Office 2007 and Word 2003 files

[mikejs]

Someone sent me a Word 2003 file, which I opened and changed in Word 2007,
and then saved back in 2003 format - no problems so far. However, when I
opened the same (saved) file on a second computer, also using Word 2007, the
formatting of the tables went crazy - they were all suddenly one column in
size and very long. So instead of there being 170 pages, there were now 2000
pages.

The first computer runs Windows 7 and is a 64-bit pc. The second computer
runs XP and is 32-bit. Could this be the problem? I tried opening the saved
file on a third computer (also 64-bit, Windows 7 and Word 2007), and it
opened without a problem. The problem is only on the 32-bit XP pc. All run
Word 2007, which as far as I know is 32-bit (but I might be wrong). Why would
the op system make a difference?

Any thoughts or suggestions on how to sort this out would be appreciated. I
would rather avoid having Word 2003 and Word 2007 on the same pc, but that's
all I can think of for now.

Thanks
Michael

 

[LVTravel]

Someone sent me a Word 2003 file, which I opened and changed in Word 2007,
and then saved back in 2003 format - no problems so far. However, when I
opened the same (saved) file on a second computer, also using Word 2007,
the
formatting of the tables went crazy - they were all suddenly one column in
size and very long. So instead of there being 170 pages, there were now
2000
pages.

The first computer runs Windows 7 and is a 64-bit pc. The second computer
runs XP and is 32-bit. Could this be the problem? I tried opening the
saved
file on a third computer (also 64-bit, Windows 7 and Word 2007), and it
opened without a problem. The problem is only on the 32-bit XP pc. All run
Word 2007, which as far as I know is 32-bit (but I might be wrong). Why
would
the op system make a difference?

Any thoughts or suggestions on how to sort this out would be appreciated.
I
would rather avoid having Word 2003 and Word 2007 on the same pc, but
that's
all I can think of for now.

Thanks
Michael

My first thought was the fonts used in the document. Are all the fonts used
on the document present in the Win XP system? As I don't have a Win 7
system yet, I don't know if MS has newer fonts that may have been used like
they did when they created Vista. Ensure that all fonts used were also
placed onto the XP system or embed the fonts in the saved Word document.

Another issue may be the default printer on the XP machine. As some
printers restrict the bottom margin and side margins more than others this
can also change the layout of a document.

And yes, Office 2007 is only available as 32 bit programs.

 

[mikejs]

Hi

Thanks for the reply. The file was originally created in 2003, and none of
the fonts then changed. The margin thing - I know what you mean, but this was
different. The tables all ended up about 2 cm wide, so I don't know what it
could be, but I don't think it was that.