new 2007 compatibliity - can't save to 2003 version

[shara]

i just had office 2007 installed on my computer at work. we have a shared
drive here with tons of files that i need to review and manipulate. however,
not many people have 2007 yet, so most of the files created on our shared
drive are in excel 2003. (or 97-2003, whatever it is...) when i try to go
and change a workbook that has been originally created in the 2003 version
and try to save the changes, it tells me access denied. and it isn't the
file access because it works on other computers that still have the 2003
version. can someone please help with this?

 

[saceph]

new 2007 compatibliity - can't save to 2003 version reply

in office 2007, go to save as option then in the save as dialog box there is save as type. there is a selection you want to choose. the 2007 application default depend in what application your being use. (e.g. excel work book). If you want to be compatible with 2003, choose the 97-2003 workbook. then you can open this file in 2003 application. Hope this will be helpful.

 

[Kassie]

Sounds like a nework permission issue to me! Suggest you take it up with
your network administrator.

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Kassie

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[shara]

it is not a network issue.... they always worked fine before, and those who
have not upgraded can still manipulate the documents with no problems. it is
just those of us who have upgraded to the 2007 version. any other
suggestions?

 

[shara]

thanks for the help. tried that. it still doesn't work. when it is
attempting to save like that, it says [compatibility] something in those
brackets.... i think compatibility mode maybe? any other suggestions???

 

[Kassie]

Try that one again, and let me know exactly what the message is! Might be
that it is the standard warning that things done in 2007 is not always
compatible with 97-2003, in which case you just ignore the wordning, unless
you are doing some really serious development work!

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Kassie

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thanks for the help. tried that. it still doesn't work. when it is
attempting to save like that, it says [compatibility] something in those
brackets.... i think compatibility mode maybe? any other suggestions???

Could also be that your Excel has been set to save as xlsx, which is the 2007
file format. Your network may not allow this.
Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Excel Options.
In the Save category, under Save Workbooks, in the Save files in this format
list, make sure that you have set up Excel to save in 97-2003 format.

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Kassie

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