Hi,
Microsoft Office Word 2003 includes several features that make it easier
for you to share documents with people who use other versions of Word.
Opening documents in Office Word 2003
You can open documents created in previous versions of Microsoft Word
directly in Office Word 2003. All data and formatting created in these
versions of Word are fully supported in Office Word 2003.
Make it easy for others to open your documents
If other people use Word 2002, Word 2000, or Word 97
If you share documents with people who use Word 2002, Word 2000, or Word
97, you can save your documents in the Word document format.
You can quickly create new documents or modify existing documents
specifically for use in Word 97 by turning off features not supported by
that version.
You must have a document open in Word to follow these steps.
On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Save tab.
Select the Disable features introduced after check box, and then click
Microsoft Word 97.
When you save the document, if your document contains items that will be
converted, Word displays a list of the features it will convert so that the
document can be used in previous versions.
Please let me know has this helped You...
Raghu...
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