Offfice 2003 File Formats

[Guest]

I am interested to find out if I was to create a document in Word 2003, or Excel/Powerpoint/Outlook/Access 2003, and then decide to email it to a person who has say Word 97 or Word 2000/2002, is there a list or explanation somewhere that would let me know what formatting features I would lose in the process

I would be most appreciative if someone could point me in the right direction (or web address!)

Many thanks
Chris Johnston

 

[Graham Mayor]

Word documents are not readily transportable - it will be the printer driver
more than anything else that determines the layout the recipient will see.
If you want to ensure the recipient will see what you are seeing you need to
convert to PDF format, for which you will need extra software. There are is
a variety of such tools linked from the favourites page of my web site.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In addition to what Graham says (for more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TextReflow.htm), note that all versions
from Word 97 to 2003 use the same file format, so that is not an issue.
AFAIK, there are no new formatting options in Word 2003, so a Word 2000/2002
user should (within the limitations imposed by printer drivers) see just
what you create. For Word 97 users, you may want to check the "Disable
features introduced after Word 97" feature on the Save tab of Tools |
Options.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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I am interested to find out if I was to create a document in Word 2003, or

Excel/Powerpoint/Outlook/Access 2003, and then decide to email it to a
person who has say Word 97 or Word 2000/2002, is there a list or explanation
somewhere that would let me know what formatting features I would lose in
the process.