word 2007

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I actually have several questions.
1. When I send an e-mail with a word attachment, recipients are uanble to
open it. Is there something I need to do to allow them to open. They do not
have word 2007
2. I am trying to create a mailing list in word. I am going under the mail
merge tab and clicking on select receipients. I then get 3 options. New
list, existing list and select for outlook contacts. I created a new list.
saved it in my documents under a specified folder. When I go back to retrive
it, i am unable to locate. Can anyone help me?

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

1. Word 2007 uses the new .docx file. Other users (Word 2000 - 2003) can
open these files if they install the free Office 2007 Compatibility Pack.
Easier, however, would be for you to save files in Compatibility Mode (Word
97-2003 format). You can tell Word 2007 to use this format as the default
(Office button > Word Options > Save tab > Save files in this format: Word
97-2003 Document (*.doc).

You can also ad hoc save any given document in Word 97-2003 format (Office
button > Save As > Word 97-2003 Document).

2. The data file would be saved as an .mdb file -- not a .doc or .docx file.
The default location likely varies by operating system. In Vista, it would
be something like C:\Users\[user name]\Documents\My Data Sources.