007
on windows vista, would we both be able to pass the file back and forth, each
modifing it as required? >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[eish]

If I Save as to word 2000 using word 2007, will my client see exactly what I
see, or will my client see differences resulting from the downgrade and what
each version can show?
Thank you, Eish.
(and thanks Bob for your post)

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Eish,

As mentioned in your other post, tne compatibility checker
(Office button=>Prepare=>Run Compatibility Checker)
will show in general what will be changed when saving in a legacy format (.doc, .xls, .ppt) and it should be pretty much what you
see in compatibility mode after using 'Save As' and choosing a .doc, for example, format. (Word 97-2003 was the same file format,
with newer features in each version, but usually a way to show the data in each of the earlier ones).

You can also open a legacy document in Windows Wordpad to get a minmimalist view of one of those documents.

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If I Save as to word 2000 using word 2007, will my client see exactly what I
see, or will my client see differences resulting from the downgrade and what
each version can show?
Thank you, Eish. >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*