Unnamed Header on WORD/Office 2008

[Azeal]

I have transcribed Word documents emailed to me with person's name & date e.g. "Smith, John_022508", open & review, edit, print, & save.
In '08, I download the transcribed document & instead of the name/date (as above) appearing on the Header (above Word Toolbar),it says "Document 1 [Compatibility Mode]". Then I need to re-title each document when I save it.
It is a major nuisance.
I usually save these to desktop; going to "Save as" presents me with my entire desktop & a multitude of choices.
I used to just hit the "close" & it would ask me if I wanted to save changes. Now I have to replace name, re-select where, etc. etc.
Is there some easy way to avoid this hassle?

Thanks

 

[CyberTaz]

If by "Header" you actually mean the document window's Title Bar (a Header
is an integral part of a document's content) it sounds like someone is
sending you *template* files rather than *document* files. Attempting to
open them is creating new documents based on the template - hence the
generic Document1 name in the Title bar. That's why you have to Save As -
the new document is actually being saved for the first time.

The term "Compatibility Mode" appears in the title bar because the templates
are in Word 2004 or earlier format - .doc for documents, .dot for templates.
Word 2007/8 use a new OOXML format - .docx for documents, .dotx for
templates [.dotm if the template contains VBA/customizations]. Any time you
open a file in the earlier format using Word 2007/8 that term will appear in
the title bar to serve as a reminder because that format doesn't support
some of the features available in the later versons.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac