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Opening 2007 word files on a computer using microsoft 2000
Does anybody know how I can open my document created using microsoft word
2007 on computers using 2000 and Xp that I do not have adminsistrator rights to. Someone on a previous post said saving my 2007 word documents as microsoft 2000 documents...how exactly can I do that? At present I have no internet connection to my laptop that uses 2007. Thanks |
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From Word 2007 - file save as - pick Word 97-2003.
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jobiemobie wrote: Does anybody know how I can open my document created using microsoft word 2007 on computers using 2000 and Xp that I do not have adminsistrator rights to. Someone on a previous post said saving my 2007 word documents as microsoft 2000 documents...how exactly can I do that? At present I have no internet connection to my laptop that uses 2007. Thanks |
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"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
... From Word 2007 - file save as - pick Word 97-2003. Do I understand correctly, then, that Office 2007 documents are in a format that is only readable by Office 2007? |
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Yes! But there is a converter available for Office 2002/3
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Gordon wrote: "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... From Word 2007 - file save as - pick Word 97-2003. Do I understand correctly, then, that Office 2007 documents are in a format that is only readable by Office 2007? |
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Graham Mayor wrote:
Yes! But there is a converter available for Office 2002/3 But not for office 2000 or 97? |
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Microsoft has discontinued support for 2000 and 97.
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Gordon wrote: Graham Mayor wrote: Yes! But there is a converter available for Office 2002/3 But not for office 2000 or 97? |
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Graham Mayor wrote:
Microsoft has discontinued support for 2000 and 97. Now I wonder why they would introduce a new format of document with a new version of Office? (Cynicism cynicism)....it's this type of arrogant behaviour that makes MS look like the tyrannical monopoly it is - no thought for anything other than to get it's victims, er, sorry, /customers/, to pay for a new Office suite.... |
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So do you think the same of car manufacturers when the bring out a new model
with all different parts and then after 5 years they stop making spare parts? Should they - for example - give a firmware upgrade to the all the in car players so that they are able to play MP3 format? Should Sony give me a firmware upgrade for my old analogue TV set to enable it to work with Digital TV because analogue TV has been switched off? I think not. Very few companies continue to make/support something that they ceased producing almost 10 years ago. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Gordon" wrote in message ... Graham Mayor wrote: Microsoft has discontinued support for 2000 and 97. Now I wonder why they would introduce a new format of document with a new version of Office? (Cynicism cynicism)....it's this type of arrogant behaviour that makes MS look like the tyrannical monopoly it is - no thought for anything other than to get it's victims, er, sorry, /customers/, to pay for a new Office suite.... |
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Terry Farrell wrote:
So do you think the same of car manufacturers when the bring out a new model with all different parts and then after 5 years they stop making spare parts? Should they - for example - give a firmware upgrade to the all the in car players so that they are able to play MP3 format? Should Sony give me a firmware upgrade for my old analogue TV set to enable it to work with Digital TV because analogue TV has been switched off? I think not. Very few companies continue to make/support something that they ceased producing almost 10 years ago. Those are all non-comparable analogies - and yes I run a 40 year-old car for which spares are still readily available..... |
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Although Gordon won't agree with me, I think that's an excellent analogy. I
remember having to call scrapyards to find parts for some of the cars I drove. (Gordon - Please don't take offense. None is meant.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... So do you think the same of car manufacturers when the bring out a new model with all different parts and then after 5 years they stop making spare parts? Should they - for example - give a firmware upgrade to the all the in car players so that they are able to play MP3 format? Should Sony give me a firmware upgrade for my old analogue TV set to enable it to work with Digital TV because analogue TV has been switched off? I think not. Very few companies continue to make/support something that they ceased producing almost 10 years ago. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Gordon" wrote in message ... Graham Mayor wrote: Microsoft has discontinued support for 2000 and 97. Now I wonder why they would introduce a new format of document with a new version of Office? (Cynicism cynicism)....it's this type of arrogant behaviour that makes MS look like the tyrannical monopoly it is - no thought for anything other than to get it's victims, er, sorry, /customers/, to pay for a new Office suite.... |
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JoAnn Paules wrote:
Although Gordon won't agree with me, I think that's an excellent analogy. I remember having to call scrapyards to find parts for some of the cars I drove. (Gordon - Please don't take offense. None is meant.) None taken - I drive a 40 year-old car for which spares are still readily available....:-) |
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Exactly. More and more I am coming across Microsoft destroying its
reputation by engineering obsolescence into their software development. IMO Word 2000 is a superb piece of software but it is arrogant in the extreme to deliberately try to halt its use. The same for Visual Basic, where the so-called replacement (Net) is nothing like it and there is no compatibility, thus wiping out thousands of years of combined effort and experience. "Gordon" wrote in message ... Graham Mayor wrote: Microsoft has discontinued support for 2000 and 97. Now I wonder why they would introduce a new format of document with a new version of Office? (Cynicism cynicism)....it's this type of arrogant behaviour that makes MS look like the tyrannical monopoly it is - no thought for anything other than to get it's victims, er, sorry, /customers/, to pay for a new Office suite.... |
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Well it is true that some 'classic' cars are like that. But look at the
mundane, mass-produced cars that will never be collectable classics and it is totally different. Cars are not built to last forever and neither is software. Neither is the hardware. For example, Dell, IBM and HP (Compaq) will provide support and parts warranty for their servers for 5 years from cease of manufacture, but beyond that you are on your own. Why should Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, Symantec and countless other software vendors be any different. Terry "Gordon" wrote in message ... JoAnn Paules wrote: Although Gordon won't agree with me, I think that's an excellent analogy. I remember having to call scrapyards to find parts for some of the cars I drove. (Gordon - Please don't take offense. None is meant.) None taken - I drive a 40 year-old car for which spares are still readily available....:-) |
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Alan
They are not deliberately trying to halt its use. They have stopped support and development for it. You may continue to use it forever, as long as you have the platform to run it on. Terry "Aalaan" wrote in message ... Exactly. More and more I am coming across Microsoft destroying its reputation by engineering obsolescence into their software development. IMO Word 2000 is a superb piece of software but it is arrogant in the extreme to deliberately try to halt its use. The same for Visual Basic, where the so-called replacement (Net) is nothing like it and there is no compatibility, thus wiping out thousands of years of combined effort and experience. "Gordon" wrote in message ... Graham Mayor wrote: Microsoft has discontinued support for 2000 and 97. Now I wonder why they would introduce a new format of document with a new version of Office? (Cynicism cynicism)....it's this type of arrogant behaviour that makes MS look like the tyrannical monopoly it is - no thought for anything other than to get it's victims, er, sorry, /customers/, to pay for a new Office suite.... |
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Hi Gordon,
The compatibility pack and converters will work with Office 2000 and up provided they are installed on Windows 2000 SP4 or higher. The compatibility pack doesn't recognize Office 97. There is already one 3rd party converter (that doesn't work too well g and I expect that there will be others. =============== "Gordon" wrote in message ... But not for office 2000 or 97? -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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The new file format offers specific benefits: see
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms771890.aspx for technical details. Brian Jones has a blog specifically on the Open XML format at http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/default.aspx. The format was designed to be an open source standard (I believe I've heard that the specs docs run to 6,000 pages); for more on this, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Gordon" wrote in message ... Graham Mayor wrote: Microsoft has discontinued support for 2000 and 97. Now I wonder why they would introduce a new format of document with a new version of Office? (Cynicism cynicism)....it's this type of arrogant behaviour that makes MS look like the tyrannical monopoly it is - no thought for anything other than to get it's victims, er, sorry, /customers/, to pay for a new Office suite.... |
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