word docs in office xp and office 2000

[starra]

When I work at school, I use the Word program Microsoft
Office (2000) to type all docs. At home, however, I have
Microsoft Office XP with Word. Whenever I try to open
Word docs I have complete at school at home, the format
is always different (different page breaks, length of
lines, etc.)
What am I doing wrong? I end up doing double the work I
have to. Can someone please help me? Thanks!

 

[Nehmo Sergheyev]

- starra -

When I work at school, I use the Word program Microsoft
Office (2000) to type all docs. At home, however, I have
Microsoft Office XP with Word. Whenever I try to open
Word docs I have complete at school at home, the format
is always different (different page breaks, length of
lines, etc.)
What am I doing wrong? I end up doing double the work I
have to.

- Nehmo -
The best solution would be to get the school to upgrade to what's
happening today. Even you could move a notch up.
But I don't know about your problem. I skipped Office XP and went from
2000 to 2003. All my 2000 docs open fine in 2003, but maybe I don't use
some kind of formatting you use.
Try saving in Word 2000 using the dropdown menu to save as doc '97. See
if that opens in Word XP okay.

Also disable fast saves in W 2000
Tools > Options >Save tab > uncheck Allow fast save box if checked

And I know this sounds useless but if you're using a floppy to transport
the docs, try something else. Email them as attachments. Or if you use a
floppy, move the file to the HD first. I don't understand why this may
help, but I read it does.

And what font are you using at school? Do you have that font at home?

You could also try or
crossposted

 

[Rob Schneider]

The differences aren't due to Word versions. The differences surely are
the different fonts and printer drivers. Fonts and printers control how
the document is formatted. Ensure the fonts you select at home are
fonts that are available at school.

Assuming you must re-open the doc's at school (rather than print at home
in the format you want), reconsider how you are using Word. For
example: Are you putting in your own page breaks (in general don't do
this ... let Word decide where the page break should occur)? Are you
defining your own line ends with soft or hard carriage returns? Are
you using a style sheet (so that when you get to school a simple change
in style will enable you to reset the formats for successful printing).

I can't tell from here what you are doing, but if you start from the
pint that fonts/printers control the format, then look at how you use
Word this will all help resolve the problem.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms