Office 2007

enner100 · 03-29-2007, 11:40 PM

I bought a new PC with Windows Vista and office 2007 installed. Whenever I e-mail friends with a Word document they are unable to open it.

I am assuming this is because they are only on office XP, office 2000 etc?

If that is right then how do businesses cope? If they upgrade to office 2007 and started sending things out (word docs, excel spreadsheets etc) they will get loads of clients/businesses they e-mail things to that won't be able to open what they have sent.

Would I just be better removing office 2007 and going back to Office XP? It seems pointless in having Office 2007 if only other office 2007 users can open what I send them.

Duckster · 03-30-2007, 12:01 AM

That sounds odd. What extension file are you saving it in? And what does it say to them? Does it give the "Search for programs able to view this file" notice or just does it not open at all?

enner100 · 03-30-2007, 02:16 PM

It ok I now know i should save as .doc not .docx

Baer · 03-31-2007, 11:47 PM

Right, Docx is the new format that allows many of the new features such as shadow copy Etc. If the reciepient does not have Office 2007 or the 2007 reader they will not be able to open it so for them you have to save down to 1997-2003 format

03-29-2007, 11:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
enner100 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3 OS: Win vista	Office 2007 I bought a new PC with Windows Vista and office 2007 installed. Whenever I e-mail friends with a Word document they are unable to open it. I am assuming this is because they are only on office XP, office 2000 etc? If that is right then how do businesses cope? If they upgrade to office 2007 and started sending things out (word docs, excel spreadsheets etc) they will get loads of clients/businesses they e-mail things to that won't be able to open what they have sent. Would I just be better removing office 2007 and going back to Office XP? It seems pointless in having Office 2007 if only other office 2007 users can open what I send them.

03-30-2007, 12:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
Duckster Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 257 OS: Windows Vista 32-bit My System	Re: Office 2007 That sounds odd. What extension file are you saving it in? And what does it say to them? Does it give the "Search for programs able to view this file" notice or just does it not open at all?

03-30-2007, 02:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
enner100 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3 OS: Win vista	Re: Office 2007 It ok I now know i should save as .doc not .docx

03-31-2007, 11:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
Baer Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: California Posts: 12 OS: Vista Ultimate	Re: Office 2007 Right, Docx is the new format that allows many of the new features such as shadow copy Etc. If the reciepient does not have Office 2007 or the 2007 reader they will not be able to open it so for them you have to save down to 1997-2003 format __________________ Mobo Asus Commando, CPU QX6700 @ 2.93, BGF 1000Wt PSU, BFG 8800GTX OC, 2 Gb Corsair PC28500 Dominator, 2 Raptors in RAID 0 (OS and Apps) 2 additional Raptors in SATA non Raid for back up and music, pictures and data, Plextor Opticals, Tt Armor, Zalman 9500 Etc. Vista Ultimate