Are there any compatibility issues going from Word 2002 to Word 2000? I need
to be able to open elaborate documents (footnotes, tables, table of contents,
styles, numbered lists) created in Word 2002 in Word 2000.

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Are there any compatibility issues going from Word 2002 to Word 2000? I need
to be able to open elaborate documents (footnotes, tables, table of contents,
styles, numbered lists) created in Word 2002 in Word 2000.

Problems are possible with track changes, styles and numbered lists.

Track changes was fully revamped going into Word 2002. We've seen many reports
of some incompatibility when moving between the two versions.

Styles: table and list styles were new in Word 2002. Word 2000 can open the
documents and display the formatting, but it can't USE the styles. Any
formatting applied with such as style in Word 2002 will be converted to direct
formatting when opened in an earlier version.

Lists: Exactly how numbering works has been "tweaked" in every version since
Word 97. Going backwards usually isn't too big a problem; forwards can cause all
kinds of odd behavior. If a document is going to break, this is what's most
likely to cause the problem.

IOW, what you want to do is theoretically possible, especially if the documents
don't have to come back forward. But work defensively (make backups).

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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