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How to Get Word 2007 to 'kick-in' to Compatibility Mode Automatically for New Docs
My Office Button / Word Options / Save / "Save files in this format" is
set to: "Word 97 - 2003 Document (*.doc)", but every time I create a new blank document (Office Button / New / Blank Document / Create), [Compatibility Mode] won't kick-in until I after I save the document in the legacy format for the first time. Excel and PowerPoint don't behave this way: If you've got your default save format set to the legacy formats, anytime you create a new workbook or presentation, you're automatically in [Compatibility Mode] when you create a new workbook or presentation. |
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How to Get Word 2007 to 'kick-in' to Compatibility Mode Automatically for New Docs
Did you try in Advanced Layout Compatibility Options Layout This document as
if created in Word 2003 - I have this checked as well as Save and I have no problem. Hope this helps. Summer www.docsliveonline.com "Julie W" wrote in message ... My Office Button / Word Options / Save / "Save files in this format" is set to: "Word 97 - 2003 Document (*.doc)", but every time I create a new blank document (Office Button / New / Blank Document / Create), [Compatibility Mode] won't kick-in until I after I save the document in the legacy format for the first time. Excel and PowerPoint don't behave this way: If you've got your default save format set to the legacy formats, anytime you create a new workbook or presentation, you're automatically in [Compatibility Mode] when you create a new workbook or presentation. |
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How to Get Word 2007 to 'kick-in' to Compatibility Mode Automatically for New Docs
Yes.
I start up word... it automatically opens a new document (not in compatibility mode) I check my default save/as format, and it is set to: Word 97 - 2003 Document (*.doc) I check my Office Button / Word Options / Advanced / Compatibility options for: I select "All New Documents" Then under "Lay out this document as if created in:" I select Microsoft Office Word 2003 Then I click ok This may be a clue: That "Lay out" setting never sticks. I can set it over and over... and when I go back to the setting, it's back to "Lay out this document as if created in:" "Summer" wrote in message ... Did you try in Advanced Layout Compatibility Options Layout This document as if created in Word 2003 - I have this checked as well as Save and I have no problem. Hope this helps. Summer www.docsliveonline.com "Julie W" wrote in message ... My Office Button / Word Options / Save / "Save files in this format" is set to: "Word 97 - 2003 Document (*.doc)", but every time I create a new blank document (Office Button / New / Blank Document / Create), [Compatibility Mode] won't kick-in until I after I save the document in the legacy format for the first time. Excel and PowerPoint don't behave this way: If you've got your default save format set to the legacy formats, anytime you create a new workbook or presentation, you're automatically in [Compatibility Mode] when you create a new workbook or presentation. |
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How to Get Word 2007 to 'kick-in' to Compatibility Mode Automatically for New Docs
Yes, the blank new document is based on Normal.dotm (2007).
The Save As (first option) should be sufficient. I press F12 (save) and get Doc 1.doc Save as Type: 97-2003 ....etc In Office Button Word Options Save Save Files in this format: Word 97-2003..... Should be enough. "Julie W" wrote in message ... Yes. I start up word... it automatically opens a new document (not in compatibility mode) I check my default save/as format, and it is set to: Word 97 - 2003 Document (*.doc) I check my Office Button / Word Options / Advanced / Compatibility options for: I select "All New Documents" Then under "Lay out this document as if created in:" I select Microsoft Office Word 2003 Then I click ok This may be a clue: That "Lay out" setting never sticks. I can set it over and over... and when I go back to the setting, it's back to "Lay out this document as if created in:" "Summer" wrote in message ... Did you try in Advanced Layout Compatibility Options Layout This document as if created in Word 2003 - I have this checked as well as Save and I have no problem. Hope this helps. Summer www.docsliveonline.com "Julie W" wrote in message ... My Office Button / Word Options / Save / "Save files in this format" is set to: "Word 97 - 2003 Document (*.doc)", but every time I create a new blank document (Office Button / New / Blank Document / Create), [Compatibility Mode] won't kick-in until I after I save the document in the legacy format for the first time. Excel and PowerPoint don't behave this way: If you've got your default save format set to the legacy formats, anytime you create a new workbook or presentation, you're automatically in [Compatibility Mode] when you create a new workbook or presentation. |
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How to Get Word 2007 to 'kick-in' to Compatibility Mode Automatically for New Docs
One other thing which may or may not have an effect is the fact that have
you installed the Compatibility Pack from Microsoft? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Then see how it works? "Julie W" wrote in message ... Yes. I start up word... it automatically opens a new document (not in compatibility mode) I check my default save/as format, and it is set to: Word 97 - 2003 Document (*.doc) I check my Office Button / Word Options / Advanced / Compatibility options for: I select "All New Documents" Then under "Lay out this document as if created in:" I select Microsoft Office Word 2003 Then I click ok This may be a clue: That "Lay out" setting never sticks. I can set it over and over... and when I go back to the setting, it's back to "Lay out this document as if created in:" "Summer" wrote in message ... Did you try in Advanced Layout Compatibility Options Layout This document as if created in Word 2003 - I have this checked as well as Save and I have no problem. Hope this helps. Summer www.docsliveonline.com "Julie W" wrote in message ... My Office Button / Word Options / Save / "Save files in this format" is set to: "Word 97 - 2003 Document (*.doc)", but every time I create a new blank document (Office Button / New / Blank Document / Create), [Compatibility Mode] won't kick-in until I after I save the document in the legacy format for the first time. Excel and PowerPoint don't behave this way: If you've got your default save format set to the legacy formats, anytime you create a new workbook or presentation, you're automatically in [Compatibility Mode] when you create a new workbook or presentation. |
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How to Get Word 2007 to 'kick-in' to Compatibility Mode Automatically for New Docs
The Compatibility Pack is only for machines that have Word 2000, 2002,
or 2003, and it won't install on a machine that has only Word 2007. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 13:46:32 +1000, "Summer" wrote: One other thing which may or may not have an effect is the fact that have you installed the Compatibility Pack from Microsoft? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Then see how it works? "Julie W" wrote in message ... Yes. I start up word... it automatically opens a new document (not in compatibility mode) I check my default save/as format, and it is set to: Word 97 - 2003 Document (*.doc) I check my Office Button / Word Options / Advanced / Compatibility options for: I select "All New Documents" Then under "Lay out this document as if created in:" I select Microsoft Office Word 2003 Then I click ok This may be a clue: That "Lay out" setting never sticks. I can set it over and over... and when I go back to the setting, it's back to "Lay out this document as if created in:" "Summer" wrote in message ... Did you try in Advanced Layout Compatibility Options Layout This document as if created in Word 2003 - I have this checked as well as Save and I have no problem. Hope this helps. Summer www.docsliveonline.com "Julie W" wrote in message ... My Office Button / Word Options / Save / "Save files in this format" is set to: "Word 97 - 2003 Document (*.doc)", but every time I create a new blank document (Office Button / New / Blank Document / Create), [Compatibility Mode] won't kick-in until I after I save the document in the legacy format for the first time. Excel and PowerPoint don't behave this way: If you've got your default save format set to the legacy formats, anytime you create a new workbook or presentation, you're automatically in [Compatibility Mode] when you create a new workbook or presentation. |
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How to Get Word 2007 to 'kick-in' to Compatibility Mode Automatically for New Docs
It turns out that the Lay out... settings are identical for Word 2007 and
Word 2003. If you choose Word 2003, it reverts to Word 2007. If you choose Word 2002 or something earlier, however, it "sticks". I agree with the poster that having it default to 97-2003 as the default format--before you save it--is desirable. That way, you get Word 2003-style graphics handling (and other behaviors) from the outset. The answer we're likely to get is "this is the way Word has always worked." sigh On the other hand... we have so many users saying "I forgot to save..." that perhaps getting people to save right off the bat isn't such a bad idea. The first word processor I used forced the user to name the document/file before any writing/editing could be performed. In retrospect, this might've been a pretty good idea. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Julie W" wrote in message ... Yes. I start up word... it automatically opens a new document (not in compatibility mode) I check my default save/as format, and it is set to: Word 97 - 2003 Document (*.doc) I check my Office Button / Word Options / Advanced / Compatibility options for: I select "All New Documents" Then under "Lay out this document as if created in:" I select Microsoft Office Word 2003 Then I click ok This may be a clue: That "Lay out" setting never sticks. I can set it over and over... and when I go back to the setting, it's back to "Lay out this document as if created in:" "Summer" wrote in message ... Did you try in Advanced Layout Compatibility Options Layout This document as if created in Word 2003 - I have this checked as well as Save and I have no problem. Hope this helps. Summer www.docsliveonline.com "Julie W" wrote in message ... My Office Button / Word Options / Save / "Save files in this format" is set to: "Word 97 - 2003 Document (*.doc)", but every time I create a new blank document (Office Button / New / Blank Document / Create), [Compatibility Mode] won't kick-in until I after I save the document in the legacy format for the first time. Excel and PowerPoint don't behave this way: If you've got your default save format set to the legacy formats, anytime you create a new workbook or presentation, you're automatically in [Compatibility Mode] when you create a new workbook or presentation. |
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