Programming Compatibility

[Mike Faulkner]

Hello

Word: XP (Rollout of 2003 soon)
OS: Windows XP

I want to set a documents Tools|Options|Compatibility to what ever version
of Word a user is running.

Example:
if Application.version = "10.0" then
activedocument.compatibility = 2002
elseif Application.version = "11.0"
activedocument.compatibility = 2003
elseif Application.version = "12.0"
activedocument.compatibility = 2007
end if

Word's Recorder produces many lines for each version. I just want to
simplify the process. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Mike

 

[Jonathan West]

Hi Mike,

I really would recommend you *don't* do this. The compatibility settings can
change things such as the way paragraph spacing is handled, and can
therefore comprehensively mess up the layout of existing documents if
applied unthinkingly.

What are you trying to achieve, and why?


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[Mike Faulkner]

Jonathan

One of the functions of our Document Repair Tool changes a Document's
Compatibility to Word 2002. It has been run on over 3,000 documents without
complaint... so far.

Regards
Mike