Why can't e- mail recipiants open attachments sent in Word 2007?

[Dave]

Since I've upgraded to Word 2007 I have had complaints that some that receive
the attachments using Word 2007 can't be opened by the recipient. How can
this problem be overcome?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Unless the recipient has either Word 2007 or the Microsoft Office
Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats (get it
at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en),
you will have to save your documents in Word 97-2003 format and send them
that way.