Can Word XP (2002) open docs made in Word 2003 and vice-versa? Can this be
done without doing anything special while saving? Are any addins required?

Thanks in advance.

Brief answer is "yes."

Word 2003 may have introduced a few features that aren't in Word 2002. Those
would not work in Word 2002. However the file format is the same Word
97-Word 2003. (I think most of the changes to Word 2003 were tweaks to the
user interface and fixes of problems with Word 2002, but am not sure.)

Because I don't intentionally use new document features, I keep the option
in Tools Options Save to restrict to Word 97 file features checked. Hope
this helps.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Corjas" wrote in message
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Can Word XP (2002) open docs made in Word 2003 and vice-versa? Can this
be
done without doing anything special while saving? Are any addins
required?

Thanks in advance.