Word 2007 change the default save as

[RonOB]

I have Office 2007 on my new Windows 7 PC but still use Office 2003 on my
laptop and most of my associates use 2003. I therefore prefer to save Word
2007 documents as Word 97-2003 .doc files. Trouble is, I keep forgetting to
save as... (.doc) and Word 2007 defaults to it's new fangled .docx format.

I know you can get a viewer but I don't want to force all my associates and
clients to do this, so can I set Word 2007 so that is saves by default to
the older .doc format

 

[Jeff Strickland]

I don't know that you can set Word to down-save to the earlier version as a
default action, but everybody with the earlier version of Office can
download a converter that lets them open Office 07 files.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/HA010449811033.aspX


Clients and associates will run into this hurdle eventually with other
clients and associates they have, so you may as well embrace the change
instead of try to buck it.

 

[RonOB]

I'm answering my own question here as I just found the answer which may be
useful to others.

To default save in another format:

Click the Office button

Click on Word Options (bottom of page

then on Save options

where is states Save files in this format, select Word 97-2003 (or whatever
you want)

ta da - job done!

 

[Jeff Strickland]

I'm answering my own question here as I just found the answer which may be
useful to others.

To default save in another format:

Click the Office button

Click on Word Options (bottom of page

then on Save options

where is states Save files in this format, select Word 97-2003 (or
whatever you want)

ta da - job done!

Cool.

Your clients and associates might still enjoy the converter though because
they are still going to be faced with Office 07 files from sources that they
can't control or that are not willing as you are to accomodate them.

 

[RonOB]

Your clients and associates might still enjoy the converter though because
they are still going to be faced with Office 07 files from sources that
they can't control or that are not willing as you are to accomodate them.

That's true....I'd just rather not be the pain-in-the-butt that tells them
to do this - most are computer illiterate at the best of times and need the
instruction manual to enter their log-on password!

Ron