Explorer context menu missing "Save As" option

[RTI-Helpdesk]

XP Pro SP3
Office Pro SP3

Have a single system that when browsing files in Explorer then
right-clicking on a Word (*.doc) file the context menu doesn't have the "Save
As" option. My end-users use this quite a bit to convert Word 2007 file to
Word 2003 files. I'm sure it is most likely a registry entry but not certain
best way to locate.

Thanks in advance!!

 

[Stefan Blom]

Are you referring to the Save Target As option that you see when you
right-click a link in Internet Explorer? As far as I know, it has never
allowed you to change the format.

What you can do is the following: Save the document to the hard drive and
then convert it by opening it and Saving As in Word.

 

[RTI-Helpdesk]

Stefan,

Yes I'm referring to the Save As on the popup menu in Explorer, and if you
look at a 2003 file format and select save as you will see the file format of
2007 docx, docm etc.. And when you have a 2007 format file it will offer the
*.doc 2003 format.

On the target machine it doesn't display the "Save As" option from the menu
at all.

-John

 

[Paultx]

I remember I used a machine with Office 2007 that showed the 'Save as' option
on the Explorer context menu, so I could easily convert docx files into doc.
Then the IT people substituted my PC–and the new one, although having Office
2007 installed as well, didn't show the 'Save as' option on the context menu.

 

[Paultx]

Guys, I just found what's needed to have that "Save as' option: install the
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File
Formats.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en