colleague who does not have the beta version cannot open a word document
attachment i have sent him
does this mean i cant communicate with others who dont use beta?
help please!
many thanks
Greag

Are you saving in a backwards-compatible format? When Word 2007 ships, there
will be converters available, but for now you have to save in Word 97-2003
format.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"greag" wrote in message
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colleague who does not have the beta version cannot open a word document
attachment i have sent him
does this mean i cant communicate with others who dont use beta?
help please!
many thanks
Greag

In addition to Suzanne's excellent answer, please remember that it's really
bad work practice to require someone to have to download a converter just so
you don't have to do a Save As. Some people can't download anything on their
systems due to the administrator's rules. Others just won't download it.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"greag" wrote in message
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colleague who does not have the beta version cannot open a word document
attachment i have sent him
does this mean i cant communicate with others who dont use beta?
help please!
many thanks
Greag

hi thanks for the mail.
im not sure i understand.
when i close the document and it says save changes it saves automatically to
beta.
i cant find a "save as" button.
please tell me how i save in a backwards compatible format?
tks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you saving in a backwards-compatible format? When Word 2007 ships, there
will be converters available, but for now you have to save in Word 97-2003
format.

--
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.

"greag" wrote in message
...
colleague who does not have the beta version cannot open a word document
attachment i have sent him
does this mean i cant communicate with others who dont use beta?
help please!
many thanks
Greag

Most people would save the document before attempting to close it, but no
matter how you do it, the Save As dialog opens. You then get to choose a
file type at the same time that you choose a filename. I don't have the beta
installed, so I don't know how much the dialog in Word 2007 may differ from
the one in previous versions, but there should be a dropdown box labeled
"Save as type" or something similar.

--
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.

"greag" wrote in message
...
hi thanks for the mail.
im not sure i understand.
when i close the document and it says save changes it saves automatically
to
beta.
i cant find a "save as" button.
please tell me how i save in a backwards compatible format?
tks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you saving in a backwards-compatible format? When Word 2007 ships,
there
will be converters available, but for now you have to save in Word
97-2003
format.

--
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.

"greag" wrote in message
...
colleague who does not have the beta version cannot open a word
document
attachment i have sent him
does this mean i cant communicate with others who dont use beta?
help please!
many thanks
Greag