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saving a form
I have Word '03. I created a form that i would like to email around. How
should i save the document? With what file extention? It needs to be accessed by those that dont have the current version of word. I've already tried saving it as a word '97 version and people were still unable to open it. any suggestions? thanx! Sara Gelbfish |
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A Word document (any version) can be opened only by those who have Word or
the Word Viewer (get it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en). If you want a more universal format, you can convert it to PDF (most people have Adobe Reader) or RTF. None of these solutions will help with filling out forms, however (unless you create a fillable PDF form). But users who have Word 97 or above should be able to open Word 2003 documents. -- 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. "Sara" wrote in message ... I have Word '03. I created a form that i would like to email around. How should i save the document? With what file extention? It needs to be accessed by those that dont have the current version of word. I've already tried saving it as a word '97 version and people were still unable to open it. any suggestions? thanx! Sara Gelbfish |
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for some reason though, my friend who has word 97 is not able to open the
document. she said that it comes out looking greek! also, how would i create a fillable pdf. i dont think you can do it in the reader. correct? thanx for your previous response! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A Word document (any version) can be opened only by those who have Word or the Word Viewer (get it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en). If you want a more universal format, you can convert it to PDF (most people have Adobe Reader) or RTF. None of these solutions will help with filling out forms, however (unless you create a fillable PDF form). But users who have Word 97 or above should be able to open Word 2003 documents. -- 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. "Sara" wrote in message ... I have Word '03. I created a form that i would like to email around. How should i save the document? With what file extention? It needs to be accessed by those that dont have the current version of word. I've already tried saving it as a word '97 version and people were still unable to open it. any suggestions? thanx! Sara Gelbfish |
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also, how would i create a fillable pdf. i dont think you can do it in the
reader. correct? No, you would have to have Adobe Acrobat Professional to create fillable forms, but then anyone who has Adobe Reader could fill them out. -- 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. "Sara" wrote in message ... for some reason though, my friend who has word 97 is not able to open the document. she said that it comes out looking greek! also, how would i create a fillable pdf. i dont think you can do it in the reader. correct? thanx for your previous response! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A Word document (any version) can be opened only by those who have Word or the Word Viewer (get it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en). If you want a more universal format, you can convert it to PDF (most people have Adobe Reader) or RTF. None of these solutions will help with filling out forms, however (unless you create a fillable PDF form). But users who have Word 97 or above should be able to open Word 2003 documents. -- 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. "Sara" wrote in message ... I have Word '03. I created a form that i would like to email around. How should i save the document? With what file extention? It needs to be accessed by those that dont have the current version of word. I've already tried saving it as a word '97 version and people were still unable to open it. any suggestions? thanx! Sara Gelbfish |
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my question still remains. my friend cant open open up my doc in word 97. help!
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: also, how would i create a fillable pdf. i dont think you can do it in the reader. correct? No, you would have to have Adobe Acrobat Professional to create fillable forms, but then anyone who has Adobe Reader could fill them out. -- 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. "Sara" wrote in message ... for some reason though, my friend who has word 97 is not able to open the document. she said that it comes out looking greek! also, how would i create a fillable pdf. i dont think you can do it in the reader. correct? thanx for your previous response! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A Word document (any version) can be opened only by those who have Word or the Word Viewer (get it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en). If you want a more universal format, you can convert it to PDF (most people have Adobe Reader) or RTF. None of these solutions will help with filling out forms, however (unless you create a fillable PDF form). But users who have Word 97 or above should be able to open Word 2003 documents. -- 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. "Sara" wrote in message ... I have Word '03. I created a form that i would like to email around. How should i save the document? With what file extention? It needs to be accessed by those that dont have the current version of word. I've already tried saving it as a word '97 version and people were still unable to open it. any suggestions? thanx! Sara Gelbfish |
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Word 97 and Word 2003 use the same file format. The problem comes from using
features of Word 2003 that are not present in Word 97. My guess would be nested tables. See the nested tables tutorial at http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm if you think it may be the problem. When you say that they can't open the files do you mean that the files will not open, period, or that they are somehow scrambled or not useable when opened in Word 97? -- 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Sara" wrote in message ... I have Word '03. I created a form that i would like to email around. How should i save the document? With what file extention? It needs to be accessed by those that dont have the current version of word. I've already tried saving it as a word '97 version and people were still unable to open it. any suggestions? thanx! Sara Gelbfish |
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