There is no "best" or "unoversal" formats. For now, most people can read a
..doc file and many can read the .docx. You can save a document as a .doc
format in Word 2007.
What I've been doing is determining the format by what is going to happen to
the file. If it's for my use alone (or all but my use alone), then I save it
as .docx. If it's going to others and I have no idea whether they are
running Word 2007 or are using the compatibility pack, then I save it as a
..doc file.
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
"Walter R." wrote in message
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I am upgrading to Win 7. Therefore I am looking for the "best" word
processing program, such as MS Word 2002 (which I am currently using), or
MS Word 2007, or Open Office.
Word 2002 is very fast and works fine. It saves files as .doc .
I played with Word 2007 and found it very bewildering and totally
different from Word 2002 (More eye candy). It saves files as docx.
I have not tried Open Office but I understand it saves files in a
different format yet: .sxw
Why did MS break with the ancient .doc suffix and why did they invent
.docx, which is not readable by anyone except the few owners of Word 2007?
I try to make my files readable by as many people as possible. Which
system is readable by the largest number of people?
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Walter
www.rationality.net
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