Word Compatibility

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Steve

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help. I have a number of word
documents which I wish to put on the Internet. I want my
users to be able to download these word documents and fill
in their own text.

However, I am not sure which version of word my viewers
will be using. They may be using word 95, word 97, word
2002 ect. I am currently using Word 2002, for maximum
compatibility should I save my documents as:

1. Word 6.0/95
2. Word 97-2002 & 6/95 - RTF
3. A standard Word document

Thanks
Steven

Also are there any published Microsoft documents which
show ownership of different versions of word?
 
Hi Steve,

If your intention is to simply provide text (no form fields
or anything "fancy"), I'd say save in the RTF format for best
compatibility. Second choice would be Word 6/95, IMO.

Number 3 would mean users of Word 6/95 wouldn't be able to
open the file, unless they have a Word 97 converter
installed. And even then it might not work.
Hi, I wonder if anyone can help. I have a number of word
documents which I wish to put on the Internet. I want my
users to be able to download these word documents and fill
in their own text.

However, I am not sure which version of word my viewers
will be using. They may be using word 95, word 97, word
2002 ect. I am currently using Word 2002, for maximum
compatibility should I save my documents as:

1. Word 6.0/95
2. Word 97-2002 & 6/95 - RTF
3. A standard Word document
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Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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