Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
2000/2003 compatability question
My organization is considering upgrading from Office 2000 to 2003. I have
been told that 2003 is not backwards compatible, that a Word document created in 2000 will not be able to be opened in Word 2003. I find it hard to believe that this is, in fact, true. Can anyone verify this for me? TIA Kim |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
My client uses word 2000 and I've never had a problem opening any of their
documents in word 2003. "Kim" wrote: My organization is considering upgrading from Office 2000 to 2003. I have been told that 2003 is not backwards compatible, that a Word document created in 2000 will not be able to be opened in Word 2003. I find it hard to believe that this is, in fact, true. Can anyone verify this for me? TIA Kim |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
The file format has not changed from Word 97 to Word 2003. Not only can you
open files of virtually all previous versions in Word 2003, but users of Word 97 and above will be able to open your Word 2003 files, though they may lose some of the formatting (some new features were introduced in each subsequent version). I have a vague recollection that there have been isolated reports of difficulty opening documents from previous versions in Word 2003, but I believe this problem has been corrected; see "Description of the Office 2003 critical update: November 4, 2003" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=828041 -- 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. "Kim" wrote in message ... My organization is considering upgrading from Office 2000 to 2003. I have been told that 2003 is not backwards compatible, that a Word document created in 2000 will not be able to be opened in Word 2003. I find it hard to believe that this is, in fact, true. Can anyone verify this for me? TIA Kim |
Reply |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Office 2003 picture manager question | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Replacement question | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Word 2003 and Access 2003 Mail Merge question | Microsoft Word Help | |||
How can you type an upside down question mark? | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Text Formatting Question | Microsoft Word Help |