If you open your earlier version of Word first you will be able to open your
document from within that application.
Installing Word 2007 will have made it the default application for opening
documents. You can control this behaviour with a registry hack - see
http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm . That link shows how to
make Word 2007 the default. If you want the earlier version to be the
default swap the Word version registry entries around.
Word 2007 will not affect your documents, and documents you save in the new
docx format can still be opened with your older version (not Word 97) if you
download and install the compatibility pack after uninstalling 2007.
The only problems you are likely to encounter if you decide not to purchase
when the trial is ended would occur if you have installed Outlook 2007 as
there may be issues with the file format when you re-install the earlier
version of Outlook.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site
www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site
http://word.mvps.org
Woossh wrote:
I am trying office 2007 on a free download. When I tried to open my
normal Word file it had been kidnapped by office 2007. How do I get
my file back?
When my trial runs out will I loose my Word file? It has lots of legal
documents in it.