Word Compatibility

[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?

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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